https://nowaitmd.com/blog Field notes from a Canada → Vietnam medical-tourism brokerage. en-CA https://nowaitmd.com/blog/inside-the-vetting-process https://nowaitmd.com/blog/inside-the-vetting-process Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three of every four hospitals we evaluate don't make it past the first call. Here's the actual checklist No Wait MD runs before flipping a clinic from 'pending' to 'vetted'. https://nowaitmd.com/blog/cosmetic-surgery-abroad-the-honest-version https://nowaitmd.com/blog/cosmetic-surgery-abroad-the-honest-version Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cosmetic care is the second-most-common reason Canadians ask us to look abroad — after imaging. It's also the category where bad decisions are easiest to make. Here's the actual decision tree we walk patients through. https://nowaitmd.com/blog/keyhole-procedures-pae-and-friends https://nowaitmd.com/blog/keyhole-procedures-pae-and-friends Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prostate artery embolization (PAE) is a 90-minute keyhole procedure that treats an enlarged prostate without surgery, an overnight stay, or a catheter for weeks. It also happens to be a near-perfect medical-tourism case. Here's why. https://nowaitmd.com/blog/why-canadians-look-abroad-in-2026 https://nowaitmd.com/blog/why-canadians-look-abroad-in-2026 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Public-system waits are at multi-year highs in three provinces, private Canadian alternatives have hit the upper bound of what middle-income households can absorb, and overseas accreditation has finally caught up. Here's the math.