Doctors join patients in embrace of medical tourism

In a new twist on medical tourism, orthopedic surgeons in the United States have signed up to travel to Cancun on their days off to treat American patients.

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | August 13, 2019 at 10:21 AM

CANCUN, Mexico — Donna Ferguson awoke in the resort city of Cancun before sunrise on a sweltering Saturday in July.

She wasn’t headed to the beach. Instead, she walked down a short hallway from her Sheraton hotel and into Galenia Hospital.

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