What Is a Medical Translator?

With the continuous improvement of China's national income level and the gradual increase in information exchange at home and abroad, more and more mainland residents have begun to look for better medical resources worldwide. As long as conditions allow, domestic patients can also go abroad to enjoy advanced development Medical services.

Overseas Medical

With the continuous improvement of China's national income level and the gradual increase in information exchange at home and abroad, more and more mainland residents have begun to look for better medical resources worldwide. As long as conditions allow, domestic patients can also go abroad to enjoy advanced development Medical services.

Although the medical expenses are higher than those in China, its medical services have obvious advantages: first, superb medical technology; second, advanced medical equipment; third, doctors with a strong sense of responsibility and professionalism; fourth, fair, standardized, and professional Medical services. Fifth, it is significantly better than domestic medical environment and supporting facilities. Sixth, it is a unique clinical treatment drug.

Chinese name

Overseas Medical

Market value

$ 100 billion (2015)

Healing period

1-4 months

Preferred country

USA, Germany, UK

Overseas medical development is relatively mature abroad. For example, in developed medical technology developed countries such as Europe and the United States, many hospitals have international patient offices and are equipped with multilingual medical professional translators. Medical treatment procedures and models are relatively mature. At home, although overseas medical care is still an emerging industry, it has a rapid development momentum, huge development potential, and broad market prospects. According to the forecast of China's economic development level and consumption capacity, the market potential of overseas medical markets and related industries may exceed tens of billions of dollars in the next 10 years.

When applying for a medical visa, patients need to prepay a part of the treatment fees for going abroad to see a doctor. The specific amount depends on the amount on the overseas hospital cost estimate letter, ranging from several hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. In order to complete this prepayment, the patient needs a dual currency credit card with VISA, MASTER and other logos. Before payment, the credit card center must be notified to authorize the payment.

If the foreign currency that needs to be prepaid exceeds the credit limit,

Among them, the United States has the highest medical expenses. Take cancer as an example.

Compared with domestic medical services, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Singapore and other overseas medical destinations each have different comparative advantages:

United States:

1. Outpatient

First, some medical intermediaries do not have professional medical translators at all. Instead, they hire students without medical knowledge as translators. Their translations of test results, conditions, and treatment methods are prone to bias, leading to an increased risk of medical disputes.

Secondly, at present, domestic health administrative departments and tourism departments have not issued any rules and regulations and management rules related to going abroad for medical treatment. According to formal procedures, medical intermediary agencies need to sign agreements with foreign medical institutions on behalf of tourists to achieve medical treatment overseas. However, in reality, some intermediary companies have not signed any agreements with foreign medical institutions. Once problems or accidents occur, consumers will face the problem that their legitimate rights and interests cannot be guaranteed.

Third, because the place where the medical practice takes place and the place where the patient lives belong to different countries, the legal system is quite different. Once an accident or medical accident occurs during the medical process, it is difficult for the patient to obtain evidence, which requires a lot of time, manpower and Economic costs.