In their own words
Patient stories
What the journey was actually like, told by the people who made it.
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Getting the cost in writing first
What convinced her was a written estimate that named the implant, and a bill at the end that matched it.
- Travelled from
- United Arab Emirates
- Treatment
- Total knee replacement
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The visa letter, and a two-in-the-morning arrival
The paperwork was the part he had been dreading. It turned out to be the part somebody else did.
- Travelled from
- Nigeria
- Treatment
- Coronary artery bypass
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An interpreter who stayed for the discharge
She expected an interpreter for the consultations. The one that mattered was the one at the end.
- Travelled from
- Uzbekistan
- Treatment
- Spinal fusion
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Representative image. Two hospitals, side by side
He was given two options with the costs and the waiting times next to each other, and left to choose.
- Travelled from
- Kenya
- Treatment
- Kidney transplant
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Travelling with a nine-year-old
A father’s account of the arrangements that let him concentrate on his son instead of on logistics.
- Travelled from
- Iraq
- Treatment
- Cochlear implant
Every account here is one person’s experience, published with their consent. It is not a prediction of what treatment would do for you — that is a question for a clinician who has read your reports.