Growth of Medical Tourism in India.

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Nov 16, 2015
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The government of India has followed different polices for the purpose of promotion of medical tourism in India. On site visa for patients from several countries, is one of polices followed for the purpose of promotion of medical tourism in India. Besides this, the government of India has removed visa restriction for tourist visiting for medical attention within a gap of two months.

Bone-marrow transplant and cardiac bypass are some of the major medical treatment for that people from USA and UK often visit India. It was estimated as per the recent studies that the cost of medical treatment in India is about 1/10 times the cost of same medical treatment in developed countries like America and Great Britain.  In addition to this, eye surgery and hip replacement are other medical treatment for that the foreign tourism visited. Alternative medicine, heart surgery, and hip resurfacing are some of the other medical treatment for that people across the globe visits India for low cost health care.

Although the medical tourism has generated a lot of money for countries like India but there are lot of risks involved with medical tourism.  One of the main problems associated with medical tourists is that they face communication problems. Antibiotic resistance is one of the other problems associated with medical tourists. Legal and ethical issues can be faced by the medical tourists receiving different types of medical treatment in foreign countries like India. Treatment that involves organ transplantation can face legal problems in different developed countries. Such legal barriers can easily be crossed in developing countries with the aid of proper organ donation system.

As an India's health capital, there are about of 150-200 international patients visited every year at Chennai. Low costs, excellent medical facility and little to no waiting period, are some of reasons for maximum number of medical tourists across the world visiting Chennai. Besides this, it was reported that about 30-50 percentage of domestic patients also visited Chennai. Multi- and super-specialty hospitals in Chennai have attracted thousands of medical tourism in India.  Besides this, it was reported that about 13500 hospitals beds with a team of qualified doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff. The low cost of medical treatment does not mean the quality of medical treatment is never compromised.

The medical tourists can go to government approved tour & travel agencies, to Get Cheap International Flight Tickets. About 850, 000 US residents travel across the world for the purpose of getting cheap and effective medical treatment. It is estimated that the medical tourism has generated about $ 3 billion with about 35% annual growth rate in the year 2015. As per recent report, it was reported that about 170,000 people has visited India in the year 2015 for the purpose of low price health-care services. Besides booking international flights, the medical tourists can contact tour and traveler agencies to get Cheap International Hotels Booking.
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