The NHS must provide emergency care to patients suffering serious complications after weight loss surgery and hair transplants abroad amid a ‘boom’ in medical tourism, doctors have warned.
If you have had medical treatment abroad and have returned to the UK for follow-up care, we would like to hear from you. What treatment did you receive and what were your reasons for traveling abroad? What complications have you experienced and how has the NHS helped?
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