Toronto, ON (RPRN) 12/07/10 — Canadians suffering from Multiple Sclerosis looking for Chronic
Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment have often had
difficulties getting access to the care that they need, but an online
marketplace for medicine, MediBid.ca,
announced today that patients can now use their services to seek out
hospitals in North America offering Dr. Zamboni's CCSVI Liberation
Therapy for their treatment.
Already a marketplace used by patients from both the US and Canada to connect with thousands of doctors. MediBid's founder and CEO, Ralph
Weber, commented that the services provided by MediBid are all about
"access, transparency, choice, and value." Weber found that many of his
clients, and even his own family, had trouble gaining access to care in
Canada, so he began helping them find care outside of Canada without
the assistance of a medical tourism facilitator. MediBid offers to
connect patients directly with doctors and hospitals for a wide variety
of services, including joint replacement, cosmetic surgery, and cancer
treatment.
"The incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Canada is one of the highest in the world." said Weber, "and these patients often want options not
available in Canada. We can help."
Hospitals are now standing by to give bids to patients requesting Liberation Therapy on MediBid.ca, including a hospital in New York that
is currently screening patients for clinical trials of CCSVI treatment,
and one in
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Mexico that has a standard of keeping both a neurosurgeon and
vascular surgeon on hand during CCSVI surgery. These hospitals, like
all hospital members of MediBid, believe in putting the needs of the
patient first.
"It isn't always about finding the best price," commented Weber, "though the price is a factor, it's about knowing what the real cost is,
without a third-party mark-up, what that cost includes as far as
services and quality go, and having it all presented up front in black
and white." Weber has been assisting Canadians deal directly with
doctors and hospitals in the United States and overseas for the past 14
years.
Dealing directly with the hospital can makes things surprisingly affordable. MediBid reported knee replacement surgeries, reported to
cost an average of $50,000 (MTA 2010 Survey) in the United States, averaging about $12,800 when obtained through their service.
About MediBid
MediBid.ca is an interactive marketplace that empowers cash paying patients to seek medical care from doctors, hospitals, and facilities
locally and around the world. Patients who use MediBid's
uncompromisingly unique, highly secure, needs-matching technology can
acquire the best cost-to-value services anywhere.
For more information, contact: Lacey Clifton 888-855-6334
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