Health News from Medical News Today: Shorter Wait Times For Weight-Loss Surgery In Private Clinics But Quality Of Patient Care May Be Suffering

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Shorter Wait Times For Weight-Loss Surgery In Private Clinics But Quality Of Patient Care May Be Suffering 31 May 2011, 4:00 pm Private health clinics across Canada providing weight-loss surgeries are offering much shorter wait times but at a hefty cost and at the expense of quality patient care, according to a new study led by St. Michael's Hospital physician Dr. Chaim Bell. "The private clinics in Canada offer adjustable gastric banding surgery - a weight-loss procedure that involves banding the upper stomach to restrict food intake - to patients with a median wait time of only one month compared to 21 months in the public health-care system," says Bell... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.