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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
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By Gregory Smyth
Private health care in the west continues to be very expensive and lot of people hope that Thailand will provide cost-effective solutions to their medical problems. 'Generation X' has assumed charge and their legacy is to realize a world where government 'interference' in free market and health care is at an unprecedented low extent.
After failing to access state health care systems many people in many parts of the world now have to depend on their private resources for the operations and medical treatments they require.
Private health care in the west is extremely costly and for some, prohibitively so. Even less taxing medical areas like dentistry and orthodontics are heavily priced, while surgery and major operations will end up indebting you.
Considering the costs, and the stakes, lot of people have shown the tendency to look for relatively cheap medical care abroad and escape the whooping costs they encounter at home. Many of them have reached Thailand and got the solutions they were looking for, triggering an influx of new-found energy into 'medical tourism' in the country.
There are so many reasons behind choosing Thailand. The Thai medical profession is possibly |
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Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
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By Alan Haburchak
In February 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered human body tissue recovery and distribution company Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd. to cease manufacturing human body tissue. The report was the culmination of a years-long investigation into ethical and health violations in the recovery of human body tissue to be used in transplants, skin grafts and other medical procedures. With the order, the FDA both recalled Biomedical Tissue Services' existing tissue products and prevented the firm from any further manufacture of tissue products, citing repeated violations of body tissue regulations.
The Human Body Tissue Industry - An Overview
Human body tissue is harvested and used in a variety of medical procedures, including, but not limited to bone and skin grafts, dental implants and organ transplants. These tissues are acquired by so-called "tissue banks" from universities, morgues, hospitals, and funeral homes. The tissue banks are regulated by federal and state laws, which require them to report these acquisitions to the family members of the deceased and perform industry-standard tests to determine whether the tissues are free of disease and fit for donation. The FDA has submitted detailed rules that regulate every aspect of the human |
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