| Adijat suffered from years of low back pain, limiting | | | | thousands of international patients to take a more |
| movement, mobility, and her quality of life. | | | | proactive stance in regard to their own health care |
| Experiencing left thigh numbness, she also | | | | needs. Seeking options for her condition, Adijat was |
| experienced incontinence and digestive issues. | | | | able to access an online medical tourism portal |
| Getting around proved increasingly difficult and pain | | | | founded by Pramod Goel, Founder and CEO of |
| was a constant reminder of her limitations. Adijat | | | | PlacidWay, to access reliable, up-to-date, and |
| could no longer participate and engage in daily life, but | | | | accredited facilities that might help provide a solution |
| was forced to watch the world go by from her | | | | to her medical condition. |
| wheelchair. | | | | Says Pramod Goel, "We are thrilled to provide |
| Seeking the best in neurosurgery care, Adijat | | | | resources for international patients seeking |
| accessed PlacidWay, an increasingly popular and | | | | superlative and affordable medical care domestically |
| growing international medical tourism portal based in | | | | and abroad. Health care today is all about choices and |
| Denver, Colorado from her home in Nigeria to seek | | | | accessibility. We are proud to profile Jordan Hospital |
| out solutions for her medical issues. After careful | | | | & Medical Center in our growing database of |
| research, Adijat decided to venture to the Jordan | | | | international medical facilities that offer |
| Hospital & Medical Center in the hopes they | | | | world-renowned surgical treatments, surgeons and |
| could help her regain relief from pain and at least a | | | | protocols to meet patient demands for quality care." |
| modicum of mobility. | | | | The 21st century is destined to bring borderless |
| Adijat traveled to Jordan in a wheelchair and returned | | | | medicine and health care to millions of international |
| back home on her feet. | | | | travelers and patients. Facilities such as Jordan |
| Commitment to Excellence at the Jordan Hospital | | | | Hospital & Medical Center provide |
| & Medical Center | | | | state-of-the-art and technologically advanced |
| Hashem Irshaid, International Medical Tourism | | | | treatments and procedures in fields of neurosurgery, |
| Marketing and Quality Consultant at the Jordan | | | | urology, orthopedics, cardiology, fertility, and more. |
| Hospital, was pleased, to say the least. "Jordan | | | | Affordable and accessible healthcare options are a |
| Hospital & Medical Center is a JCI accredited | | | | right of every individual, and facilities, physicians, |
| hospital compliant with the International Society for | | | | surgeons and support staff around the world are |
| Quality and Healthcare and is ISO certified. Our goal | | | | stepping up to the plate to meet those demands. |
| is to provide quality, excellent and experienced care | | | | Quality of Care |
| in neural and cardiovascular surgical procedures, | | | | Like many other excellent medical and surgical |
| transplant procedures and reconstructive surgery in | | | | facilities around the world, Jordan Hospital & |
| multiple fields." | | | | Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commissions |
| Adijat is just one of many who have passed through | | | | International (JCI), assuring quality of care, patient |
| the doors of the Jordan Hospital & Medical | | | | safety, respect and adherence to patient rights that |
| Center for superlative care and effective treatments | | | | hold hospitals, clinics and clinical laboratories to the |
| and procedures. After undergoing decompressive | | | | highest of standards when it comes to public or |
| laminectomy, bilateral thoracic, lumbar screw fixation | | | | private hospital care. |
| and lumbar vertebroplasty, Adijat was thrilled to find | | | | The Jordan Hospital & Medical Center, located in |
| she could walk again and that her pain had | | | | Amman, Jordan, offers multiple medical departments |
| considerably decreased. After suffering for years, | | | | and outpatient clinics as well as specialized therapeutic |
| Adijat returned to her home in November 2009 on | | | | units, intensive care, physiotherapy, nuclear medicine |
| her own two feet. | | | | and internal medicine departments, pediatrics, |
| Growing Need for Global Healthcare | | | | obstetrics and gynecology as well as the most recent |
| The Internet age has enabled hundreds if not | | | | procedures and techniques in general surgical fields. |