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SEROKOLO HEALTH TOURISM
AND VENUE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS SIGN
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROMOTION OF MEDICAL
TOURISM SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA Washington, D.C:. Venue International
Professionals, Inc. is pleased to announce that it
has signed a cooperative agreement with Serokolo
Health Tourism in order to promote health and
medical tourism services in South Africa. Serokolo
Health Tourism (Serokolo) is a health and medical
tourism company, based in Johannesburg, South
Africa. Serokolo's primary drive is to provide
holistic, comprehensive and quality health services
to the international community. Serokolo was
founded in April 2004 by Dr. Tshepo Maaka, a
vibrant, highly trained and seasoned medical
practitioner whose experience spans a vast number
of services across the medical profession. Dr.
Maaka's formal training includes anesthesiology,
the provision of health services, public health
management and health management strategy
consulting. Her aim is to provide integrated
healthcare services through innovative,
client-specific and goal-oriented solutions.
Serokolo offers international and foreign patients
access to world class quality health care through
private and public medical centers, clinics and
specialists at affordable and competitive prices.
Serokolo also offers its clients an opportunity to
recuperate in outstanding surroundings that allow
them to appreciate the magnificent scenery,
abundant wildlife and cultural diversity of South
Africa. South Africa has a long legacy of medical
innovation and world-class healthcare in leading
edge medical technologies, expertise and
value-for-money attracting foreign clients for a
myriad of cosmetic, corrective or dental
procedures. South Africa also has a well developed
public and private hospital system and South
African medical schools have produced professionals
whose qualifications are recognized worldwide.
Serokolo has been uniquely designed to take
advantage of this emerging health and medical
tourism market in which quality medical care and
sound health solutions are being merged with
affordable healthcare and superior treatment
options and tourism-related recuperation
destinations. Medical tourism has rapidly emerged
in South Africa whereby patients from foreign
countries come there to access high-quality
healthcare. The patient is literally "outsourced"
to South Africa for medical treatment and medical
services are often obtained at more affordable
prices than they could be accessed in their own
country. This is usually a result of: (a) long
waiting periods for operations; (b) escalating high
cost of medical care; (c) overly burdensome
insurance paperwork creating slow responses; and
(d) lack of infrastructure particularly for complex
medical cases. Traditionally medical tourism was largely for
cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, as well as
orthopedic surgery. Serokolo has expanded
traditional medical tourism services to cover all
medical and surgical specialties from simple
procedures to complex medical and surgical
procedures at a reasonable cost. Serokolo's health
and medical tourism services include the
following: o Personalized client liaison by qualified
medical personnel; o Administrative assistance to allow for smooth
and expedited access to South Africa; o Organization of aero-medical evacuation
services from host country into South Africa; o Referral to internationally accredited medical
facilities with certified medical and surgical
specialists; o Access to various medical and surgical
specialists including, but not limited to, cardiac
surgery, neurosurgery, dental surgery,
interventional radiology, orthopedic surgery,
plastic and reconstructive surgery and nuclear
medicine; o Extensive health screening coupled with
revitalization packages; o Case management; o Accommodation for accompanying family
members; o Accommodation following medical and/or
surgical treatment to allow for recuperation; o Medical tours and regular tours to South
Africa's magnificent destinations; and o Support throughout the client's stay in South
Africa. Serokolo allows non-citizens of South Africa to
access quality private healthcare in South Africa
at favorable Rand/Dollar exchange rates. Serokolo's
clinical experts are thoroughly scrutinized before
being allowed to work with their clients. All
patients requiring treatment in South Africa will
go through a comprehensive review by an expert
panel to decide on the best treatment options while
offering reliable, consistent and dependable
services. Venue International Professionals, Inc. (VIP) is
a full-service travel and tourism company based in
the Washington Metropolitan Area of the United
States of America specializing in travel and
tourism destinations to the Continent of Africa.
According to Helen C. Broadus, VIP's President,
"this partnership between VIP and Serokolo
represents a strategic move towards offering health
and medical tourism to a truly outstanding
destination. Already, an increasing number of
tourists are visiting South Africa not to explore
its usual attractions but to have cosmetic surgery
procedures. By promoting medical and surgical care
with safaris and/or holidays, VIP can make visitors
aware of world class infrastructure, excellent
medical services and fantastic tourism destinations
for many more American tourists that are interested
in visiting South Africa." For more information about how you can benefit
from this high level of medical expertise and
experience please contact Dr. Tshepo P. Maaka,
Managing Director of Serokolo Health Tourism, at
Telephone: +27-11-804-7117; Facsimile:
+27-11-656-9378; E-Mail: healthtours
@serokolo.co.za; and also visit Serokolo's website
at www.serokolo.co.za. For more information about
VIP please contact Helen C. Broadus, President of
VIP, at 1-877-TO-VENUE [TOLL FREE]; (301)
856-9188 [VOICE]; (301) 868-2218
[FAX]; vipinc@erols.com
[E-MAIL]; and also visit VIP's website
at
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