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Overseas Bariatric Surgery Due-Diligence Checklist

Use this as a preparation tool. It does not replace professional assessment or advice.

  • Verify the hospital through an official national register
  • Verify the named surgeon
  • Get the complication policy in writing
  • Confirm safe-to-fly advice
  • Confirm at least two years of specialist follow-up
  • Get English operation/discharge records
  • Understand insurance exclusions
  • Do not rely on GHIC/EHIC for planned private treatment

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