Laparoscopic gastric lap band surgery in Belgium
March 7th, 2009. Published under Weight Loss. No Comments.
Considered having your surgery for Gastric Banding in Belgium? This country has become very popular and Belgium now has become one of the top medical tourism destinations in Europe specializing in Weight Loss Surgery and especially the procedure laparoscopic gastric band surgery.
So why has Belgium become such a popular destination in Europe?
The money that can save compared to countries like the UK where the surgery can cost around 9,000 against Belgiums cost only half that amount, with cost reductions the standard of operation has remained.
Quality of surgery: Belgium has a long been known for an affordable and high quality weight loss surgery medical centres. Laparoscopy, in fact is one of the areas of expertise of Belgian medical tourism for a long time. Gastric Lap Band or Gastric bypass is done by laparoscopy where possible and as this means a reduced stay in hospital, the patients too find this a great choice.
Belgian hospitals have a very high standard of hygiene standards and always uses the latest technology. Recently, The World Markets Research Centre put Belgium on top of a list of 175 countries on ratings done for medical purposes, one of the ratings being secondary infection or Staph rates. Belgiums secondary infection rate was found to be on an average less than 0.5% compared with 10% in the UK.
Belgium has achieved a very high surgical expertise mainly due to the quality of training given to its doctors. Typically their Belgian doctors are trained for a minimum of seven years; for specialists it is 12 years.
Follow-up feature: Quite often patients are scared off by this part when it comes to overseas treatment. However, as with Belgium, many doctors do offer follow-up checks through their network in the UK and Ireland.
Waiting list is also zero in Belgium compared to UK which takes a little longer to settle.
Belgian is located very near to the surrounding EU countries and its accessibility by train, car, plane, all major routes go though Belgian so access is no issue. Eurolines do coaches from most places in the EU.
The location is ideal as they are central to many countries in the EU, Most countries have contact with Belgium by train, plane and auto mobile.
Gastric Banding in Belgium is a popular choice with medical tourists from the UK due to its price and high standards.