Fly2Doc and Medical Tourism

Due to increasing waiting lists and expense, more people are going abroad for medical treatment and turning it into a holiday.  Everything from dentistry to eye surgery and cosmetic surgery is available in Portugal through leading medical tourism network, fly2doc, packaged with a holiday for recuperation.

Being one of the world’s most expensive places to undergo private medical, dental and cosmetic surgery, patients are looking elsewhere than the UK to undertake procedures, though research shows that patients can be a little wary of traveling to far flung countries they have never visited and where English may not be widely spoken. 

The World Health Organisation ranks Portugal in 12th position out of 191 countries ahead of the UK, which is 18th, in the world’s best health systems listing and coupled with its warmer climate, it is a perfect destination to undergo medical treatment and recover in comfort.  These facts contribute to why Portugal and the Iberian Peninsular are becoming very popular with UK patients.   

With fly2doc, patients are not simply whisked out to Portugal for treatments and then sent home, they obtain quality pre and post consultations with leading doctors from one of the prestigious Harley Street clinics.  Costs for undergoing treatment with fly2doc are considerably less than in the UK with, for example, a knee replacement costing approximately £10,300 in the UK is approximately £6,312 with fly2doc, 61% less expensive.  Also for those wanting some cosmetic treatment, a face lift is 44% less with fly2doc than privately in the UK with costs approximately £5,800 privately in the UK and £2,580 with fly2doc.

Fly2doc’s head office is located in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon  with the aim to provide UK patients with quality and the most cost effective medical tourism, to a destination that they know and trust.

One of the Partners comments, “We will be able to offer every possible kind of surgery through our established network of top doctors, hospitals, and clinics.  And our promise is that we can do it at a cost that is competitive not just with other European medical tourism destinations but also with ones in countries further afield like Thailand and India.”

Britons have been enjoying a long standing love affair with Portugal due to it taking less then three hours to reach by 22 UK airports, the miles of golden sandy beaches, five-star thalassotheraphy centers and Spas, championship golf courses and getting pampered in luxury hotels and resorts.  These attractions create the perfect place to recover after medical treatment in comfort and style.

Centers and specialists in Portugal:
Fly2doc offers state of the art private hospitals in Lisbon, Algarve and Coimbra (Centro Portugal).  It works with renowned surgeons such as:

Dr. Paulo Maló, one of the world’s top dentists, is head of the state-of-the- art Clinica Malo in Lisbon.

Dr. Antonio Travassos, who previously worked in the Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago is now Chairman of the Centro Cirúrgico de Coimbra.  He has successfully completed more than 8,200 vitreo-retinianal surgeries.

Plastic Surgeon Dr Gomes da Silva , ex-alumni of Professor Ivo Pitanguy with an operating curriculum of  5500 surgical interventions works in the best private Hospitals in Portugal.

16 May 2008