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NPRTourists Seek Cheaper Medical Procedures in Asia

  • Fred de Sam Lazaro
  • February 14, 2005, 12:00 AM

Travel to the developing world has long been associated with health threats and advice on how to avoid becoming ill. But a growing number of tourists are now traveling to certain countries -- among them India, Malaysia and Thailand -- because they want medical care. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports on what's being called medical tourism.

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