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No one should die from a treatable disease

Making Safe, Quality Medical Treatments, Accessible and Affordable to everyone Across the World

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No one should die from a treatable disease

No one should die from a treatable disease

No one should die from a treatable disease

No one should die from a treatable disease

No one should die from a treatable disease

Making Safe, Quality Medical Treatments, Accessible and Affordable to everyone Across the World

Making Safe, Quality Medical Treatments, Accessible and Affordable to everyone Across the World

Making Safe, Quality Medical Treatments, Accessible and Affordable to everyone Across the World

Making Safe, Quality Medical Treatments, Accessible and Affordable to everyone Across the World

Mahboobur Rahman
Mahboobur Rahman
Mahboobur Rahman
Mahboobur Rahman
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$604 USD 2 backers
12% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Overview
This campaign is about empowering people to take informed decisions about their medical treatments and make the best choices with respect to the country in which they would like to get treated, the hospital and the doctor. It aims at making safe and quality health care accessible and affordable for everyone, from anywhere in the world. We can recommend well-established surgeons Under accredited Hospital based on their reputation in any specific medical procedure or treatment.

This is about www.gmedicaltreatment.com an AI-powered search engine founded by ITBD Group, that offers all details about the best surgeons, treatments and accredited hospitals across the world, at one go. This can help any patient, suffering from any ailment, residing in any part of the world, receive barrier-free access to safe, affordable, high quality, medical treatments of his/her choice. It can be of immense benefit to patients in developing countries where advanced treatments are not available, and to uninsured patients in the developed countries, where medical treatments seem unaffordable.  

Global Medical Tourism established in September 2014, by The ITBD Group, an international healthcare business consultancy with a strong presence in India, Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. The online platform www.gmedicaltreatment.com was formed on September 2016, the main objectives of the project are:

  • To help people choose the right hospital, surgeon and treatment that matches their medical needs and budget
  • To help them receive best treatment advice & second opinion from any well-known doctor/specialist across the world, absolutely free
  • To enable patients to compare different treatment options and quotations from top facilities in the world, before they can make informed decisions about the treatments they wish to avail
  • To book appointments with doctors of their choice and avail treatments without wasting time. This is especially useful in critical cases such as organ transplant, cardiac, neurological and cancer treatments.

We make it possible for people to compare hospitals, check out doctor profiles, write to hospitals and set up video calls with healthcare professionals, to clarify their queries and take informed decisions about their treatments in a hassle-free manner.

Before setting-up the Global Medical Tourism project, in 2013-2014, an expert team from The ITBD Group visited a cross-section of medical facilities in India, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and a few other developing countries. They were surprised to find that the standards of care in these countries were not just compatible, but at times, even better than those received by patients in the developed parts of the world. Indeed most of these hospitals were already receiving thousands of referred patients from USA, Canada, and UK and had set up separate departments to attend to them. 

The ITBD Group has strong tie-ups with all these establishments. The entire database is available on gmedicaltreatment.com.  

Product Stage

The gmedicaltreatment.com project is already up and running. It has a full repository of medical treatments offered by 500 registered hospitals across 30 different countries that can be searched with our intelligent, artificial-intelligence driven search engine.

Users can search for any treatment or diagnostic facility in any part of the world, write to hospitals, book appointments and talk to healthcare professionals through video conferencing, all in one click.

Project Overview

Global Medical Tourism strives to provide end-to-end assistance to patients by offering the following services in our online platform:

  • We recommend accredited, well-established surgeons based on their reputation in any specific medical procedure or treatment.
  • We forward your medical records to your chosen healthcare facility in confidence and let you know the approximate cost of your treatment so that you can prepare for your travel
  • We set up video calls with your chosen doctor/surgeon/healthcare facility to help get your queries clarified
  • We provide assistance with regard to visa formalities, flight tickets and hotel bookings to make your travel hassle-free. We make sure you are received at the airport and well-supported throughout your stay in the foreign country.
  • We can also arrange for an interpreter to help you discuss things with your doctor and negotiate with the hospital facilities in case you don’t understand the language.
  • We can also help you plan a recuperation trip once the medical treatment is completed, in case you wish to explore the country as a tourist.
  • We provide the required assistance with regard to post-discharge follow-up, both in the foreign country as well as your home country.

All these services offered was on a conventional way but with introducing gmedicaltreatment.com everything now performing in a digital way.

 

A Brief Introduction About the Founder

This project is the brainchild of Mahboobur Rahman, the founder president and CEO of Global Medical Tourism. Coming from the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Rahman has an in-depth knowledge of the healthcare industry, across the world.

Having completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy, Masters of Pharmacy and a Post-Graduation in Brand Management from Canada, Rahman went on to earn his Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) from the United States of America. He has had extensive training in pharmaceuticals including “Pharmaceutical Practice” at the University of Arizona, University Medical Center; Marketing training on Ethical Pharmaceutical Products under International Medical Statistics (IMS Health).

With a rich work experience in the pharmaceutical industry, across organizations such as Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd, Taro Pharmaceuticals & Patheon Pharmaceuticals & Sobeys Pharmacy Group of Canada. Through his association with USA, Canada and Europe based consultancy firms, he has provided the necessary guidance and support for foreign Pharmaceutical Companies to build Pharmaceutical plants (as per US & UK GMP standards). He has devised excellent business strategies for them to tap into the markets of USA, Canada & Europe and promote their pharmaceutical products.

Apart from being a member of various pharmaceutical organizations, Mr. Rahman is also the Regional Head of Asia for Regulatory Affairs Associate (RAA), a USA-based regulatory consulting firm. After having launched Global Medical Tourism (gmedicaltreatment.com), Mr. Rahman is currently working on "Digital Healthcare for Bangladesh".

Directors

Mr. Ashis Dutta is also a leading business process consultant and trainer. He has co-authored a book on ERP software and has published research papers on User Experience Design at management conferences across the world. During his personal time, Ashis writes extensively on travel, music and culture. His articles are published in research and trade journals, magazines and newspapers in North America, Europe and Asia.

Dr. Sumona Maherun Nessa is Medical Graduate with extensive training and work experience in medical science and healthcare system.

Why this campaign?

An average American spends over $10,000 per year on his healthcare. He can save anywhere between 30% to 90% of this amount by availing his medical treatments abroad, especially in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Turkey, Malaysia,  Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and India.

How?

Here are the details:

Savings on HealthCare by Availing Medical Treatments Abroad

Keeping US costs across a variety of treatments and procedures as a benchmark, the average range of savings one can expect for some of the most-traveled destinations in the world are:

Brazil

20 – 30%

Costa Rica

45 – 65%

India

65 – 90%

Malaysia

65 – 80%

Mexico

40 – 65%

Singapore

25 – 40%

South Korea

30 – 45%

Thailand

50 – 75%

Turkey

50 – 65%

 

The biggest driver for the medical tourism industry is the cost factor (30 to 90% cost savings on medical treatments). The following table gives a clearer picture by helping you compare the costs of medical treatments:

Procedure

USA

Insurer’s cost

USA

Retail cost

India

Thailand

Singapore

Angioplasty

25,704 – 37,128

57,262 – 82,711

5,500

13,000

14,000

Gastric Bypass

27,717 – 40,035

47,988 – 69,316

10,000

17,000

18,000

Heart Bypass

54,741 – 79,071

122,424 – 176,835

9,000

15,000

20,000

Heart-Valve Replacement

71,401 – 103,136

159,326 – 230,138

9,500

10,500

13,000

Hip Replacement

18,281 – 26,407

43,780 – 63,238

9,000

12,000

12,000

Hysterectomy

9,591 – 13,854

20,416 – 29,489

2,900

4,500

-

Knee Replacement

17,627 – 25,462

40,640 – 58,702

8,500

13,000

14,000

*all figures in US Dollars

Some Startling Facts & Figures

  • Although health insurance is one thing Americans rely upon for the medical treatments, there are about 30 million Americans who are not insured.
  • 270 million Americans have to pay a major portion of their medical costs from their pockets, despite being insured. While some of these are on limited benefit medical plan, the others have restricted coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
  • 334 million North Americans who have been seeking cosmetic and dental surgeries are discouraged from availing treatments because they are highly expensive in their country.
  • 34 million Canadians have to wait for long periods even for common surgeries.

A platform like gmedicaltreatment.com gives easy access to affordable, safe and quality healthcare beyond linguistic, geographic, race and cost barriers. Patients from anywhere in the world can now choose any hospital based on their search on gmedicaltreatment.com site, create their health profiles, upload their health reports,  book appointments and do a lot more, with just one click.

 

The Requirement

A sum of $ 150,000 has already been invested into the development of the portal, gmedicaltreatment.com. This amount has been used to create the search engine that provides information about treatments and diagnostic facilities offered by 500 hospitals across 30 different countries. We intend to extend our network so as to include all top hospitals across the world.

We are presently short of just $10,000 more to hire a few experts who can fine-tune the system and market the whole concept to create awareness among patients and include a maximum number of hospitals in the network.

If 100 people can make a contribution of $100 each towards our system, the objective of providing access to safe, affordable and quality healthcare to everyone across the world, can be achieved successfully.

How Does It Work?

Almost every top hospital across the world would want to cater to international patients on a regular basis. Most top hospitals allocate about 15% to 25% of their budget for international marketing. By joining hands with gmedicaltreatment.com these hospitals can be saving up on their marketing expenses and get international patients on a regular basis.

In return, we negotiate with these hospitals to offer us a discount of 15% only. Out of this, 10% discount will be offered to the patients (users of gmedicaltreatment.com), 3% will be distributed among the group of Global Medical Tourism for administrative cost and 2% will be adjusted towards the system cost. So, if a patient who goes through gmedicaltreatment.com spends about $20,000 on his medical treatment, he will get a discount of $2,000.

Those who donate $100 through this campaign will be given the complete discount of 15%. So the savings they get on a treatment cost of $20,000 increase to $3,000.

Why Contribute?

By donating a mere $100 towards this campaign, you can help us achieve the following objectives:

  • Put an end to deaths that happen due to unavailability of medical treatments
  • Help more and more people afford quality medical treatments
  • Enable people to undergo elective/optional treatments that are not covered by their insurance policies
  • Create a one-window healthcare system that people from the entire world can benefit from
  • Make sure health choices are not left to chance outcomes, anymore

What’s In It For You?

The $100 that you contribute towards this campaign can get you a whopping 15% discount on your own medical treatments, which you can avail through gmedicaltreatment.com. This translates to a huge savings of $3,000 on a treatment that costs $20,000.

Also you will receive a nice T-shirt in your mailing address as a gift.

Other Ways You Can Help

If you cannot contribute $100 towards this campaign, you can even contribute $50, $25 or $10. There are also other ways you can help.

You can share the campaign details on your social media page, email to your friends and spread to the word across. If anyone from your social media network makes the $100 and more contribution towards this campaign, Please report us or we will track and we will make sure your incentive in exchange for your support.

All Perks:

$500 and more: One-night free stay at 4 or 5-star hotel and 15 % discount on treatment if you take services through our portal and that is $3000 saving*

(Offer from selected hotels only)          (Qty – 5)

 

$ 100: 15 % discount on treatment if you take services through our portal and that is $3000 saving* and a T-shirt will be ship to your mailing address (Qty – 300)

$ 50: 10 % discount on treatment if you take services through our portal and that is $2000 saving* and a Hat will be ship to your mailing address     (Qty –100)

$ 25:- 10 % discount on treatment if you take services through our portal and that is $2000 saving*

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 10: Thanks with e-card 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* We are assuming treatment cost is $ 20,000. Real saving will be calculated on the basis of your actual treatment cost. We don't own any hospitals, we just connect patients with right hospitals, as per their needs. You can donate us only if you believe our idea is good and we should succeed in our project development but you are not buying any product or services from us through this contribution but we are providing some gifts or rewards or trying to arrange discount for you if you take any treatment in any hospitals through our portal, in case any hospital disagree to give highest 15% discount, we will inform you that and we will try to give services to other hospital you prefer. 

The Worst Case Scenario

All that we are asking is a $100 contribution by 100 people or any other contribution we mentioned in our parks. However, in case we are unable to collect this $10,000 or even $5000 through this campaign, we will still keep working towards achieving our objectives. It might only take a little longer.

That said, we sincerely believe that a campaign as noble as this deserves success.

The Impact

Making this world healthy is not something that is in our hands. But through this platform, we can definitely make sure people can get access to safe, affordable and quality medical treatments whenever they are in need, irrespective of where they are.

  • Not being able to afford medical treatments will not be the cause of death anymore, with this campaign becoming successful
  • Not having health insurance or adequate coverage will no longer discourage people from availing critical or for that matter even elective or optional treatments
  • Traveling to other countries for medical treatments becomes easier, convenient and hassle-free. For instance, a patient from Asia (Bangladesh) or Africa (Ethiopia) can easily avail medical treatments at India, Thailand or Malaysia if those treatments are not available or affordable in their country.
  • No longer would people, especially Canadian patients, have to wait for long periods to get their surgeries done. They can get them done at Singapore, Thailand or Mexico without wasting any time.
  • Patients from USA can enjoy huge savings on their treatments by availing them in other countries.

 

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