2007-01-09 10:29:57 · 4 answers · asked by gary j 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Weight loss surgery-like gastric bypass /lap band surgery / stomach stapling and gastrectomy have become very common and very safe now. My cousin got her Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in India. She has lost more than 65 lbs in 5 months and is very happy with the results. The price for obesity surgery is very less in India. My cousin just paid 25% of the cost she was quoted in America. She got her surgery from a company called Forerunners Healthcare.
Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines. I have read a lot of their patient stories also. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as bariatric surgery and weight loss surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that your Obesity surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.
http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com
Hope this helps.
2007-01-09 19:48:34 · answer #1 · answered by Leo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about the lap banding?
If so, there is a website called www.obesityhelp.com
They have quite a bit of information and first hand facts from people who have had it done.
And for those that say, just exercise, that's not always the case. Some people can exercise, eat correctly and do everything they are suppose to but if they have the genes to be heavyset, they will be. And for some of those people, they want to be slimmer, so don't tag them as lazy because not everyone is just lazy.
2007-01-09 10:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My exhusbands wife had it on Oct 12th. It cost about $2,500 and was an outpatient procedure. I really don't know the results as she died from complaications on Oct. 16th. She left behind a husband a 20 yr old stepdaughter and a 7 yr old son.
2007-01-09 10:45:55 · answer #3 · answered by GI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop being lazy, do some exercise and get some will power. you can lose weight without the operation.
2007-01-09 10:33:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋