Medical tours

Medical tours

Educational tourism provides great motivation for students of any age to acquire knowledge and new experiences for an integral development of the person. It combines services for sightseeing together with gaining some knowledge (historical, cultural, social) or learning a language while practicing it every day.

The latest data from South Korea’s Ministry of Education reveals continued strong growth in foreign student numbers, the Ministry reports total international enrolment of 160,165 in 2019. Nearly two-thirds of all international students in South Korea (100,215 in total) are enrolled in degree programs and the remaining 60,000 foreign students are pursuing Korean language studies or vocational training.

Body check-ups may be very diverse, depending on complexity of tests. Most common programs are:

– Basic Program: designed for adults for the purpose of preventing adult related diseases and diagnosing them in their early stage. Required test time is about 2 hours, some results are ready on the same day, some will be sent our later.
– Premium program: usually most extensive and intensive health screening program, the patient gets complete check-up and accurate early diagnosis of various diseases by general body CT scan, MRI or PET, and other specific tests. Required time usually is about 6 hours and all results are ready in couple weeks.
Medical treatment for existing diseases is available for:
Gastroenterology
Pulmonology and Allergy
Nephrology and Hypertension
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Infectious Diseases
Oncology
Hematology
Rheumatology
Orthopedic Surgery
Gastroenterologic Surgery
Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Breast and Endocrine Surgery
Transplantation and Vascular Surgery
Neurosurgery
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics
Ophthalmology
Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Dermatology
Urology
Radiology
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Dentistry
Family Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Plastic surgery is available for various areas and problems, usual process of communication with patients consists of:
– Client’s send his/her profile picture as of today with the requirement
– Jane DMC Korea staff selects the best plastic surgery hospital which is most credible and specialized with the needs of client and send the client’s profile picture and requirements to the hospital. Sometimes we get couple opinions and give the client options to choose.
Jane DMC Korea gets the list of documents to prepare before arrival to Korea from the hospital with the surgery fee, period of recovery, etc.
– Client arrives to Korea and receives services in the hospital, Jane DMC Korea staff helps during whole period of stay with any inquiries.
Overall inquiry process usually takes following steps:
1. The patient sends a detailed . medical record to our staff about health problem that is to be checked or treated, such as medical treatment report, X-ray, MRI etc. If there is no previous tests, detailed information should be provided about current complaints, state and progress of the problem.

2. Jane DMC Korea medical tour staff consults with local hospitals’ staff and finds the most suitable doctors from general hospitals or specialized clinics to treat specified problem.

3. Afterwards, Jane DMC Korea advises to the client most suitable hospital, informs about process of the treatment and its tentative cost and schedule (in most of the cases 3 to 7 days are required).

4. Upon client’s approval, Jane DMC Korea organizes travel arrangements and adjusts treatment period based on client’s requirements.

5. When patient arrives to Korea, Jane DMC Korea provides all necessary services to check in the hotel or hospital and prepare for appointment with a doctor.

6. The patient proceeds with all necessary treatments with full explanation and services in pre-approved language.

7. After all examination or treatment is completed, sightseeing program may be arranged on request.

8. The client returns to home country.

9. Jane DMC Korea together with the medical staff keeps in touch with patient to follow up the progress.