Mar 4, 2020
Today's guest is Dr. Dennis Orgill, award-winning Professor of Surgery at Harvard University and Director of the Wound Care Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. Orgill recently reported an increase in the number of patients coming to the hospital with complications from cosmetic surgeries performed abroad. Medical tourism may seem like an inexpensive way to have certain procedures, but the complications can be very serious as well as costly. Therese and Dr. Orgill discuss the problems observed in returning medical tourism patients.
Key Takeaways:
"If you go outside the US, in many countries, they do not have the same infrastructure, the same quality control mechanisms that we have to assure safety." — Dr. Dennis Orgill
Connect with Dr. Dennis Orgill:
Brigham & Women’s Hospital Bio: Dennis Paul Orgill, MD, PhD
Connect with Therese:
Website: www.criticallyspeaking.net
Twitter: @CritiSpeak
Email: theresemarkow@criticallyspeaking.net
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