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I'm better than I've been in years thanks to the Planet Hospital and Ahnsei Hospital
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As this was my first time going overseas to do MAJOR surgery, I was quite apprehensive. Not having insurance sucks, but luckily, not having insurance lead me to Planet Hospital and South Korea (Ahnsei Hospital) for my state of the art spine surgery.
Most of my American doctors had never told me about Disc Replacement surgery, because most doctors don't know or are afraid to recommend it. To them it's new, to my Ahnsei Hospital doctor, it was a procedure he had done hundreds of time of the last 10 years. Planet Hospital lead me to them. PH lead me to the best possible hospital, with the best doctors and nurses at prices that surprised me. I was in South Korea for 11 days in a beautiful room with round the clock care. I actually felt like a new born baby, because they treated me so well. I felt kind of spoiled. The head nurse was like a on staff mom :)
There were a few problems along the way, but PH was there to clean up and facilitate any messes quickly. I don't think I could have done this on my own, and I've been to Korea before. Having PH back me up for translating and managing the billing process made the experience so much easier.
What I loved the most was how aggressive the PH staff was at getting me the price I wanted in the time frame I need the operation done. Getting to talk to the CEO directly calmed my fears and he let me know the price I was quoted would be what I paid. And that's what I paid. He ended up negotiating 24K for a treatment that would have been at least 40K-65K in America. Again, I was in the hospital for 11 days. It was sweet.
Crap, well, I'm starting to sound like an ad for Planet Hospital, so I'll stop now. But overall, I love that PH was there for me the whole way, and NOW I'm better than I've been in 5 years. I love PH and I love Ahnsei Hospital. GO TEAM GO!
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