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About Medical Tourism in India Medical tourism can be generally defined as provision of 'cost effective' personal health care in association with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical healthcare and other forms of dedicated treatment. This process is being facilitated by the corporate sector concerned in health care as well as the tourism industry - both personal and public. Medical or Health treatment package tourism has become a recurrent form of vacationing, and covers a broad range of medical services. It mingles free time, amusing and recreation together with wellness and healthcare packages. The thought of the health holiday is to offer you and chance to get away from your daily habitual and come into a dissimilar calming neighboring. Here you can take pleasure in being close to the beach and the mountains. At the same time you are able to accept a compass reading that will assist you advance your life in terms of your health and general well being. It is like reconstruction and cleans up process on all levels physical, psychological and expressive Many people from the urbanized world come to India for the upgrading promised by yoga and Ayurvedic massage, but few consider it a target for hip substitute or brain surgical procedure. However, a nice blend of top-class medical expertise at attractive prices is helping a rising number of Indian corporate hospitals attract foreign patients, including from developed nations such as the UK and the US. As more and more patients from Europe, the US and other well heeled nations with high Medicare package costs look for effectual options; India is rutted against Thailand, Singapore and some other Asian countries, which have good hospitals, salubrious climate and visitor destinations.

While Thailand and Singapore with their advanced medical amenities and built-in medical tourism options have been drawing foreign patients of the order of a couple of lakhs per annum, the quickly growing Indian corporate hospital sector has been able to get a little thousands for cure. But, things are going to change radically in favor of India, particularly in view of the high eminence expertise of medical professionals, backed by the fast improving tools and nursing amenities, and above all, the cost-effectiveness of the pack up.

Medical Treatment cost Difference Important cost difference subsist between U.K. and India when it comes to medical treatment tourism packages. Every year innumerable number of alien visitors from different parts of the world visits India for its historical escapade. Moreover, many a time some of them fall ill as illness knows no place. India is not only cheaper in respect of medical treatment packages but the waiting time is almost zero

This is due to the explosion of the private sector, which comprises of hospitals and clinics with the up-to-the-minute technology and best practitioners.

Procedure Charges in India & US (US $): Procedure Cost (US$) United States India </ Bone Marrow Transplant Liver Transplant Heart Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Cataract Surgery 250000 300000 30000 20000 2000
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69000 69000 8000 6000 1250

Here is a brief comparison of the cost of few of the Dental care package procedures between USA and India Dental procedure Cost in US ($) Cost in India ($) General Dentist Top End Dentist Top End Dentist

Smile designing Metal Free Bridge Dental Implants Porcelain Metal Bridge Porcelain Metal Crown Tooth impactions Root canal Treatment Tooth whitening Tooth colored composite fillings Tooth cleaning

8000 5000 3500 3000 1000 2000 1000 800 500 300

1000 500 800 1800 600 500 600 350 200 100

300 80 100 100 110 25 75

These costs are a standard and might not have been the real cost to be incurred. Robert Walter Beeney was not competent to walk due to a stiff hip when he landed in India January 24. Twenty days afterward, he not only improved after a atypical hip substitution surgery at Apollo Hospital here but also visited the famous Taj Mahal in Agra after that. So India is now becoming well known for its medical tourism. The 64-year-old real estate expert from San Francisco underwent flourishing surface substitution surgery using the anatomic surface replacement (ASR) hip system January 27, purportedly becoming the first US national to come to India for the cure.
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A medical team of doctors, headed by orthopaedic surgery treatment specialist Vijay Bose, sustained the procedure for Beeney. Jayaramchander Pingle, a member of the medical team, told a news seminar that while in the usual hip replacement surgery, the total hip was replaced, in the new system, the patient's unique head and neck of femur were conserved and only their surface is replaced with metal on metal enunciation. All these depict that India is now emerging as a medical treatment hub also.

Hospitals for Treatment in India

For last few years India has been depicting its proficiency in medical treatment packages. The major USP of medical tourism India is its cutthroat price of the treatment packages. The visitors can get world class treatment services at their expediency
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at cost which is 30% to 70% less as weighed against the cost of treatment in USA or Thailand. The medical packages range from health check up packages to posh heart surgery packages. Moreover, the uses of radioactive isotopes and scanning through Gamma camera have added matchless features to Medical Tourism India. Some of the leading hospitals and their forte areas are discussed below.

Andromeda Andrology Centre centre for impotence, infertility, sex change, sex disarray Apollo Family Health Plan managed care provider run through Apollo Hospitals. Apollo Hospitals Center of superiority in Healthcare. B M Birla Heart Research Centre Heart care and surgery packages are prodived with a difference. Belle Vue Clinic Calcutta's leading medical treatment package institute. Bhatia General Hospital (MRI Centre) information on MRI with an emphasis on teaching files. Brahmaputra Hospitals Limited Calcutta Medical Research Institute leading hospital
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Charakas Ayurveda Nursing Home an Ayurvedic specialty hospital & health spa in Thodupuzha, Idukki Choithram HospitalIt is a complete institution for care of whole society. Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) It mainly works to alleviate the suffering of the underprivileged and needy cancer patients by providing total management of the ailment. Down Town Hospital a well outfitted hospital in Guwahati, Assam Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital offers ophthalmic care package, probe into and education. Jilla Hospital offers contemporary amenities, also have guidance amenities. Emmanuel Hospital Association working together to form a network of christian hospitals and health check up packages throughout North India. Escorts Heart Research Institute provides cardiac care packages to patients Hindu Mission Hospital It is a charitable trust hospital in Chennai.

Indo-American Cardiovascular Centre It provides world class cardiovascular heed. Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi Institute of Cardiovascular ailment Institute of Dental & Orthodontic Radiography computerized facial correction & orthognathic surgery package K.G. Hospital, Coimbatore King Edward Memorial Hospital information about the hospital in Mumbai Lifeline Group of Hospitals provide health services & medical facilities in Calcutta M.V.Diabetes Specialities Centre (P) Ltd. provide all-inclusive and entire diabetic care. MIOT Hospital It is a leading centre in orthopaedics surgery package and traumatology in India. Mansarovar Eye Hospital, Lucknow Well outfitted eye research centre Neeraj Clinic a hospital devoted to treatment of epileptic patients PVS Memorial Hospital

Shantiniketan Nature Cure Hospital offers naturopathy treatment, drugless therapy etc. Shusrusha Nursing Home Private limited Sir Ganga Ram Hospital It is a modern, multi-specialty, private hospital. Specialty Ranbaxy limited provide cost-effective, diagnostically insightful, medical services. Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology leading heart care package hospital in Bangalore Surya Medical Trust Burns Centre,Pune hospital for burns patients and research in burns areas Suyash Hospital well outfitted hospital in Indore with contemporary medical treatment packages. The Advanced Medicare Research Institute This hospital is situated in Calcutta. The Eye Research Foundation enthusiastic in providing eye care services Vardaan Hospital and Medical Research Centre a multi-disciplinary treatment package hospital in New Delhi Vellore Hospital
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Vimhans health care services for people suffering from brain and backbone ailment. Wockhardt Hospital And Heart Institute It provides heart care package to patients of all age groups. Woodlands Hospital and Medical Research Institute leading hospital and research institute positioned at Calcutta..

Medical Treatment & Surgery in India

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Every year innumerable number of visitors from every corner of the map stream in India to respond to the call of inner sole, every calendar year. An authentic source depicts soaring growth of the tourism industry in India. The swirl in this specific field is not merely the aftermath of the attraction of historical escapade of the country. Medical treatment packages and their cost effectiveness is the key factor that makes India the health check up magnet in the map of global medical science. Once in India you can be rest assured about your proper diagnosis and medication. Furthermore, if situation demands, surgery packages are also within your reach. Medical Treatment in India is amid the best in the world, facilitated by the most skilled doctors and up to the minute super sphere hospitals of India. The super specialty hospitals are the best in the world, offering treatments ranging from cardiology to cosmetic surgery packages. The Indraprastha Apollo Group of Hospitals is one of the most excellent in India, offering treatments ranging from ENT to neuro surgery packages to ophthalmology treatment packages to cancer treatment As the Official Healthcare Facilitator for Apollo Hospital. The other super specialty hospitals in India, from the Escorts Heart Institute that offers brilliant cardiac surgery packages, to the LV Prasad Eye Institute, famous for its proficiency in ophthalmology, also augment India's status as the foremost medical treatment tour destination in the world. The medical treatments packages obtainable in India follow all medical and legal guidelines, making your India medical tour comfortable and easy, and causing you the least difficulty.

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Add to that the outstanding pre and postoperative care that the medical tour to India packages offer and you know why India is a clear winner when it comes to choosing a medical tour destination. Apart from the surgical and allopathic medical treatments to be had in India, there are also abundant Ayurveda Resorts and Luxury Spa in India that offer medical tour packages for Alternative medicine in India. So if you are looking for substitute therapies, contact Medical Tour to India to choose a Wellness Holidays in India package that suits you.

Medical Treatment packages obtainable in India Cardiology Cosmetic Surgery package Dental care package Orthopedics Neuro and Spine Surgical package Spinal Fusion, Decompression and Arthroplasty Ophthalmology Transplant Surgery packages for Urology Oncology Minimally Invasive Surgery package Infertility Treatment Surgery Telemedicine

The medical treatment tourism India has depicted a massive growth in infrastructure in the private and voluntary sector. The private sector, which was very unpretentious in the early stages, has now become an affluent industry prepared with the most modern state-of-the-art technology at its disposal. It is expected that 75-80 percent of healthcare services and investments in India are now provided by the private sector. In addition to that India has one of the largest pharmaceutical industries in the world.
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It is self-sufficient and self- reliant in drug production and exports drugs to more than 180 countries. Using the latest technical apparatus and the services of highly expert medical personnel, these hospitals are in a position to provide a spectrum of general as well as specialist's services. These services are offered at awfully cutthroat prices; cheering patients not only from developing countries but even from a number of developed ones to come to India for medical treatment packages. Amidst varied general and specialty medical treatment packages the noteworthy packages are as beneath-

1. Bone Marrow Transplant 2. Cardiac Care and surgery package 3. Cosmetic Surgery package 4. Dialysis and Kidney Transplant package 5.Gynaecology & Obstetrics 6. Healthcare facilities 7. Joint Replacement Surgery package 8. Neuro-surgery & Trauma Surgery treatment package 9. Osteoporosis medical treatment package 10. Refractive Surgery package 11. Urology 12. Vascular Surgery package 13. Dental care medical package As far as the cost of medical treatment packages are concerned, India offer the most competitive treatment package price to the world with its up- to- the- minute medical devices. The prices of different

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pathological tests range from Rs.50 to 3000. And that depends upon the nature of the test. Now, the specialty hospitals are using Nuclear medicines for treatment. Here radioactive isotopes are injected or administered orally and that is again scanned by sophisticated Gamma camera. So for high quality treatment at lowest possible cost one must select India as his medical treatment destination. - Hospitals in New Delhi

Indraprastha Medical Corporation Indraprastha Medical Corporation in Delhi is among the many feathers in India's cap. It is India's first corporate hospital and the third largest corporate hospital outside the USA. It is recognized as a centre of excellence by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and by the Royal College of Radiologists, UK for training for the first and final fellowship examinations. A.I.I.M.S. AIIMS' contribution in the fields of medical education, research and specialized treatment is widely acknowledged. The main object of the institute is to demonstrate high standard of medical education, training of personnel and conduct experiments and research in various disciplines of medical sciences. The Escorts Hospital The Escorts Hospital and Research Centre Limited (EHRCL) at Faridabad is a 150-bed facility providing a whole gamut of specialized medical services. The hospital is reputed for tertiary care services such as cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and urology

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Why Choose India for medical Treatment India has been the most attractive destination for the visitors around the glob. But the recent trend in the tourism sector shows a propelling growth in the travel & tourism industry. Now the question arises, why should people rush India for treatment? The simple equation is that the medical treatment package price in India is 35% to 40% lesser than the treatment cost in USA or Thailand. A patient can travel India once in the same cost with the excellence health care treatment in India. So this is the best alternative available particularly for foreigners to travel India with complete medical treatment. Offering surgery in India with the 30% discount India has got the benefit of English speaking populace. So there would not be any problem in making out and addressing the quandary due to the language difference. Not just because of the discount but the superiority concern also. India has got the specialist in around the world and in India as well and also has got the world eminent doctors & hospitals where all the services are provided to the patients. So when you can get the best health care in India then why not opt for India as the destination for medical treatment tourism. A number of specialty hospitals in India are The tale does not cease here. In India the use of radioactive isotopes in small quantities and scanning of the same through the sophisticated Gamma camera has uplifted the standing of India in the medical care community of the world.

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STEPS TO START YOUR OWN MEDICAL TOURISM COMPANY I. Write a business plan. Determine how many customers you can feasibly handle while giving top-quality service to each of them, and what prices you'll need to charge in order to cover your costs and make a profit. Your planning should also let you know whether you need to obtain funding to cover the cost of offices or insurance until your business is profitable. Get feedback on your business plan from seasoned entrepreneurs or travel agents, or the volunteer counselors at the Service Corps of Retired Executives.

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Obtain certification as a travel agent or agency from your state if necessary. Each state has a different licensing requirement so check with your state's website or department of licensing. In areas where there are no licensing requirements, you may still need to have formal training in order to be considered a reputable travel agent, and professional liability insurance is a must.

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Determine which areas and hospitals will offer the highest quality medical care at a significant cost savings from those in your area. You should spend significant time researching the qualifications of various hospitals, and may even want to travel to them yourself in order to verify the credentials of the medical facility and staff. Select hospitals that you would be comfortable at for your own triple bypass, and develop relationships with their financial and admissions offices.

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Investigate accommodations, private nursing services and gentle activities such as nature walks or beaches to lie on in the area of the medical clinics you'll be working with. Make sure the facilities are clean, comfortable and handicap-accessible, and within a very short distance of the hospital or clinic.

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Market your business. You may wish to target small employers that are self-insured, or the uninsured or underinsured who must pay substantial costs out-of-pocket. Additionally, primary care doctors that feel they can trust you to ensure a good continuity of care for your patients might be an excellent source of referrals.

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GOVERNMENT POLICES PROMOTING MEDICAL TOURISM: Medical Tourism Policy Free Trade (for Doctors) Americans today are of the view that "If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors." 'National policy on medical tourism is the need of the hour' As per a CII-McKinsey report, medical tourism to India is expected to bring about a revenue of over $2 billion by 2012. A comprehensive medical tourism policy and global information booths are essential to propagate this demand. By 2020, Tourism in India could contribute Rs 8,50,000 crores to the GDP The Indian Government is extending all possible help to encourage the growth of medical tourism industry. Kerala Promoting Medical Tourism to Gain International Recognition Kerala is all set to become an international medical tourism destination Free Trade (in Doctors) Americans today are of the view that "If physicians really cared about our health, they'd drop their iron wall against immigrant doctors." The people of San Francisco believe that while the salaries of US physicians would be curtailed, it is definitely a better idea for overseas doctors to become licensed practitioners in the US, while still within the confines of their own home country. The idea behind this would be to have cheaper medical care at all times, thereby making healthcare available to all, irrespective of cost. Already, doctors from the developing countries attend to countless number of patients from the developed countries, a phenomenon that fosters those countries' access to good health care. About a dozen countries, including India are global havens for medical tourism and it has been mentioned that rather than people having to travel overseas to have their medical needs met,
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it would be much more convenient if the doctors from the Third World could practise abroad. However, it has also been said that "the likelihood of such a U.S. program is dim." Thursday, March 08, 2007 Source: SF Weekly 'National policy on medical tourism is the need of the hour' The Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) discussed the need for an extensive national policy on medical tourism. Since no state had ever come up with such a policy, Dr. Vinayshil Gautam, Professor of Management Studies stated: "Tamil Nadu, specifically Chennai, is an eye care hub, New Delhi is known for heart care and Kerala has marketed itself as an ayurveda destination. Yet none of these States has brought out a comprehensive medical tourism policy." According to him, other countries - Thailand, China, Singapore and South Africa have long had national medical tourism policies for ages. According to M.P. Naresh Kumar, Chairman of the Harvey Group of Hospitals, the medical tourism industry needs to be looked upon as an infrastructure industry and not as an industry that provides services. As per a CII-McKinsey report, medical tourism to India is expected to bring about revenue of over $2 billion by 2012. But in order for this demand to be propagated, information booths need to be set up globally. Monday, March 12, 2007 Source: The Hindu Business Line By 2020, Tourism in India could contribute Rs 8,50,000 crores to the GDP With increasing awareness of the gigantic leap in the medical tourism sector, the Indian government is extending a helping hand to the growth of the industry. In the Union Budget for 20032004, the government has bestowed infrastructure status to tourism, therefore paving the way for reasonably priced, long term funds to help finance the tourism infrastructure. The aggregate for tourism for the Tenth Five Year Plan is Rs. 2900 Crore. State governments such as Kerala lay plenty of emphasis on elevating tourism. The state had an outlay of Rs. 74.25 Crore for the financial year 2003 to 2004.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Source: IndiaCore Kerala Promoting Medical Tourism to Gain International Recognition It had been reported by Mr. E.K. Bharat Bhushan, Principal Secretary of Kerala Tourism that Kerala is to be promoted as an international medical tourism destination. This promotion ensures the huge opportunities in investments for the Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs), making it a venture that holds great promise. The main purpose behind this is to introduce Kerala as an international tourism location by 2010. The government is willing to aid NRK investors in every way possible. However, only those hospitals which abide by the terms of the National Accreditation Board (NAB) would succeed in receiving government recognition. Kerala has surprised the populace with the astounding growth that it has seen in tourist traffic, i.e., a growth of 31% in 2005. According to Opportunities in Medical Tourism in India (2007) (a RNCOS report), Kerala has been the most preferred travel destination, particularly for those seeking Ayurvedic rejuvenation. The hospitals in Kerala are also setting up special divisions and support systems for their global patients. Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Source: Newswire Today

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References :1Webpage http://www.thaiwebsites.com/medical-tourism-thailand.asp accessed 5th Sep 2008 2Webpage

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http://www.tourism.gov.my/corporate/mediacentre.asp accessed 5th Sep 2008 3Webpage source : http://blog.newmedicalhorizons.com/2007/08/dr-jason-yap-interviewsingapore.html accessed 20Jul08 >> All India Institute of Medical Science (A.I.I.M.S) in Delhi >> Apollo Hospitals >> B.M.Birla Heart Research Centre >> Christian Medical College Vellore >> Tata Memorial Hospital >> Indraprastha Medical Corporation >> Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases >> Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre >> Kalra Hospitals >> Dr. U Mohan Rau Memorial Hospital >> Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children

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