Mr. Piero Papa

My name is Piero Papa, I'm 63, from Canada. Before, I was in the most pain I've ever experienced in my life. I'm very active, and to manage that pain, I needed to take a lot of painkillers, a lot of anti-inflammatories, and I did that for approximately 6 months to discover that I needed microscopic surgery. At that point, I needed to do something. I could not wait in my country for a 3-hour procedure.

I was admitted in the morning. I was given a full scan, stuff we don't do back home. The MRI was three times longer than back home. The care, the attention... the word I use, if it's perfect, is called impeccable, absolutely. I was prepped, I was instructed what was going to happen, the amount of time, and I was put to sleep [for] surgery. I woke up 5 hours later in a beautiful environment, wheeled up to my room. One day, one night, and I walked out with crutches 30 hours later.

So the treatment from the time I came in to the time I left, and then the follow-up came back after 4 days and analysed and checked the stitches, and again it was—it was impeccable, flawless. I have no crutches, no cane, I have full range, and I'm not kidding when I say this, I probably have more range in my operated hip than I have in my non-operated across both. I can cross... this is my operated leg, and this is crossing it over.

I would hand-deliver them here, take [them] by the hand and bring them to the hospital personally. Everything, this experience was five-star. I have made that very clear to my friends back home. I'm not sure if this is appropriate for me to say, but quite a few individuals, my friends, when I told them what I was going to do, they have no idea. They have no idea that you guys are way more advanced than we in the western parts of the world. We have private hospitals too, but the service is maybe half of the service I received here. I say that—that kings and presidents get this kind of service. So of course I will tell people, "Don't even think about it." I was consulting with my own doctor back home, I would get my reports and send it to him. It was my doctor that said, "You're there, do it here." Here I am. Thank you guys, go for it. All righty.