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Medical Tourism in India

Medical tourism is a growing sector in India. India’s medical tourism sector is expected to experience an annual growth rate of 30%, making it a $2 billion industry by 2015. As medical care costs in developed nations are continually increasing and were already sky high, many foreigners are flogging to India for medical treatments, even Ayurveda and Naturopathy leading the way in it, because such treatments are not available there.

What all is encompassed by Medical Tourism?

Advantages of medical treatment in India include reduced costs, the availability of latest medical technologies, and a growing compliance on international quality standards, as well as the fact that foreigners are less likely to face a language barrier in India. Many hospitals have hired language translators for patients from Africa. A visa-on-arrival scheme for tourists from select countries has been instituted which allows foreign nationals to stay in India for 30 days for medical reasons.

Medical Tourism Costs by Country

Most estimates claim treatment costs in India start at around a tenth of the price of comparable treatment in America or Britain. The most popular treatments sought in India by medical tourists are alternative medicine, bone-marrow transplant, cardiac bypass, eye surgery and hip replacement. India is known in particular for heart surgery, hip resurfacing and other areas of advanced medicine.

Lower treatment cost does not necessarily mean lower healthcare standards. There are 21 JCI accredited hospitals in India and growing. However, for a patient traveling to India, it is important to find the optimal Doctor-Hospital combination. After the patient has been treated, the patient has the option of either recuperating in the hospital or at a paid accommodation nearby. Many hospitals also give the option of continuing the treatment through internet services. Some of the hospital chains in India provide world class services, treatments and surgeries and medical care for people all around the world, some of these hospital chains are Fortis, Max, Medanta, Escorts, Apollo.

air ambulance Air Ambulance Travel India The city of Chennai has been termed India’s health capital. Multi- and super-specialty hospitals across the city bring in an estimated 150 international patients every day. Factors behind the tourists inflow in the city include low costs, little to no waiting period, and facilities offered at the specialty hospitals in the city.

Force Tempo Ambulance The city has an estimated 12,500 hospital beds, of which only half is used by the city’s population with the rest being shared by patients from other states of the country and foreigners. Dental clinics have attracted dental care tourism to Chennai. Bangalore to Chennai cabs can be booked if one is a foreign national or an NRI living in Bangalore.

Tata Tempo Ambulance The ambulance service in India is timely and up to the mark. They have all the facilities, often have assistant doctors and rush on call of 102. Ambulance services have evolved in recent years and have become more friendly, occupancy is increased and equipments within ambulances are first class. Force tempo, Tata Tempo traveler, Mercedes Temp Traveler are some of the temp traveler ambulances that operate within India.

The ambulance service in India is timely and up to the mark. They have all the facilities, often have assistant doctors and rush on call of 102. Ambulance services have evolved in recent years and have become more friendly, occupancy is increased and equipments within ambulances are first class. Force tempo, Tata Tempo traveler, Mercedes Temp Traveler are some of the temp traveler ambulances that operate within India.

Mercedes Tempo Traveler Ambulance Besides foreigners flog India for services such as learning Yoga, Naturopathy and Ayurveda. There are many centres in Varanasi, Haridwar (Patanjali), that do a course in Yoga and body detox through Ayurveda prescribed diet according to one’s body types, and also many Ashtang Yoga courses and retreats in Himalayas and Shirodhara (ayurvedic massage) treatments and spas in Kerela. While such treatments are not available in foreign countries, and even if they are available there, then they are in the form of fancy studios with high fees. People come here to centres like Shivananda Yoga, Patanjali, Isha yoga centre, learn Yoga and become certified Yoga teachers and open their studios in their country. Delhi to Haridwar, Delhi to Himachal Pradesh, Delhi to Lucknow and Lucknow to Varanasi can br travelled by cabs and buses which can be booked online. If one is landing in Delhi they can travel Delhi to Chandigarh and then Chandingarh to Himachal Pradesh via cabs or buses.

India is emerging as a hub of medical tourism of various purposes. Many women also earn via commercial surrogacy in India.

commercial surrogacy laws in India Commercial surrogacy in India is legal. The availability of medical infrastructure and potential surrogates, combined with international demand, has fueled the growth of the industry. Surrogate mothers receive medical, nutritional and overall health care through surrogacy agreements. Surat in Gujarat is the hub of medical tourism, one can travel Surat from Jaipur via cabs, or many international flights land in Delhi to one can take a cab for Delhi to Jaipur and then Jaipur to Surat.

All in all, medical tourism is a great economic sector in India, increasing our nation’s GDP as well as the fact that it provides cheaper and very good options to citizens of developed nations for recieving medical treatment.