AND
WELCOME BACK TO THE FACTOR
ON SINCE, AND U. S
AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING
AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE STUDENTS ABOUT
TRAVELING TO MEXICO FOR
SPRING BREAK FOLLOWING THE
KIDNAPPING OF FOUR AMERICANS
THERE. THIS IS ALSO AN
PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL WHILE
TRAVELING ABROAD FOR MEDICAL
PROCEDURES. DR ABDULLAH WHO
DRAFT IS HERE WITH US ON THE
FACT ROUND SINCE IT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS TRAGIC SITUATION.
THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT
WITNESSED IN MEXICO, EVEN
WITH THE VIDEO OF THEM BEING
THROWN INTO THE BACK OF A
PICKUP TRUCK DOCTOR WHO
DRIVES JUST HORRIBLE
SITUATION, AND WE'RE NOT
SAYING WE TOLD YOU SO. BUT
WE REMINDING YOU THE DANGERS
THAT YOU COULD FACE OUT
THERE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO
ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR A
MEDICAL PROCEDURE IN THIS
CASE. I THINK ONE OF THE
INDIVIDUALS WENT FOR A
COMEDY TUCK. WE'RE HEARING
FROM THE FBI AND THOSE
INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS
TRANSPIRED AND THIS COMES
AFTER A WARNING FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT ONLY TWO OR
THREE WEEKS AGO, WARNING
PARENTS NOT TO ALLOW THEIR
CHILDREN OR STUDENTS TO GO
TO MEXICO BECAUSE OF IT
BEING A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
CRINGE WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE
ARE GOING OUT OF THE COUNTRY
FOR THESE MEDICAL PROCEDURES
, PARTICULARLY THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES. BUT YOU KNOW,
THIS IS SUCH A TRAGIC,
TRAGIC CASE. I MEAN, IT
BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE
ANYTHING LIKE THIS, UM WE
SEE THE INCENTIVE ON WHY
ENTICED BY LOWER COST
PROCEDURES. BUT THE TRUTH IS
, WE ALL TRAVEL. WE TRAVELED
TO MEXICO. WE TRAVELED TO
OTHER COUNTRIES. UM BUT NO
ONE COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED
SUCH A TRAGIC EVENT.
UNFOLDING UM, BUT IT IS A
REMINDER THAT IN ADDITION TO
JUST A MEDICAL SAFETY OF YOU
KNOW HOW SAFE IS THE
PROCEDURE? I'M GETTING IN
THIS FOREIGN COUNTRY.
REMINDER OF HOW SAFE IS THE
PLACE? I'M GOING? HOW SAFE
IS THE TOWN? MAYBE HAVING A
SEIZURE PROCEDURE
PERFORMANCE. AND OF COURSE,
DR CADRES. THERE WAS A CASE
I COVERED UH, A FEW YEARS
AGO WHERE A WOMAN WENT TO
DUE TO THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC TO GET A BBL.
THAT'S THE BRAZILIAN BUTT
LIFT AND THEN RAN INTO A
INTO A COMA AND THERE WAS
NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO
FOR HER THERE, SO THEY HAD
TO FLY HER TO MIAMI IN ORDER
TO GET THE MEDICAL ATTENTION
SHE NEEDED. SO EVEN IF
YOU'RE IN THAT TOWN, AND IT
MAY BE SAFE DO THEY HAVE THE
MEDICAL FACILITIES IF
SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THAT'S
THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
YOUR PLASTIC SURGEON, RIGHT?
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF
. WE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU'RE
PERFORMING A PROCEDURE, YOU
SHOULD BE VERY WELL PREPARED
TO HANDLE ANY COMPLICATIONS
BEING SAID, SOMETIMES HANDLE
THAT COMPLICATION HAVE
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED WITH
YOU. YOU HAVE TO HAVE
PARTNERING DOCTORS. THEY CAN
ALSO HELP YOU TAKE CARE OF A
COMPLICATION. WHEN YOU GO TO
QUITE SURE WHAT BACKUP PLANS
. THEY HAVE WHAT HOSPITALS?
THEY HAVE WHAT EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE. WELL
OTHER DOCTORS, THEY HAVE TO
HANDLE THOSE COMPLICATIONS
CAN BE A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE
NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE
IN THE SURGEON, YOU CAN
STILL HAVE A COMPLICATION.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE DOCTORS
OF PHYSICIANS WHO ARE DOING
THE WORK ON YOU IN THIS
MEDICAL TOURISM? IF YOU'RE
GOING TO GET PLASTIC SURGERY
, ARE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT
ENOUGH ABOUT THESE DOCTORS
WHO MAYBE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
THAT MAYBE IN MEXICO THAT
MAYBE IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC? ARE YOU ABLE TO DO
YOUR DUE DILIGENCE RESEARCH
AS A PATIENT TO MAKE SURE
THIS PERSON IS QUALIFIED,
AND THAT'S QUITE CHALLENGING
. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO
SAY THAT IN AMERICA AMERICA
WE HAVE THE ONLY TALENTED
SURGEONS, TALENTED DOCTORS
AND SURGEONS ALL ACROSS THIS
WORLD. BUT THE CHALLENGING
PART IS LOCATING THEM,
IDENTIFYING THEM AND BEING
ABLE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH TO
SEE. AH WHAT IS THEIR
HISTORY RIGHT IN THIS
COUNTRY? IT'S VERY, VERY
STRICT, AND WE PRACTICE
MEDICINE AND WE HAVE VERY
REGULATED MEDICAL BOARDS
THAT IF WE START HAVING BAD
OUTCOMES, MEDICAL BOARDS
STEP IN TO MEDIATE OR THEY
TERMINATE OUR MEDICAL
LESSONS. INFRASTRUCTURE MAY
NOT HAPPEN IN OTHER
COUNTRIES. SO A DOCTOR WHO
MAYBE IS UNTRAINED,
BAD COMPLICATIONS CAN STILL
CONTINUE TO PRACTICE THESE
PROCEDURES AND PERFORM THEM
ON PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ANY
BETTER. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S
NOT A GOOD WAY FOR YOU TO
ALWAYS THERE AND RESEARCH
THE PHYSICIAN THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH,
AND SOMETIMES IT MAY NOT
EVEN BE A DOCTOR THAT YOU'RE
DEALING WITH. YEAH AND IT'S
ALL IN THE NAME OF ACTUALLY
SAVING MONEY AND YOU CAN
UNDER. WE BOTH CAN
UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE WANT TO
SAVE MONEY. BUT ALSO YOU'RE
RUNNING THE RISK OF PUTTING
YOUR LIFE IN DANGER, WHETHER
IT'S A MEDICAL PROCEDURE
ITSELF, OR IF YOU'RE CAUGHT
OR A GUN BATTLE WITH A DRUG
CARTEL, AND THEY THINK
YOU'RE FROM HAITI AND TRYING
TO DEAL DRUGS IN THEIR
TERRITORY. JUST MIND BLOWING
, DOCTOR KUDIRAT. ALWAYS
GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE ON THE