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Tourists Seek Cheaper Medical Procedures in Asia

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February 14, 2005

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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