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Elsewhere in South America, Brazil and Colombia are also drawing more medical tourists. In Colombia, 40 new clinics have opened up to serve tens of thousands of foreigners a year, many of them in Cali, a city where drug gangsters notoriously seek girlfriends who have had plastic surgery.
"They find the best specialists in Cali, the latest scientific advances in plastic surgery and highly competitive prices. So we receive more than 100,000 patients per year," said Gladis Barona, director of the National Commerce Federation.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071031/wl_canada_nm/canada_argentina_plas...
By Grateful Dead on Oct 31, 2007, 11:06 in Friendly Talkzone.
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Grateful Dead says on Oct 31, 2007, 11:08: " a city where drug gangsters notoriously seek girlfriends who have had plastic surgery."
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billyb says on Oct 31, 2007, 11:13: Viva Cali ;) "All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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nine inch nails says on Oct 31, 2007, 14:27: How easy or hard is it to get a new liver? Think a friend of mine has endstage. Now we got the LFL so who needs to watch the NFL? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Oct 31, 2007, 15:51: Not so easy. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Oct 31, 2007, 20:39: "What started up as a slow trickle of people coming to have their surgeries here has really exploded, and you have people who have no background in plastic surgery setting up medical tourism businesses to try and get their hands on this great market," said O'Hara. " Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Oct 31, 2007, 20:51: Interesting Links on Choosing Doctors and Hospitals out of country-more then word of mouth for sure,,, Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Oct 31, 2007, 20:56: still... people (in general, and in north America) have a bad taste in their mouth, about going to Colombia or anywhere else like that, for these procedures. I have a client, who had breast and stomach both done a few months back, and I asked her if she knew about this 'out-of-the-country' proposition, and she said, 'Oh, yes,....but... so dangerous... and too many problems; I would never do that.'
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miamimike says on Oct 31, 2007, 21:28: In the USA Quack Docs slip thru the cracks; in south american countries without extensive oversight, you really need to be careful. Here's an Example of what goes on in South Florida/Miami Daily with Bogus Docs who don't have a license to practice! Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Oct 31, 2007, 22:08: Quack Docs slip thru the cracks;
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miamimike says on Nov 1, 2007, 04:56: No Pun intended LOL Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte después Bésame, bésame mucho Como si fuera esta noche La última vez Bésame, bésame mucho Que tengo miedo a perderte Perderte de 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LA_MONA says on Nov 1, 2007, 05:24: Yeah I've heard how they see potential for girls who have lovely faces but so so bodies, they fix you up if they like you enough ;-)) Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LA_MONA says on Nov 1, 2007, 05:25: And NO before anyone makes a smart arse comment, it did not happen to me, OK Robi?? Jaja Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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msaucey says on Nov 1, 2007, 13:46: Mona, you feeling sensitive about this post... Just because you're a caleña.... You know the truth... Come on give us the true nitty-gritty about Cali.... The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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