Terms & Conditions1. Services provided
ABCMEDICALTOURISM acts as an online marketplace for individuals seeking access to medical services and providers situated around the world, who wish to provide medical services. ABCMEDICALTOURISM facilitates introductions between patients and providers through the Website.
ABCMEDICALTOURISM gathers information from various worldwide providers about their facilities and services, which can be accessed via the Website. This information should assist you in making a decision on choosing your preferred provider by conducting your own research into such providers. If you choose a provider to supply medical services, then we will facilitate contact between you and that provider by passing on your information to the provider via the ABCMEDICALTOURISM Website.
ABCMEDICALTOURISM has used reasonable care and skill to compile the content on this website. However, neither ABCMEDICALTOURISM nor its medical providers make any warranty as to the accuracy of any information on the Website neither ABCMEDICALTOURISM nor any of the medical providers accept liability for any errors or omissions on the Website. ABCMEDICALTOURISM gives no warranty in respect of the Website or its content and cannot be held responsible for any resulting damage or consequential loss. If you find that any information is not correct please contact ABCMEDICALTOURISM immediately.
2. Important notice
ABCMEDICALTOURISM.com is a privately funded business which does not provide any medical services, advice, care or diagnosis. ABCMEDICALTOURISM is not an agent for medical providers. All information provided herein is intended solely as a guide and should not be considered professional medical advice. ABCMEDICALTOURISM is an information service only where providers offer medical services to patients via the Website. ABCMEDICALTOURISM does not screen or validate any content posted by providers, nor does a listing constitute an endorsement of any particular provider. Any decision to contract with a provider is done at your own risk and ABCMEDICALTOURISM strongly recommends you conduct your own research of providers listed on the Website and further recommends you consult with your primary care provider before contracting with any provider from this Website. Be aware that the results of any search you conduct on the ABCMEDICALTOURISM website for said providers should not be construed as endorsement by ABCMEDICALTOURISM of any particular provider, or signify a comparative ranking of those providers.
3. Services not provided
ABCMEDICALTOURISM is not a medical referral service and does not endorse, recommend, or approve any provider listed on the Website, nor is it an agent for medical providers. We are not medical professionals and will not discuss or advise on any issues relating to medical treatment with patients or providers.
ABCMEDICALTOURISM is not involved in any transaction between you and the providers who use this website. We cannot assure that all transactions will be completed nor do we guarantee the ability or intent of providers to fulfil their obligations in any transactions.
As we cannot control the information supplied by providers made available through ABCMEDICALTOURISM, we do not guarantee or endorse the authenticity, quality, safety or legitimacy of any provider or the services given or offered by said providers. The accuracy of any listings or provider data we may provide via the Website, or the ability of providers to complete a transaction, rests with them.
If you choose a provider for medical services and indicate your decision to arrange a quotation with said provider via ABCMEDICALTOURISM, then we will inform the provider of your choice. If the provider then decides that they wish to provide the requested medical services to you, they will contact you directly and you will be responsible for completing the contract for the provision of medical services with the provider directly.
4. Content policy
ABCMEDICALTOURISM acts as a passive conduit for the online distribution and publication of information submitted through the Website. Our pricing information is an average of the costings supplied by medical providers for any given procedure within a country. ABCMEDICALTOURISM has no obligation to screen content or information in advance, and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted by providers. Providers are solely responsible for the content and information provided to ABCMEDICALTOURISM, which is published on the Website through our data entry forms or otherwise. We reserve the right to edit or remove providers content if we believe it is untrue or a liability for ABCMEDICALTOURISM.
You acknowledge we may publish your reviews of providers or the medical services provided to you by providers either on the Website or on associated or linked websites. You consent to the unrestricted publication of such reviews.
Where graphical advertising is displayed on the website, it will clearly be marked with a header “Advertisement” to differentiate paid advertising from editorial content.
5. Age and responsibility
You should note that the ‘Website Service’ is only available to, and may only be used by individuals who are legally entitled to form such contracts under law in the jurisdiction in which they reside. If you are under the age of 18, you should not access and or use this website or its services. By accessing and using this Website, you warrant that you are 18 years of age or older.
6. Data protection
For the purpose of these Terms and Conditions ,“Data” refers to all electronic data or information (including personal data as defined in the Data Protection Acts, 1988 and 2003 (the “DP Acts”) submitted by you onto the website, and transferred by ABCMEDICALTOURISM to the provider - the processing of which is necessary to conclude the contract between you and the provider. You recognise and acknowledge that in order to introduce you to providers of medical services, we will need to provide details of your personal information, including any medical information you provide us with, to providers who wish to arrange a consultation with you. You explicitly consent to the transfer and disclosure of your personal information to these providers even where such providers are based in countries where protections for personal data are different to those under the DP Acts or in the European Union generally. We may also use your contact details, including your phone number and email address, to contact andupdate you as to progress in relation to your consultation with one or more providers and other matters concerning ABCMEDICALTOURISM Website Services. You consent to us contacting you in this regard.
ABCMEDICALTOURISM endeavours to protect your privacy and the privacy of others who access the Website and use its facilities. For full details of the manner in which ABCMEDICALTOURISM uses cookies, the type of information we collect, how we use it and further details concerning the circumstances upon which we disclose information, please read the Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into and forms part of these Terms and Conditions.
7. Suspension/termination
ABCMEDICALTOURISM may at any time, without notice to you, suspend or terminate your access to this Website, or any service forming part of this Website, wholly or partially for any reason, including without limitation, where you have provided false or misleading information, or you are in breach of these Terms and Conditions, or if ABCMEDICALTOURISM cannot verify or authenticate any information submitted to the Website. ABCMEDICALTOURISM is not liable to you or any third party for any suspension or termination of access to this Website.
8. Use of website
You agree not to use this Website or any of its facilities and/or services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions including but not limited to:
Any purpose that is fraudulent, unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions;
- copying, modifying, transmitting, displaying, distributing, performing, reproducing, licensing, publishing, creating derivative works from, transferring or selling any information, software, products and services contained on or forming part of this Website. This also includes using such content of the Website for resale, redistribution or for any other commercial use whatsoever – including, but not limited to - any surveys, contests or pyramid schemes;
- accessing or using the Website in and from jurisdictions which restricts or prohibits same by local law;
- accessing or using the Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overload, flood, mail bomb, crash or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use and/or enjoyment of the Website;
- posting or transmitting (whether on a bulletin board, forum or otherwise) to or from the Website any unlawful, harassing, threatening, libellous, defamatory, obscene, hateful, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under law;
- transmitting material which may cause harm to the ABCMEDICALTOURISM, or any other party’s computer systems, including but not limited to any material which contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, adware, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines or engines that are intended to damage, destroy or otherwise impair a computer’s functionality or the operation of the Website;
- harassing, harming or abusing another person, or contacting, advertising, soliciting, selling to any other person without their prior written consent or transmitting or relaying spam, junk email or chain letters;
- accessing data or materials not intended for your use; logging into a server or account which you are not authorised to access; attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorisation; impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting their identity or affiliation in any way;
- attempting to gain unauthorised access to the Website, or any computer systems and networks connected to any ABCMEDICALTOURISM website, through hacking, password miming or any other means;
- harvesting or collecting by any means any program material or information (including without limitation email addresses or details of other users) from the Website or monitoring, mirroring or copying any content of the Website without the prior written consent of ABCMEDICALTOURISM.
- The pages contained in this Website may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The information on this Website may be updated from time to time but we do not accept any responsibility for keeping the information in these pages up-to-date or any liability for any failure to do so.
ABCMEDICALTOURISM reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to pursue all of its legal remedies upon breach by you of these Terms and Conditions, including, but not limited to, removal of your postings and content from this Website, and restricting your ability to access this Website and use the Website Services.
The opinions expressed on the bulletin board or evaluation forums are not those of ABCMEDICALTOURISM, its directors, partners or affiliates. Any statements, advice and opinions made by users of evaluation forms or bulletin boards are those of the user or provider only. Where you post any statements, advice and opinions to a bulletin board or evaluation form, you accept responsibility for all such content and ABCMEDICALTOURISM neither endorses nor shall be held responsible for the reliability or accuracy of such content. You agree to indemnify ABCMEDICALTOURISM against any loss, damage or expense incurred by ABCMEDICALTOURISM arising out of your misuse of the Website (including any bulletin boards or evaluation forms) and the Website Services or any information accessible through the Website.
9. Copyright notice and limited licence
The “Materials”; information, content, graphics, text, sounds, images, buttons, trademarks, service marks, get-up, business names, domain names, rights in good will, know-how, designs and rights in designs, trade names and logos contained in this Website, are protected by copyright, trade mark, database right, sui generis right and other intellectual property laws, undernational laws and international treaties. ABCMEDICALTOURISM and/or its licensors (as the case may be) retain all right, title, interest and intellectual property rights in and to the Materials.
Any other use of the Materials on this Website, including any form of copying or reproduction, modification, distribution, uploading, re-publication, extraction, re-utilisation, incorporation or integration with other Materials, works or re-delivery using framing technology without the prior permission of ABCMEDICALTOURISM, is strictly prohibited and is a violation of the proprietary rights of ABCMEDICALTOURISM. Other than as expressly provided herein nothing in these Terms and Conditions should be construed as conferring by implication or otherwise any licence or right under any copyright, patent, trade mark, database right, sui generis right or other intellectual property or proprietary interest of ABCMEDICALTOURISM , its licensors or any third party.
You agree to grant ABCMEDICALTOURISM a non-exclusive, royalty free, world-wide, transferable perpetual licence with the right to sub-licence, reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any Materials and other information (including without limitation ideas contained therein for new or improved services) you submit to the Website, either during the registration process or otherwise, including any information or materials you post to a bulletin board or evaluation forum on the website.
10. Liability
1. This clause limits abcmedicaltourism.com’s legal liability to individuals for access to and use of the Webwebsite. You acknowledge that you have agreed to the Terms and Conditions related to the disclaimers stated herein, and that this disclaimer is a prerequiwebsite of this contract.
2. The webwebsite is available to all users “as is”, and to the greatest extent allowed by applicable law; the webwebsite is made available without any representations or warranties of any type, either express or implied.
3. ABCMEDICALTOURISM makes no representations, warranties or undertakings about the services or informations available on this webwebsite (including, without limitation, their merchantability, quality or fitness for a particular objective).
4. All information provided on the webwebsite is intended as a guide only and should not be construed as a substitute for professional medical advice. ABCMEDICALTOURISM makes no representations, warranties or undertakings as to the accuracy of any information provided on this webwebsite.
5. ABCMEDICALTOURISM makes no representations, warranties or undertakings that the webwebsite, or the server that makes it available, will be free from defects, including, but not limited to viruses or other harmful elements. To the maximum extent allowed by applicable law, abcmedicaltourism accepts no liability for any infection by computer viruses, bugs, tampering, unauthorised access, intervention, alteration or use. This also includes no liability against fraud, theft, technical failure, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay, or any event or occurrence beyond the control of abcmedicaltourism, which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness and the integrity or proper conduct of any aspect of the webwebsite.
6. The use of the webwebsite is at visitor’s own risk. You assume complete responsibility for all risk of loss resulting from, your downloading or using of, or referring to or relying on the facilities, service, informations or products provided on the webwebsite, or any other information acquired from your use of the webwebsite. You agree that abcmedicaltourism and providers of telecommunications and network services to abcmedicaltourism will not be liable for damages arising out of your use or your inability to use the webwebsite, and you hereby waive all claims with respect thereto, whether based on contract, tort or other grounds.
7. To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, abcmedicaltourism assumes no responsibility nor do we grant any warranties related to the operation, safety, condition or service of the healthcare profession, any doctor or other person associated with the provider that is used by, for, or on behalf of the consumer. ABCMEDICALTOURISM is not liable for the acts, errors, omissions, representations, warranties, breaches or negligence of the provider, any doctor or other persons associated with the provider or for loss, damages or expenses resulting thereon.
8. To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, neither abcmedicaltourism nor any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or other representatives will be liable for loss or damages arising out of or in connection with individual use of any facilities, services and the webwebsite service offered, or transactions entered into through or from this webwebsite. This includes the avoidance of doubt during consumers transactions with providers or medical services facilitated through this webwebsite, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect or consequential loss or damages, loss of data, loss of income, profit or opportunity, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties - even if abcmedicaltourism has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages, or such loss or damages were reasonably foreseeable.
9. In no event shall abcmedicaltourism nor any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or other representatives be liable for any damages whatsoever resulting from the statements or conduct of any provider or third party or the interruption, suspension or termination of the webwebsite services, whether such interruption, suspension or termination was justified or not, negligent, inadvertent or advertent.
10. Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall ABCMEDICALTOURISM nor any of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or other representatives be held liable for any delay or failure in performance of the Webwebsite or the Webwebsite Services resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, internet failure, computer equipment failures, telecommunication failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, lay-way disputes, riots, interactions, civil disturbances, shortages of labour or informations, fires, floats, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals and non-performance of third parties.
11. ABCMEDICALTOURISM does not exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or that of its employees or authorised representatives or for fraud.
12. You agree to defend, indemnify and keep indemnified and hold ABCMEDICALTOURISM and its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or other representatives harmless against any and all claims, proceedings, actions, costs (including legal costs), charges, expenses, damages, liability, losses and demands made by, or liabilities to, any third party resulting from any activities conducted under your account, your use or misuse of this Webwebsite, including but not limited to posting content on this Webwebsite, entering into transactions with providers, contacting others as a result of their postings on this Webwebsite, infringing any third party intellectual property or other rights, or otherwise breaching this Terms of Use.
13. This Webwebsite has links to third party webwebsites. Your use of third party webwebsites is subject to the terms and conditions of use contained within each of those webwebsites. Access to any other webwebsite through this Webwebsite is at your own risk. ABCMEDICALTOURISM is not responsible or liable for the accuracy of any information, data, opinions, or statements made on third party webwebsites or the security of any link or communication with those webwebsites. ABCMEDICALTOURISM reserves the right to terminate a link to a third party webwebsite at any time. The fact that ABCMEDICALTOURISM provides a link to a third party webwebsite does not mean that ABCMEDICALTOURISM endorses, authorises or sponsors that webwebsite, nor does it mean that ABCMEDICALTOURISM is affiliated with the third party webwebsites, owners or sponsors. ABCMEDICALTOURISM provides these links merely as a convenience for those who use this Webwebsite.
14. Although ABCMEDICALTOURISM endeavours to ensure the Webwebsite is available at all times, there may be occasions when access to the Webwebsite may be interrupted for different reasons that are beyond our control. You agree that ABCMEDICALTOURISM shall not be liable to you for any loss incurred by you resulting from the change, suspension or discontinuance of the Webwebsite.
15.You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and back up of any content and data you submit to the Webwebsite, and for undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to scan for computer viruses or other destructive items.
16. ABCMEDICALTOURISM may change or terminate any services offered through this Webwebsite from time to time, for any reason and without notice, and without liability to you the consumer, any other client or any third party. ABCMEDICALTOURISM reserves the right to change the content, presentation, performance, user facilities and/or availability of any part of this Webwebsite including this disclaimer at its sole discretion from. You should check this disclaimer for any changes each time you access this Webwebsite. Your continued use of the Webwebsite and/or clicking on the “I accept” button, will signify your acceptance of revised any amendments to this disclaimer.
17. ABCMEDICALTOURISM does not make any representation that the facilities, services (including the Webwebsite Service) and/or INFORMATIONS offered through this Webwebsite are appropriate or suitable for use in your country, or that they comply with any legal or regulatory requirements in any such countries. In accessing this Webwebsite, you do so at your own risk and on your own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, to the extent any local laws are applicable. If it is prohibited to make this Webwebsite, facilities, services (including the Webwebsite Service) and/or INFORMATIONS offered through this Webwebsite or any part of them available in your country, or to you (whether by reason of nationality, residence or otherwise), this Webwebsite, the facilities, services and/or INFORMATIONS offered through this Webwebsite or any part of them are not directed at you.
18. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use must be in writing signed by ABCMEDICALTOURISM to be valid. Any waiver of any provision hereunder shall not operate as a waiver of any other provision, or a continuing waiver of any provision in the future. Each of the provisions of these Terms of Use is separate and severable and enforceable accordingly. If at any time any provision is judged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired. Nothing in these terms of use shall constitute, or be deemed to constitute, a partnership between you and ABCMEDICALTOURISM, nor shall either party be deemed to be the agent of the other party. These Terms of Use represent the entire understanding and agreement between you and ABCMEDICALTOURISM relating to use of this Webwebsite, its facilities and/or services (including the Webwebsite Service) and supersede any and all prior statements, understandings and agreements.
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