| Americans and other international travelers are | | | | and the healing powers of the thermal spa water |
| flocking to health retreats to enjoy the benefits | | | | from the Bad Ragaz spring which forms the basis |
| of wellness tourism offered by exotic, high-tech, | | | | for a unique synthesis of wellbeing and health. |
| and effective facilities around the globe that offer | | | | Good health is our most precious possession. Our |
| affordable executive health checkups, medical | | | | alliance with PlacidWay will allow us to make our |
| spas, antiaging and beauty treatments, | | | | services available to a global marketplace for |
| detoxification and health retreats that focus on | | | | health and wellness medical tourists." |
| wellness and preventive care. | | | | Switzerland is one of the most gorgeous and |
| Health and wellness tourism is especially popular in | | | | luxurious of destinations, not only for many |
| Europe. PlacidWay, a Colorado-based online | | | | Europeans, but Americans and other international |
| resource for foreign medical travel and health | | | | travelers. Offering the best in medical technology |
| tourism, is a key force in this growing market. | | | | and state-of-the-art facilities, Switzerland is |
| PlacidWay is a fast growing medical tourism | | | | growing to be one of the most popular medical |
| resource that offers in-depth profiles of medical | | | | destinations around the globe in the decade. |
| facilities found around the globe including | | | | Facilities in Croatia are also growing in popularity, |
| accredited and world-renowned hospitals and clinics | | | | especially with those such as Terme Selce, a |
| located throughout Asia, Latin America, South | | | | high-tech facility that offers physical therapy, |
| Africa, and Europe. PlacidWay continues to | | | | weightloss programs, restorative and rehabilitative |
| research and carefully select medical healthcare | | | | care, stress management, osteoporosis, |
| facilities and physicians to add to their growing | | | | anti-rheumatic program, and sports programs |
| network of resources for consumers searching | | | | including prevention, diagnostics and therapies. |
| for affordable yet quality healthcare and services. | | | | Miljenka Pavlaković of Terme Selce says, |
| PlacidWay recently added two new medical | | | | "Terme Selce utilizes innovative methods and the |
| tourism destination centers to their database; the | | | | newest technologies to provide the ultimate in |
| Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland, and | | | | physical therapy and methodologies. For the last |
| Terme Selce, located in Croatia. One of the | | | | twenty years, we have worked on developing |
| leading and most popular health spas and golf | | | | unique and effective methods to create programs |
| resorts in Switzerland, the Grand Resort Bad | | | | that ensure quick recovery and increased |
| Ragaz offers expert and quality care in fields such | | | | treatment results." |
| as sports medicine, obesity and nutrition, | | | | The popularity of crossing borders for medical |
| rheumatology, mental health, beauty and radiology. | | | | health needs has never been more apparent. |
| Over 70 staff members include specialists, | | | | Says Pramod Goel, founder and CEO of |
| consultants, and therapists, all certified and | | | | PlacidWay, "People from all over the world are |
| accredited in order to provide quality patient care | | | | traveling to these exotic destinations to seek the |
| and technologies. Daniela Krienbühl, Sales | | | | best kind of experience. Medical travel offers the |
| Manager of Medical Health at Grand Resort Bad | | | | best of affordable ultimate vacation destinations |
| Ragaz says, "The diversity of various medical | | | | combined with superlative, expert and certified |
| disciplines allows us to undertake a thorough, | | | | care in a variety of medical fields. PlacidWay is |
| holistic evaluation of every individual. We offer | | | | dedicated and devoted to providing consumers |
| total healthcare, from preventive care to | | | | with reliable and up-to-date information regarding |
| aftercare. The medical-therapeutic program is | | | | such destinations. |
| based on the centuries old tradition of Bad Ragaz | | | | |