In the past years there has been a rising interest in tourists for health tourism on stem cells treatment with the objective of regenerating cells in the body to fight back diseases, burns, special physical conditions, even cancer. These are autologous cell therapies, that take stem cells from the patient’s body and are taken back into the same patient’s body to start a regenaration process.
Innovative Treatments
Removing stem cells from body grease or bone marrow from the patient itself, enables to have reconstructive surgeries or regenerating medicine treatments. Stem cells can regenerate bones, cartilage, skin, muscles and more. It also treats heart diseases, brain damage, blood and immune system alterations. The most widely used stem cells treatment is for blood disorders.
Tourism in Search of Stem Cells
In The past years the University of Melbourne in Australia did a research on people looking for this type of treatment. They found out all decided to fly to another country to get treatment on various ilnesses that included spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, motor neuron disease and multiple sclerosis. The most visited countries were China, India, Germany, Israel, United States and our country Panama.
In Panama, foreign Visitors can get high quality treatment at a lower cost than in their home countries. There are high end installations, great tech equipment and very well train doctors in multiple specialities. Places like Cordon de Vida, the only stem cell bank in Latin America and Stem Cell Institute Panama that gives stem cell therapies for patients with autism, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and others; are searched by people from all parts of the world for its quality and reputation.
Hollywood Stars Looking for Treatments
In Panama most people know that Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson owns properties in Los Santos Province. This has brought him to our country several times. But in 2017, the “Brave Heart” director came for another reason, brought his father to Panama City to get stem cell treatment, to help him out with a condition he was suffering from. Having 99 years and after a month of treatment, Hulton Gibson started to take his nurse for a ride on the same wheelchair he depended to move around. Mel Gibson decided to bring his father to Panama because in the United States there are still some therapies that have not been approved.
If you want to have a surgery or medical treatment in another country at a better price and with the same quality or even better than in your home country come to Panama. Here you will received the highest quality service there is, along with a highly develop health infraestructure, and the opportunity to have a full recovery at a paradise destination in Panama.
