Well known morning show, Mornings, aired on channel WIN.
They showed a section on overseas holidays where people are getting more than a
normal holiday, they are also getting cheaper plastic surgery. I personally
felt that their facts and information were untrue and not researched. They were
degrading professional surgeons without supplying any credible sources. They
were only receiving information from cases that have had a bad experience.
They had slides showing what the advantages and
disadvantages there was for overseas plastic surgery in countries such as
Thailand and other south East Asian countries. Some disadvantages were that you
don’t know the doctors qualifications, you don’t know who is operating on you
and they mainly focus on the bad results, blaming the doctors because the
patient didn’t take care. I believe these accusations are false. From personal
experience, there is a hospital website which shows all the doctors
qualifications, and they have also trained in either the US or the UK. The
doctors are accessible by email and speak very good English. The international
hospitals are very clean and are technology up to date (for a 3rd
world country). Of course with every procedure there are risks but if taken
care of properly by the patient, the risks are minimal.
They said that there was no advantages to plastic surgery
over in foreign countries which is completely wrong, there are many advantages
to plastic surgery, it doesn’t matter which country it is performed in. The
morning show presenter warned travellers to go for a holiday and get plastic
surgery in Australia. The main reason Australian and other people in the world
get plastic surgery in Asian countries is because of the extreme price
difference. It is usually more than half price to have surgery in Thailand and
other Asian countries.
In my opinion, I believe that if Australian plastic surgeons
are complaining about clients travelling to Asia for work done to them, they
should lower their high, demanding price!
The presenter, reporting this section on the Morning show
was ignorant and arrogant. He clearly focused on the negative aspects, relying
on stories from people who have had a bad experience while not naming or
supplying credible information or checking if these people actually had surgery
in Thailand. They could have even had a bad reaction or post- surgery
complications which is not the doctors’ fault. It is simply the patients’
laziness or didn’t follow the doctors’ instructions.
The presenter should have done more research instead of
listening and arguing one side with no back up evidence of the other side.
Rant over!
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