Backers say it's a historic cross-border medical collaboration aimed to improve safety, standards of care on both sides
Surgeons from UC San Diego Health traveled to Tijuana on Thursday to toast the launch of a new collaboration with a weight-loss surgery center based in the northern part of the border city.involving medical tourists who have gone to Mexico for weight-loss procedures, backers of this new collaboration say medical tourism is here to stay.
Cost is usually the main determining factor for medical tourists deciding to cross the border for procedures, but some people travel into Mexico in order to receive procedures they wouldn’t qualify for in the United States.The IIMM surgical center was accredited by the Joint Commission, a United States-based nonprofit organization that accredits health care organizations and programs around the world.
“Right now, it’s an academic collaboration,” Horgan said. “And will it grow in the future? We hope it will.” Ortiz said the hospital in Tijuana is focused on education, training and advancing surgical techniques, as well as providing quality patient-care.
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