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Indias Medical Tourism Market to Grow to $2 Bn by 2012
"Medical tourism has gained momentum in India over the past few years, a trend underpinned by India's low-cost advantage and the emergence of new high-quality healthcare service providers," a ministry statement said.
The medical tourism market in India was estimated at $333 million in 2004, the year in which some 150,000 patients arrived in the country for treatment from the US and Britain, as also from the Gulf, Africa and SAARC (South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation) nations.
Since then, the number of such arrivals has increased by 20 percent while the size of the market has gone up by 25 percent, the ministry said.
To give medical tourism a boost, the Indian government has also introduced a new category of medical visa for foreigners who come to this country for treatment.
The visa is initially issued to a patient with a companion for a one-year period and can be extended up to three years after fulfilling certain conditions and recommendations from accredited medical authorities and concerned visa authorities.
/ As part of its Incredible India campaign, the tourism ministry has also developed a medical tourism brochure and CD detailing the speciality facilities available in the country that have been distributed worldwide.
Among its other initiatives, the tourism ministry participated at the World Travel Mart in London in November 2006 and at the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) at Berlin in March 2007 "to promote India as the new emerging healthcare destination and disseminate information on medical value
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08/09/2007
An interesting wrinkle in Indian Medical Tourism comes in the form of three Americans who live in Bombay and are offering their special services free to their fellow Americans. They are appropriately enough called "America's Medical Solutions www.AmericasMedicalSolutions.com
I have had the opportunity to "test drive" three of the hospitals that they suggest and was blown away by the quality of care and price. People are saving thousands upon thousands of dollars and singing the praises of Indian medical tourism. I am joining with them in chorus. Dan |
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