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Joseph Nevin – Leitrim – Knee Replacement

  • Knee Replacement
  • 10/02/2025
Joseph Nevin – Leitrim – Knee Replacement

The Difference Maker

“I feel like the only real help I’ve gotten has been here. It’s really made a significant difference, and It’s by pure coincidence that we’re here.”
“I had been struggling with knee pain for over a decade. When I first sought help, the doctors told me surgery was inevitable, but in the meantime, they offered steroid injections to manage the pain.”

It’s a Small World

“For a long time I was going to different places for all sorts of scans, injections, and a range of treatments. While my insurance covered scans, I had to pay for every specialist visit and every injection myself. It was costing a fortune, and I wasn’t seeing any results. Then we stumbled across Healthcare Abroad”
“This is a funny one now—my brother by chance booked this hotel a while back! He meant to stay at another one down by the port. When he got here, he heard a load of Kildare accents and that’s how we found out about this scheme.”
“From that mistake I discovered I could have my surgery in weeks in Spain—fully covered under the Cross Border Directive, instead of waiting years in Ireland.”

No Need to be Worried

“Some people are hesitant about travelling abroad for surgery, but to be honest with you, some people are hesitant about anything. I don’t know why they’d be afraid. The hospital here in Denia was top class. The service was excellent. I’d have to do the mathematically impossible to praise it enough.”
“Every physio was on the ball, and I had good fun speaking the bit of Spanish with them. Put it this way, if I wasn’t a little bit sore, I’d say it was a grand holiday!”
“Anyone we’ve dealt with has been brilliant, the drivers Tony, Kevin, Xavi—all great lads. They couldn’t do enough for you. They always want to help, and they know their stuff to you.”
“I spent a long time waiting for real help, and when I finally found it – it was in Spain.”

Reach Out

If you’re struggling with pain and stuck on a waiting list, you don’t have to suffer any longer.
Call Healthcare Abroad today at 012678011
Learn more about how it works: https://healthcareabroad.ie/how-it-works
Healthcare Abroad are Ireland’s leading Cross Border Treatment Facilitators. We help patients access safe, affordable treatment in as little as 20 days.

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