Swiss Medical Referral & Healthcare Coordination
When someone in the family needs treatment that is difficult to arrange here, Switzerland is one of the places people start looking. Getting from that thought to a real appointment in a real hospital is the hard part. Mr Onyia lived and worked in Swiss hospitals and clinics, deals with them in German, and handles these enquiries himself from the pharmacy in Aba.
These go to Mr Onyia who handles referral enquiries, not the shop counter.
What we do not promise
- We cannot guarantee that a visa will be granted. That decision belongs to the Swiss embassy alone, and nobody can influence it.
- We do not promise a medical outcome. Whether a hospital can treat a condition, and how, is decided by its own doctors once they have seen the records.
- The deposit a hospital requires before issuing an invitation letter is paid into that hospital's account. It does not come to Amavin, and we neither hold nor receive it.
- If a visa is refused, refunding that deposit is the hospital's own undertaking. Ask the hospital to confirm the amount and the refund terms in writing before you pay anything.
Who this is for
Deciding whether to pursue treatment outside Nigeria is rarely a simple decision, and it is almost never made calmly. Families are weighing cost, distance, time and uncertainty at the same moment they are trying to absorb a diagnosis.
This service exists so that conversation starts with a person who has actually worked inside the system you are asking about — rather than being pieced together alone from search results and second-hand advice.
Why people look to Switzerland
Switzerland is widely regarded as having some of the strongest hospital care anywhere, with specialists who have trained and practised internationally and standards of care that are consistently high.
That reputation is also why the route attracts people who will take money to arrange something they cannot deliver. The difference here is that you are dealing with someone who worked in those hospitals and clinics, and who will tell you when the answer is no.
What the first conversation is really for
The first conversation is not a sales pitch. Its purpose is to establish whether this route makes sense for the patient at all, what it would involve in practice, and what it would cost.
You will be told what is required, what is not promised, and where the risks sit — including the fact that a visa can be refused after money has already been spent. Knowing that before you start is worth more than optimism.
If treatment abroad is not the right answer
Sometimes it is not. The condition may be treatable closer to home, the timing may be wrong, or the cost may be out of proportion to what the patient would gain.
If that is the case, you will be told so. A referral nobody needed is not a service, and saying so costs less than the alternative.
What this service covers
- A consultation with Mr Onyia — at Amavin, by phone, or online
- Introduction to a hospital or clinic in Switzerland
- Help for patients who do not yet hold a travelling visa or the required documents
- Arranging the invitation letter a visa application needs
- Communicating with the hospital in German on your behalf
- A plain answer on what we cannot help with, before you spend anything
How it works
Get in touch
Call, send a WhatsApp message, or come into the pharmacy in Aba. In a first message it helps to say who the patient is, what the condition is in general terms, and whether they already hold a travelling visa.
Please do not send detailed medical records or test results in that first message. Those are dealt with properly once there is someone to send them to.
Consultation with Mr Onyia
The consultation takes place at Amavin, over the phone, or online — whichever is easier for you. It is handled by Mr Onyia himself rather than passed to an agent.
This is where the situation gets talked through properly: what the patient actually needs, what is realistic, and what the process will involve from here.
What it will cost
The charge depends on what is genuinely needed. A patient who already holds a travelling visa and the right documents needs considerably less work than one starting from nothing, and is charged less accordingly.
You will know the cost during the consultation, before committing to anything.
The invitation letter
A Swiss hospital will not issue an invitation letter until a deposit has been paid into its account. That letter is what the visa application is built around.
The hospital sets the amount, and the money goes to the hospital — not to Amavin.
The visa application
You apply to the Swiss embassy with the invitation letter and the rest of your documents. The embassy decides, and no one can promise the answer.
If the visa is refused, the hospital refunds the deposit. Confirm those terms with the hospital in writing before you pay, so that everybody is working from the same understanding.
Travel and treatment
What happens from there depends on the case — the hospital, the condition, and how long the patient needs to stay.
Mr Onyia will tell you at the consultation exactly what he can and cannot help with for your particular situation, including anything needed after the patient returns to Nigeria. If something falls outside what he can do, you will be told so rather than strung along.
Who handles this
Mr Onyia
Handles every Swiss referral enquiry personally
Mr Onyia lived and worked in Switzerland, in hospitals and clinics there. That is where his working relationships with Swiss hospitals come from, and it is why he can deal with them directly in German — which he speaks, reads and writes.
Nothing is passed to a middleman. He takes the consultation himself, at the pharmacy in Aba, by phone, or online.
Common questions
What is the Swiss medical referral service?
It is help for patients and families in Nigeria who are considering specialist treatment in Switzerland — from the first conversation through to the invitation letter a visa application needs.
It is handled by Mr Onyia, who lived and worked in Swiss hospitals and clinics. Contact us and he will explain what is involved, what it would cost, and what we can and cannot help with before you commit to anything.
Who handles referral enquiries, and where?
Mr Onyia handles every referral enquiry personally. He lived and worked in Switzerland in hospitals and clinics, and speaks, reads and writes German, so he deals with them directly.
The consultation takes place at Amavin in Aba, over the phone, or online — whichever is easier for you.
How much does the referral service cost?
The charge depends on what is actually needed. A patient who already holds a travelling visa and the required documents needs less work than one starting from nothing, and is charged less accordingly.
There is no single price to quote, which is why we do not publish one. You will know what it will cost during the consultation, before committing to anything.
Why is a deposit needed before an invitation letter?
A Swiss hospital will not issue an invitation letter until a deposit has been paid into its account. That letter is what the visa application is built around.
The hospital sets the amount and the money goes to the hospital. It does not come to Amavin — we neither hold nor receive it.
What happens if the visa is refused?
If the visa is refused, the hospital refunds the deposit. That refund is the hospital's own undertaking rather than ours, so ask the hospital to confirm the amount and the refund terms in writing before you pay anything.
The rest of the application — embassy fees, documents, your own time — is not recoverable, and that is worth knowing before you start.
Can you guarantee that the visa will be approved?
No, and neither can anyone else. The decision belongs to the Swiss embassy alone and nobody can influence it.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not being straight with you. What we can do is make sure the application is built on a genuine invitation from a hospital that has agreed to see the patient.
Is a referral enquiry treated confidentially?
Yes. Referral enquiries are handled privately.
Please do not include detailed medical information in a first message through this website. Tell us how to reach you and we will take it from there through a more appropriate channel.
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Talk to us about what you need
Call the shop, send a WhatsApp message, or come in and speak to someone at the counter.