Drs in the Middle East?

[italianlady13 80]

I live in the uae....I'm canadian but I work here. I want to do my surgery and have had a quote of over 10,000 dollars. I have also been quoted by a doctor in Jordan. Does anyone know of any good and reputable docs out here????

[climbthestairs 0]

Hello, I am just down the road living in Doha. I found out there is a doctor at Al Alhi hospital here and the cost is around $15,000 usd. With the price being so close, decided I would prefer to be in the US and so I traveled to San Francisco and had surgery 5 weeks ago.

I would think there would be somebody in Dubai but when I searched, I did not find anybody. I have heard of people having good results with a surgeon in India. For me...I was not interested in that, I wanted somebody who I could really communicate with and was educated/trained in the west.

I live in the uae....I'm canadian but I work here. I want to do my surgery and have had a quote of over 10,000 dollars. I have also been quoted by a doctor in Jordan. Does anyone know of any good and reputable docs out here????

[italianlady13 80]

I used to live in Doha and was a patient at Al Ahli while I was there. I lost my first baby at that hospital. I have found 3 doctors here. All three are Western trained. One is from Lebanon and trained at the American University of Beirut and then did fellowships in the states (he has the best reputation), another is Indian and trained in Ireland/england (he's only done 150 surgeries so decided against him), the third is Iraqi, trained in Manchester England has a good reputaion and has done 900 surgeries with only three leaks....and told me should there be a leak he would cover the entire cost of everything. He also told me that he those leaks were in the beginning of his time. I think three out of 900 is not a bad ratio. All three have no mortality rate because in the UAE if you lose a patient in an elective surgery like bariatric weight loss you will be cancled and asked to leave. All doctors charge under 10,000 dollars. My husband is Jordanian so we are looking into hospitals in Jordan (they have a great reputation in the middle east for medical) but I'm most likely going to go with the Iraqi doctor.......he did my friends band and she loved him.

[Loooou 30]

In Egypt here. My doctor's name is Ahmed Hatem Al said. He is considered one of the first ppl to perform VSG in Egypt. I think his price ranges between 40,000 LE (Egyptian pounds) to 45,000 LE.

[italianlady13 80]

Thanks alot. I don't think I would do it in Egypt just because of the uprising there right now....even though hosne is gone it's still not quite right.....unless you can tell me otherwise the media is not always a great place to get info, sometimes it's best to hit up the people who are actually there....

[climbthestairs 0]

I wish you the best in your decision and then the surgery. It was a very rough first 3 weeks for me and its gotten better in the past 2 weeks. I ended up with dehydration and pneumonia and had a VERY expensive day in the Emergency room. I see on this site that people are drinking 64 oz of liquids BUT because of us living in the Middle East, I have doubled my liquids and am trying for 112 oz daily. I really really drink all day long but because of the heat you have to.

I used to live in Doha and was a patient at Al Ahli while I was there. I lost my first baby at that hospital. I have found 3 doctors here. All three are Western trained. One is from Lebanon and trained at the American University of Beirut and then did fellowships in the states (he has the best reputation), another is Indian and trained in Ireland/england (he's only done 150 surgeries so decided against him), the third is Iraqi, trained in Manchester England has a good reputaion and has done 900 surgeries with only three leaks....and told me should there be a leak he would cover the entire cost of everything. He also told me that he those leaks were in the beginning of his time. I think three out of 900 is not a bad ratio. All three have no mortality rate because in the UAE if you lose a patient in an elective surgery like bariatric weight loss you will be cancled and asked to leave. All doctors charge under 10,000 dollars. My husband is Jordanian so we are looking into hospitals in Jordan (they have a great reputation in the middle east for medical) but I'm most likely going to go with the Iraqi doctor.......he did my friends band and she loved him.

[Loooou 30]

You said it, THE MEDIA! It is always reflecting the news from their own vision, the revolution ended and the mini protests that are taking place every now and then are barely recognizable. Security is back and strong. Ofcourse it is always ur decision and what u are feeling about it. The only bad thing that didnt take off the curfew which starts from 2 am till 5 am lol.. so on the weekends we cant stay longer out as we used to. Thats whats happening in Egypt right now:)

Best of luck with your decision but from what I can suggest is you either do it in the US or abroad better than the Gulf area, Not that I dont have faith in doctors there but I know that many arab patient prefer to come down to Egyptians doctors or going abroad for their surgeries rather than having it there. I will have my appointment with my doctor in ten days, I can ask him if he recommend someone in the UAE for you too:)