1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: What about this. A Kiwi nurse needed a double hip replacement. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: If she'd got it in New Zealand privately, it would 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: have cost her eighty thousand dollars. So instead what she 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: did as she flew to India and it cost her 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: twenty thousand dollars plus flights plus accommodation, and she says 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: it was world class. The nurse is Claire Olson, who's 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: with us now, Hi, Claire, Hello, would you recommend it? 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 2: I absolutely would. 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: Wow. 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: I started my journey in January. I went to my doctor. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 2: I was one hundred and twenty two kilos and I 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: could barely walk because I needed hit replacements, and he 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 2: said there was nothing to he could do for me, 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: so I had to do something traumatic. I ended up 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 2: going to Tijuana and had bariatric surgery and I really 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: enjoyed the team environment of SET and that was part 17 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: of my plan to get my health back. Yeah. Then 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: when I got home, I've lost twenty five kilos and 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: I started hopping around for hip replacements. I came up 20 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: with a with India. Anyway, Mumbai had been there fifteen 21 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: years ago and they had the robotic hip replacement. So 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 2: I was very keen on that because I'd had two 23 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: knees done and I went through a broker up there, 24 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: and that's how I ended up at the hospital. And 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: was doctor Khan a. 26 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: Broker like as in somebody who organized the whole thing 27 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: for you. Yes, oh fantastic, And so what do I mean, 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: you know, being a nurse, you know what god healthcare 29 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: looks like. This was great healthcare, was it? 30 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: Yes? It was? And that is why I've had to say, 31 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: really we are a bit of a third world country. 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: The healthcare up there was they just fault not I 33 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: couldn't fault it. I'm a little bit of a person 34 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: that might faults. But no. The cleanliness, the friendliness, everything 35 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: was was just wonderful. In fact, we had so many 36 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: visitors because I had a support person with me. We 37 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: had so many visitors. We felt like we should set 38 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: up champagne and nibbles. 39 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: The visitors care. 40 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: Oh, we had well George George from the kitchen who 41 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: came up every day to make sure we had a 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: choice of food that was suitable for us. Dushner from 43 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 2: the broker. We had lots of people just popping in. 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 2: The nurses were lovely and friendly. Almost everybody who spoke 45 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 2: spoke English, but we had the physio and the internists, 46 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 2: and as they didn't speak English or that, we had 47 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: Google translate. 48 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, So what do you think was going wrong 49 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: with our healthcare system at the minute to make it 50 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: so cruddy. 51 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: I've been a nurse for forty years, and I would 52 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: just say lack of investment, the elect of investment, and 53 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: then started to slide when they took im Look, I'm 54 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 2: an old nest So they started to take training out 55 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: of hospitals and that was the downhill in my opinion, 56 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: the downhill slide of it all, I don't believe. 57 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: So okay, So this might be the future for people 58 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: with a bit of money is to go overseas and 59 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: get it done properly and and enjoy a nice stay 60 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: in a grand hotel pretty much. 61 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: And I would. So we're looking at taking half a 62 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 2: dozen people aren't and mentoring them through the process and 63 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: changing the course of their lives. 64 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: So are you getting involved now as a business? 65 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: Yes? Yes? Why not? The cost of it and the 66 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: cost of it in comparison, I couldn't come up with 67 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: eighty thousand year for New Zealand, I'm sorry, but I 68 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: could come up with the twenty thousand. 69 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: Brilliant stuff, Claire. Thanks for talking us through it to 70 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: appreciated and best of luck with your recovery. That's clear 71 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: Olson nurse who had hip surgery in India's now setting 72 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: up a business to help you do the same thing. 73 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: If you wanted for more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, 74 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: listen live to news Talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, 75 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.