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Medical tourism in India has become a revenue earner of sorts for the country. Medical tourists entering the country are driven by treatment at cheaper prices.
Central Government Needs to Take New Initiatives to Boost Medical Tourism: FICCI
India needs to have a comprehensive, uniform and simplified check list for foreign medical travelers along with all relevant information for medical visas.
India needs to have a comprehensive, uniform and simplified check list for foreign medical travelers along with all relevant information for medical visas.
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India’s current size of the medical tourism market is estimated at US $ three billion and the potential is US $ eight billion by 2020.
Recent government policies to boost medical tourism are favorable. It includes easing of visa restrictions, visa-on-arrival, encouraging modern facilities by private sector hospitals, etc. Moreover fresh measures are underway to further improve the prospects.
Cosmetic procedures like lasers, Botox and skin surgeries such as face lift and nose jobs are seen to be gaining grounds with hospitals in India. These are very costly in other countries. People from Bangladesh and Afghanistan are lining up for these procedures to India, as they do not find any cover under insurance plans.
Gender Reassignment Surgery: India's New Budget Medical Tourism
Sixty-four-year-old former American soldier Betty Ann Archer finally flew to New Delhi to complete her gender transition.
Sixty-four-year-old former American soldier Betty Ann Archer finally flew to New Delhi to complete her gender transition.
India is on the medical tourist itinerary of foreign tourists and is a part of the global medical tourism corridor that includes Singapore, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mexico and Costa Rica. The country also has the second largest number of accredited hospitals after Thailand.
Goa Positions Itself as the New Hub of Medical Tourism for Foreigners
Over 3 million foreigners are expected to travel to India for medical tourism by the end of this year, which would generate a revenue of more than $2 billion.
Over 3 million foreigners are expected to travel to India for medical tourism by the end of this year, which would generate a revenue of more than $2 billion.
Source-Medindia
Medical Tourism Booms in Asia
The lines snaking into Bangladesh's overwhelmed hospitals are often so long, that they extend into the street outside -- too many patients seeking too few quality doctors.
The lines snaking into Bangladesh's overwhelmed hospitals are often so long, that they extend into the street outside -- too many patients seeking too few quality doctors.
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