India is a perfect destination for medical tourism that combines health treatment with visits to some of the most

alluring and awe-inspiring places of the world. A growing number of tourists are flocking in large numbers because of the superlative medical care, equipments and facilities that India offers. India excels in providing quality and cheap health care services to overseas tourists. The field has such lucrative potential that it can become a $2.3 billion business by 2012, states a study by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). In 2004, some 150,000 foreigners visited India for treatment, and the numbers have been rising by 15 per cent each year. .

The medical services in India include full body pathology, comprehensive physical and gynecological examinations, audiometry, spirometry, Chest X-ray, 12 lead ECG, 2D echo Colour Doppler, gold standard DXA bone densitometry, body fat analysis, coronary risk markers, cancer risk markers, high strength MRI etc.

India health tourism Popular For: Alternative Medicine, bone-marrow transplant, cardiac bypass, eye surgery, hip replacement.

Pros:- The medical cost savings of having operations and treatments in India are among the best in the world, with fees between a third and 10 percent of the equivalent procedure in the US. Many doctors are trained abroad and hospitals attracting international patients are on a par with those in the west with all staff being proficient in English... Why health tourism in India:India actively promotes medical tourism and has many worldclass hospitals. Several professional outfits offer medical tourism packages which include hospital choices, consultation, recovery plans and tourism tours, even personal minders for the frail. Popular procedures include heart surgery, hip replacements and laser eye surgery...