When Aaron went to Malaysia to learn about medical tourism, he became a medical tourist himself after he was mugged by a monkey. The monkey stole Aaron's glasses, and he had to have new ones made. It turned out to be pretty easy! Malaysia and many other countries actually encourage people from outside their countries to travel there for care. While it's probably not worth traveling internationally just to save on eyeglasses, there are a lot of arguments in favor of the practice generally. Aaron tells the story of his monkey encounter, and looks at the pros and cons of medical tourism. Relive the crime and its aftermath by reading Aaron's tweets about the monkey attack: https://twitter.com/aaronecarroll/status/1101704084535443456 Related HCT episodes: The Caregiver Gap: https://youtu.be/kPmtE7_xBfE Be sure to check out our podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXfQgdsKps Other Healthcare Triage Links: 1. Support the channel on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr 2. Check out our Facebook page: http://goo.gl/LnOq5z 3. We still have merchandise available at http://www.hctmerch.com 4. Aaron's book "The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully" is available wherever books are sold, such as Amazon: http://amzn.to/2hGvhKw Credits: John Green -- Executive Producer Stan Muller -- Director, Producer Aaron Carroll -- Writer Mark Olsen – Art Director Meredith Danko – Social Media IMAGES AND FOOTAGE Aaron Carroll iStock/zorazhuang iStock/Pasu Lo-utai iStock/Zeynepogan iStock/Gracethang iStock/Vasyl Dolmatov iStock/baona iStock/skynesher iStock/Lightprints iStock/JohnnyGrieg iStock/MillefloreImages iStock/Eddie Leong iStock/NicholasMcComber iStock/cosinart iStock/Drazen Zigic iStock/Ross Tomei iStock/Joel Carillet #healthcare #healthcaretriage #travel