Canadian Medical Travel · Coast to Coast

Surgery abroad,
arranged in Canada.

Serving clients right across Canada, Meridian Care Group helps you skip multi-year surgical waits and access affordable, JCI-accredited care overseas. Wherever you are in the country, we work with you remotely with the same level of care, and coordinate every detail: flights, medical records, recovery, from first conversation to safely home.

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28.6 Weeks, median
surgical wait in Canada
100% JCI-accredited
hospital partners
1 Personal coordination,
start to finish
JCI Gold Seal of Approval, held by accredited hospitals

Our partner hospitals carry the JCI Gold Seal.

Every hospital we work with holds Joint Commission International accreditation, the international gold standard for hospital quality and patient safety. Meridian coordinates your care. The accredited hospitals deliver it.

What we do, in 30 seconds

We handle the whole journey.

Meridian Care Group facilitates surgery abroad for Canadians from coast to coast. From your first conversation, through hospital matching, full travel coordination, and post-operative follow-up at home, we handle every step. You focus on getting better.

01 / Meet

Wherever you are in Canada.

We start with a real conversation, by phone or video, wherever you are in the country. Careful listening, and an honest read on whether medical travel is right for you.

02 / Match

To a vetted JCI hospital.

We submit your medical records to 2 to 3 carefully matched hospitals abroad. Their surgical team confirms candidacy before any travel is booked.

03 / Arrange

Flights, stay, every detail.

Flights, accommodation, transfers, companion travel, full itinerary, pre-op appointments. You arrive knowing exactly what to expect.

04 / Recover

Safely home, fully supported.

On-the-ground support abroad, return travel suited to recovery, complete documentation for your local care team, and follow-up at home.

Spine and back surgery

Canadians wait a median of 49.9 weeks for neurosurgery.

That is the national figure from GP referral to treatment, published by the Fraser Institute in 2025. Almost a year with a disc pressing on a nerve. Spine is the work we are asked about most, and the area where waiting costs people the most.

Send us your MRI and an experienced spine surgeon abroad will review the actual images and come back in writing, usually inside one to two weeks. Herniated disc, spinal stenosis, sciatica, spondylolisthesis, fusion, artificial disc replacement and endoscopic spine surgery.

See how spine cases work
  • A surgeon reads your films, not a form
  • Written opinion in one to two weeks, not a year
  • Awake endoscopic spine surgery available at a partner hospital, confirmed to us in writing
  • Accreditation named per hospital, in writing, before you pay anything
For those who served

Canadian Armed Forces veterans and ministry personnel travel for less.

Meridian Care Group offers a dedicated discount for veterans who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces, and for ministry personnel, arranging surgery abroad, in recognition of your service. Reach out and we will apply it to your care.

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Vetted in person

We don’t send you anywhere we haven’t stood ourselves.

Before a hospital joins our network, our founder travels there, meets the surgeons, and inspects the facility firsthand. On recent visits across India and Vietnam that meant scrubbing in and standing inside the operating rooms.

Meridian's founder scrubbed in to observe surgery at a partner hospital in India
Exterior of a JCI-accredited partner hospital in India
Advanced CT imaging suite at a partner hospital in India
A private patient suite at a partner hospital in Vietnam
A private recovery room with companion seating and a window view, India
A private patient room with a recliner and city view in Vietnam
Our founder with a partner specialist in India
Our founder with the international patient team at a partner hospital in Vietnam
Our founder with partner physicians at a partner hospital in Vietnam
Our founder with a partner specialist in Vietnam
Our founder meeting a partner physician in consultation in Vietnam
Our founder with a senior orthopaedic surgeon in India
Our founder in the surgical suite with the operating team in Vietnam
Our founder with a partner surgeon at the operating theatre doors in Vietnam
Sterile surgical corridor inside a partner hospital in Vietnam
International patient reception desk at a partner hospital in Vietnam
Reception team at a partner hospital in Vietnam
International patient lounge at a partner hospital in India
Bright patient-wing corridor and nursing station in India
Our founder in the lobby of a partner hospital in Vietnam
Our founder with the international patient team in Vietnam
Private day-care treatment suite in India
Our founder in a private patient suite with a hospital partner in India
Patient suite lounge area in Vietnam
Private room with window seating in India
Private en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower in India
Bright private patient room in Vietnam
Private en-suite bathroom with walk-in shower in Vietnam
A procedure underway inside a partner hospital operating theatre in Vietnam
Our Hospital Partnerships

A global network of partner hospitals

From coast to coast, Meridian Care Group works hand in hand with trusted hospital partners around the world, coordinating every step for our patients from the first conversation to safely back home.

Mexico Costa Rica Turkey India Thailand Vietnam South Korea Canada Coast to coast

Our Partner Destinations

We partner with leading hospitals across:

  • South Korea
  • India
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
  • Turkey
  • Costa Rica
  • Mexico

United States

For patients who would rather be treated in America, we arrange access to leading US centres. American hospitals do not pay facilitators, so we work there on a flat fee and the hospital's own international team handles the booking. You should always know how the person advising you is paid.

Patient stories

In their own words.

Real experiences from patients who traveled through our partner hospital network.

Clínica Bíblica, San José, Costa Rica. One of our accredited partner hospitals.

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No obligation. No pressure.
Just a conversation.

No obligation. No online forms. Just a real conversation with a local professional who will give you an honest picture of your options.

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