Hello Gordon,

i emailed them asking for prices for 2 procedures. They were around 2 or 3 times the package cost of the same procedures carried out privately in France or Belgium, with prices actually similar to packaged private work in London NHS teaching hospitals.

While i have no ‘anti’ views on your local hospital, i do feel it would be difficult for them to compete with the vast resources and experienced clinicians - especially in London or Brussels. I have relatives who have had cosmetic surgery and joint replacements in Brussels and highly recommended the experience. For them, key was a 45 min flight back to the NHS and the interesting way GP’s do appear to support their patients - despite the official NHS views - afterwards.

Thanks for the info. I agree it would be well-nigh impossible for our Shetty to have the same resources as available in Europe - although the home base of the Shetty organisation is Bangalore, a city of eight million. Anybody from Europe would be silly to fly all the way over here instead of going somewhere local. All the same, the Cayman one seems to be pushing ahead with its attempt to be the best in the region, so we'll have to wait and see.