What To Do / Not To Do

Most medical tourism failures are avoidable — they come from small mistakes made early, not from bad luck in the operating theatre. These three guides collect the mistakes so a family can avoid them. The first lists ten essential things to do before treatment abroad, from verifying the hospital in writing to carrying originals and digital backups of every report. The second lists ten mistakes Bangladeshi medical tourists make and how to avoid them — the classic errors, from travelling on a tourist visa for surgery to booking non-refundable travel before the visa is issued, and from trusting a price quoted without a written hospital estimate to travelling without an attendant for a major operation. The third covers what to do when a medical visa is rejected: how to read the refusal, which documents to fix, and when to reapply rather than rush. Read all three before you book anything. They take an hour, and they protect a journey that costs a family months of savings. The rules are simple throughout: everything in writing, the hospital direct, the visa before the tickets, and a second opinion before a big decision.