Terms of use

This website is owned and operated by (“Medical 4U”). This document comprises the Terms of Use Agreement, (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) and constitutes a legally binding Agreement between the visitor/user of this site and Medical 4U.

As a condition precedent to the visitor/user being able to use any of the tools, functions, and information on this site, the visitor/user must read, understand and agree to be bound by each of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. However, by the mere act of accessing the functions and tools of this site, viewing any information, text or graphics herein, the visitor/user is deemed to have already read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Agreement. Should the visitor/user not agree to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, he/she must immediately leave this site and cease using any of the tools, functions and information provided herein.

Medical 4U reserves the right to amend or modify this Agreement without prior notice to the visitor/users. Therefore, every time the visitor/user accesses this site, he/she is responsible for viewing this Agreement for any updates, amendments, changes, and revisions to which the visitor/user shall be deemed to be automatically bound.

The visitor/user agrees to use the information, services, and tools available on the site for purely personal and non-commercial use.

 

Purpose of this Site and Limitation on Liability

Medical 4U, through this site, only provides general information, data, approximate pricing and statistics regarding medical tourism, health care, and medical services available worldwide either obtained directly from the medical providers or through a process of simple research of information, data and statistics that are already available on the medical provider's website. Medical 4U is not paid to promote any of these medical providers over others.

Medical 4U strives to provide its visitors/users with information, data, and statistics regarding medical tourism, which is current. However, the content on this website has not been reviewed or prepared by medical professionals and is not intended as a substitute for advice obtained from a licensed medical professional. No information, data or statistics contained in this site may be used for self-diagnosis or for treating health problems or diseases. Medical 4U is not responsible for any information that is found to be inaccurate, incomplete, incorrect or misleading.

Medical 4U does not provide health care or medical services. It does not render medical advice or opinions regarding the visitor/users’ eligibility for any medical or health care treatment or service. It does not warrant the accuracy of the general information, statistics and data found on this site and further, it does not warrant the existence, qualifications, quality of service or competence of any of the health care or medical service providers mentioned in this site.

The visitor/user is responsible for conducting his/her own due diligence investigations into the existence, qualifications, quality of service, or competence of any of the health care or medical service providers mentioned and for validating any information, data or statistics regarding the medical tourism industry contained herein. The visitor/user shall hold Medical 4U free and harmless and shall indemnify Medical 4U for any claim or liability, whether the cause of action is based on tort, breach of contract or any other legal theory, including punitive, actual, direct, incidental or consequential damages of any nature, arising from the visitor/user's independent due diligence investigations and validations of the information contained herein; or for any damage, loss or injury that may have been incurred by the visitor/user or any other person who may have received information from such visitor/user regarding any information, data or statistic published on this site or for any service or treatment obtained from any health or medical service provider that is mentioned herein. Medical 4U is not responsible for any health or medical care service or treatment that the visitor/user may receive from any person, entity or business mentioned on this site.

 

Rules for Use of Site

Site visitors/users may not:

  1. Violate the laws of any jurisdiction, state, or country while visiting our site or using any tool that is available on this site;
  2. Harass or cyberstalk any user;
  3. Post any information, entries, queries, guest book notes, etc., which is the sole and absolute discretion and opinion of Medical 4U, may be considered as obscene, indecent, defamatory, offensive, or hateful;
  4. Upload a virus on the server, whether or not such virus causes damage to Medical 4U or Medical 4U's visitors/users;
  5. Transmit, steal, or otherwise engage in unauthorized access of information, data or materials through or into this website, which may be in violation of any law or regulation in any jurisdiction;
  6. Use any automated script or robots to access, copy, or manipulate any content provided in this site;
  7. Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other person or entity;
  8. Insert your own or a third party's advertising material or promotional content on this site;
  9. Use the site in any manner with the intent to interrupt, damage, or disable, overburden, impair the site, including but not limited to, flooding servers with requests;
  10. Attempt to circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt, or otherwise alter or interfere with the site or any content thereof;
  11. Use the site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the same or interfere with any person's use or enjoyment thereof.

All visitors/users of this site must be of legal age in their jurisdiction or country of origin. All visitors/users who are not of legal age must immediately leave the website and cease using any of the tools, functions, information provided in this site unless such visitor user is supervised by his/her parents or legal guardian, in which event, the parent or legal guardian shall be responsible for filtering any inappropriate content on this site.

Medical 4U may post rules, guidelines or policies in addition to those stated in this Agreement. Upon the posting of such new or additional materials, such terms and conditions will immediately form part of this Agreement and shall be deemed as automatically binding on the visitors/users.

 

Disclaimer

Medical 4U cannot personally vet all medical service providers, services offered and medical staff mentioned in this site, despite making every effort to do so. Therefore, Medical 4U has no knowledge or responsibility regarding the existence, qualifications, quality of service, or competence of any of the health care or medical service providers mentioned in this site. It has no information regarding the capacity or qualifications of the health care or medical service providers to render the service required by the visitor/user, nor can Medical 4U attest to the competence of the medical professionals practicing medicine at such establishments.

Medical 4U is not itself providing any goods or services in the capacity of a principal. Except for arranging medical procedures, Medical 4U does not itself supply or provide any other goods or services. It is not itself a transport, accommodation, tour, event or medical service or product provider. Third parties independent of Medical 4U provide those goods and services. Medical 4U advises obtaining and reading the service providers terms and conditions applicable to the goods or services they provide and make sure there are no exclusions or limitations of liability imposed by the service provider. Some of these may limit or exclude liability for death, personal injury, delay, and property loss or damage. Third party principals (not sub-contractors to Medical 4U) provide all goods and services to you, including tours, travel, activities, meals, consultations, operations and procedures.

Medical 4U exercises every reasonable care in the selection of third parties introduced to and who may provide goods and services to clients in connection with his/her trip. It is important to note, therefore that:

  1. Medical 4U is the mere agent of the supplier of those goods and services and does not make any express or implied representation or warranty that any goods or services supplied by third parties will be fit for required purpose or supplied by them with reasonable care and skill;
  2. All bookings for goods and services to be provided by third parties are subject to the terms and conditions and limitations of liability as may be separately imposed by tour operators, airlines, hospitals, clinics, hotels and other providers of goods and services (some of which limit or exclude liability in respect of death, personal injury, delay and loss or damage to baggage);
  3. Specific reviews relating to individual hospitals, clinics, medical service providers can come from a combination of sources, including but not exclusively, Medical 4U customers, search engine profiles and social media profiles;
  4. All prices quoted are estimated prices either calculated based on a number of similar procedures carried out by the specified medical provider or approximate prices provided by the medical service provider. All prices are subject to change, as per the medical service provider's discretion. Prices may change on the day of the procedure.

Any and all information published on the website that relates to health care or medical providers have been gathered and presented by Medical 4U on its own initiative using the websites and promotional information from such establishments, which are already made available to the public or have been provided by health care or medical providers to Medical 4U for posting. Medical 4U does not verify the accuracy of the information gathered from such websites and cannot vouch for their reliability and accuracy, nor can Medical 4U warrant that such information is current and updated.

All medical information found on the site is intended only for the general information of the visitors/users. The site serves as a database or education resource only, which may enable its visitors/users to conduct their own due diligence investigations and research into the health care, medical services and medical information mentioned herein. Such information should not be used as a basis for diagnosis, choice of treatment or choice of medical practitioner. This site is not intended to dictate what constitutes reasonable, appropriate or best care for any health issue nor does it serve as a substitute for the judgment of a qualified physician. If the visitor/user has or suspects that he/she may have a medical condition or that he/she is a candidate for any of the medical treatments mentioned in this site, please seek the advice of a trained and qualified medical practitioner.

By operating this website, Medical 4U cannot be deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine. The use of the site does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. The visitor/user should not solicit or rely upon any representations or recommendations of any officers of Medical 4U with regard to any medical issue.

While Medical 4U has no reason to believe that there are inaccuracies or defects in any of the information published on the website, it makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the fitness of the information for any purpose whatsoever. The site is provided on an “as is” or “as available basis” and the visitor/user uses the same entirely at his/her own risk. In providing the information to visitor/user, no contractual obligation is or has been constituted between the visitor/user and Medical 4U and no duty of care is owed to the former. If any court of competent jurisdiction rules that Medical 4U owes a duty of care to the visitor/user, Medical 4U will not be liable for any direct or indirect consequences, loss, damages or injury arising from the use of this information, unless there is direct negligence or fault on the part of Medical 4U.

The information on the site should not be used as a basis for diagnosis, choice of treatment or choice of medical practitioner. By operating this website, Medical 4U cannot be deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine, nor is the information herein presented intended to supplant medical advice from a qualified medical practitioner. 

 

Intellectual Property

All original content provided within or via this site is protected by various international copyright laws, patent laws, trademark regulations, and laws, and various intellectual property laws and international treaties and agreements. Copying, reproduction, publication or broadcast of any protected content contained within or via this Site is strictly prohibited without the written permission of Medical 4U. All trademarks presented on or via this site are owned by their respective owners and may not be used by the visitor/user in any way.