{"id":298,"date":"2022-12-03T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2022-12-04T06:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T06:38:46","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/index.php\/testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"298\" class=\"elementor elementor-298\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-583a32a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"583a32a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e321ae\" data-id=\"0e321ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-444aecc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"444aecc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f8b26e\" data-id=\"1f8b26e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edb9fcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"edb9fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/imtj-masthead.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/imtj-masthead.jpg 495w, https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/imtj-masthead-300x35.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bd016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36bd016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"heading1\">The changing face of medical tourism in Africa<\/h4><p id=\"u5082-5\" class=\"bodytext\">September, 2009<\/p><p class=\"bodytext\">Lorraine Melvill, has been running Surgeon &amp; Safari, a South African medical tourism facilitator for over ten years. She talked to IMTJ about the changing face of African Medical Tourism and the importance of standardising Medical Tourism Associations and facilitators across the world.<\/p><p id=\"u5082-10\" class=\"bodytext\"><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/index.php\/testimonial-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"page:U17151\">Click to read the full article<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b2061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29b2061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wallstreetjournal.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df2af9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6df2af9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"u11124-2\" class=\"bodytext\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; border: 0px solid transparent; transform-origin: left top; max-height: 1e+06px; font-family: acumin-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat;\">By Michelle Higgins<\/p><p id=\"u11124-4\" class=\"bodytext\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; border: 0px solid transparent; transform-origin: left top; max-height: 1e+06px; font-family: acumin-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat;\">17TH APRIL 2002<\/p><p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 9px; border: 0px solid transparent; transform-origin: left top; max-height: 1e+06px; font-family: acumin-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-repeat: no-repeat;\">Some agents spotted opportunities in niche markets ahead of the current industry shakeout. For instance, Lorraine Melvill&#8217;s Surgeon &amp; Safari, of Johannesburg, was born three years ago after a relative got a facelift in South Africa at a price well below U.S. fees.<\/p><p>Ms. Melvill says she does a brisk business arranging trips for tourists who want affordable South African cosmetic surgery, either in Cape Town or Johannesburg, with a safari vacation rolled in. Clients usually do the safari first, then go under the knife; they spend the rest of the trip recuperating in a five-star hotel tended by a personal assistant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7715db elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f7715db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#2c2c2c;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(--divider-element-spacing);-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(--divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:\"\";border-bottom:0;-webkit-box-flex:1;-ms-flex-positive:1;flex-grow:1;border-top:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{-webkit-box-flex:0;-ms-flex-positive:0;flex-grow:0;-ms-flex-negative:100;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{-webkit-box-flex:0;-ms-flex-positive:0;flex-grow:0;-ms-flex-negative:100;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-top:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern{--divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider--view-line .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider--view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(--divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(--divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing{--divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider--bg-round{--divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(--container-widget-width,100%)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49844ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49844ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I live in Mozambique and I did the operation about 5 weeks ago. Lorraine is great and Rick is very professional. Will you stay with Lorraine? I would strongly recommend that, she was extremely helpful during the whole process and is very open and warm as a person. I was also very nervous before the operation and sent Rick lots of questions. I had thought about doing this operation about 5 years, so it was really a big thing for me. I think one part of the process was for myself to &#8220;let go&#8221; and trust Rick and Lorraine, without any family and friends around, I am normally used to be in control.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Also I have never been at a hospital so that part was new for me as well. The scars (lower part of nipple area) are now healing nicely and already they are getting difficult to see. The size is great &#8211; I was quite firm I did not want big breasts, so I have 180 ml in each, quite small implants in other words. I was swollen afterwards but stopped eating painkillers after about a week. I am very happy with my &#8220;new&#8221; body.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Mary<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7676de2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7676de2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2920ed3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2920ed3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Travel: A surgical break?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8ee84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd8ee84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"u11208\" class=\"clearfix colelem\"><div id=\"u11205\" class=\"clearfix grpelem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-315 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/metros.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"55\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"u11211-13\" class=\"clearfix colelem\" data-muse-uid=\"U11211\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\"><p class=\"bodytext\">SONIA EVANS WAS starting to feel desperate. A 39-year-old mother of two, she had piled on the pounds during both pregnancies. She had also recently divorced. Her confidence was at a low ebb until she read about Surgeon &amp; Safari.<\/p><p id=\"u11211-7\" class=\"bodytext\"><span id=\"u11211-5\">James Ellis investigates.<\/span><\/p><p id=\"u11211-11\" class=\"bodytext\">What&#8217;s your travel-bug? <a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/index.php\/testimonial-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"page:U17416\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f28fc1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9f28fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98d0691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98d0691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hi Lorraine,<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Well I&#8217;m home now for a couple of weeks and miss you and South Africa verymuch. 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First Quantum Minerals has used the services of Surgeon and Safari for more than 5 years.\u00a0 We run a self funded health benefits scheme and we need efficient and effective services.\u00a0 Lorraine and her team provide highly personalised and professional health care management services for all of our high care needs in South Africa.\u00a0 The reach that Surgeon and Safari have into the private health system creates a benefit for both the patient and the employee\/insurer.\u00a0 I would recommend their services to those seeking high quality, responsive, and professional health services in South Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb2aa87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb2aa87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"45\" src=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/irishindependent.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/irishindependent.png 350w, https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/irishindependent-300x39.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d988e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0d988e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading1\">Going on a holiday for sun, safari and surgery<\/h3><p id=\"u11155-5\" class=\"bodytext\">Tourists to South Africa come home with more than a tan after a &#8220;scalpel safari&#8221;.<\/p><p id=\"u11155-7\" class=\"bodytext\">MARIANNE HERON reports.<\/p><p class=\"bodytext\">A new breed of tourist to South Africa is returning home with more than a tan to account for their glowing good looks. The secret lies not only in the holiday of a lifetime in game parks or the Cape winelands but the chance to transform face or figure at the same time.<\/p><p id=\"u11155-12\" class=\"bodytext\"><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/index.php\/testimonial-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"page:U17282\">Click to read the full story<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70cec94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70cec94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/busdoctor.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"83\" \/>Foreigners flock to South African\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit;\">GP&#8217;s and surgeons<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c016e8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c016e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Nose jobs, boob enhancements, tummy-tucks and more &#8211; they&#8217;re stacking up as South Africa&#8217;s biggest medical bargain bash ever.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bedbdf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bedbdf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cartoon.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cartoon.png 500w, https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cartoon-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7077c85 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7077c85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c089cf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c089cf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"u11216\" class=\"clip_frame grpelem\" data-muse-uid=\"U11216\" data-muse-type=\"img_frame\" data-mu-ie-matrix=\"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(M11=0.9945,M12=0.1045,M21=-0.1045,M22=0.9945,SizingMethod='auto expand')\" data-mu-ie-matrix-dx=\"-4\" data-mu-ie-matrix-dy=\"-4\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-306 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/speechbubble.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"103\" \/>Dear Lorraine,<\/span><\/div><div id=\"u11215-10\" class=\"clearfix grpelem\" data-muse-uid=\"U11215\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\" data-mu-ie-matrix=\"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(M11=0.9945,M12=0.1045,M21=-0.1045,M22=0.9945,SizingMethod='auto expand')\" data-mu-ie-matrix-dx=\"-16\" data-mu-ie-matrix-dy=\"-13\"><p>I can&#8217;t thank you enough for your promptness and professionalism, not to mention your warmth and friendly demeanor. I am very nervous about undergoing such a surgery, but I feel so confident that I am spreading the news to family and friends alike. I have located a camera (I still do not have scanning capability for my computer&#8230;. just never got around to it) and will be taking the pictures within the next week. I look so forward to meeting all of you and seeing your beautiful country.<\/p><p>As always, Pam<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d92dcab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d92dcab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/logo_cbsnews.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f872d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f872d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: acumin-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; caret-color: #000000;\">Going To Extremes<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162aeee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"162aeee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aug. 5, 2004<\/p><p>48 Hours takes a look at how more and more people are going to extremes to physically improve their appearance and achieve an edge in life.<\/p><p><a class=\"nonblock\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px solid transparent; transform-origin: left top; color: #8f2e20; text-decoration-line: underline; background-repeat: no-repeat;\" href=\"http:\/\/surgeon-and-safari.co.za\/index.php\/testimonials-4\/\" data-href=\"page:U17572\">Click to read the full article<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The changing face of medical tourism in Africa September, 2009 Lorraine Melvill, has been running Surgeon &amp; Safari, a South African medical tourism facilitator for over ten years. She talked to IMTJ about the changing face of African Medical Tourism and the importance of standardising Medical Tourism Associations and facilitators across the world. 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