St James Hospital Malta: Obesity Surgery in Malta

Saint James Hospital, Sliema, forms part of the Saint James Hospital Group, Malta’s leading provider in the private healthcare sector and offers obesity surgery in Malta, using the gastric balloon operation.

Saint James Hospital Sliema, the larger of the Group’s two hospitals, is located in a quiet suburb of the Island’s main retail and commercial district and is just a five minute walk away from the seafront.

 The 80-bedded hospital offers state-of-the-art equipment and is staffed by fully-qualified doctors and nurses, fluent in English, Maltese and Italian amongst other languages.

The services offered are comprehensive and range from simple blood tests and diagnostic scans to a full complement of elective, cosmetic, orthopaedic, fertility and cardiac surgery, obesity surgery, a dedicated eye clinic and dental services.

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The hospital offers a luxurious atmosphere, a warm welcome and the highest standards of personal care and service.  Former patients have compared their stay at Saint James Hospital, to residing in a hotel with special care and medical assistance. 

The service and quality of the accommodation is in fact five star, and complements the high professional standards of the medical and nursing staff. 

Gastric balloon operations

A gastric balloon operation is simple and easy to fit in as obesity surgery abroad.  It is virtually risk free and is mostly performed as a day operation.  You can return to routine or start your vacation abroad within hours of the procedure.

The Intra Gastric Balloon is a non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical aid used in the treatment of obesity or as part of a controlled weight loss programme.  It may also be recommended in the months before vital surgery in order to reduce the risk of complications arising in operating on patients who are excessively obese.

The balloon itself is a soft, expandable silicon balloon that is inserted into the stomach though the mouth using endoscopy.  Once in place, it is filled with a sterile saline solution that inflates the balloon.  It then floats freely in the stomach, filling some of the stomach cavity, thereby reducing its capacity.

The gastric balloon has a number of benefits:

• You can feel fuller after eating regularly and normally

• Your weight loss is more dramatic than if you were relying on dieting alone

• You can experience dramatic weight loss within six months
  
  

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Infrastructure and services offered for obesity surgery in Malta include:

• 10 modern, high-tech operating theatres with advanced anaesthesia equipment

• Internationally-trained and experienced medical professionals: all doctors trained and qualified in the U.K. and/or the U.S.A. All Saint James doctors have specialised and worked in leading universities and teaching hospitals in England, Scotland, Ireland, the U.S.A and other countries

• Private rooms: all are situated within comfortable and spacious wards, supervised 24hrs

• The rooms are single-bedded enjoying en-suite bathrooms/showers and are provided with cable TV, telephone, air-conditioning, tea/coffee facilities, and a nurse call system keeping you in immediate contact with the nursing staff. Wireless internet network for laptop computers also available in the hospital.
  

Overnight facilities for a relative.carer can be provided. A Relative/Carer can also opt to sleep with the patient in the same room.

In-house, post-operative physiotherapy is also available. 

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Obesity surgeons and qualifications

Saint James Hospital has established and strengthened a local network of Surgeons. All our surgeons are fully qualified and certified and form part of the National Medical Council some of whom are also recognized by the British Medical Council. Most of them have specialised and worked abroad and gained experience in their field through substantial number of years of practice.

Our surgeons commit themselves to offer a free telephone consultation with interested patients to discuss surgery in further detail and answer all the patient’s questions. Saint James Mobilise department provides patients with a variety CV’s thus providing the patient with a choice to choose their surgeon of preference.

Contact details for Obesity Surgery in Malta 

St James Hospital

George Borg Olivier Street

Sliema SLM 1807

Malta

Tel:    +356 2133 5235

Fax:   +356 2133 0226

Email: healthtourism@stjameshospital.com

www: www.mobilisesurgery.com
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