Medical Tourism in India, Growth, Advantages, Rise of Medical Tourism in India With rising health care costs in developed countries like United States and United Kingdom along with rising inflation in these countries, patients who cannot afford such an expensive health care costs are seeking medical treatments in countries which offer same treatments at a very low cost. In fact, celebrities, sportsmen & other people from western countries flock to such countries. This has given rise to medical tourism (or medical travel) which has now become a growing sector as it creates lots of job opportunities and adds to the growth of the country. And amongst the countries which offer low cost health care services, India is one country. Growth of medical tourism in India has been very rapid in the last 10 years and according to Confederation of Indian Industry over 1, 50, 000 patients travelled to India to seek health care services in 2005. And according to Ministry of Tourism, India, medical tourism growth in India is expected to see an exceptional growth rate of 30% by 2015 and set is to become a 2 billion USD industry. Advantages of Medical Tourism in India 1) The biggest advantage of medical travel in India is the low cost health care service 2) Technological advancements and highly educated doctors 3) Availability of latest medical instruments 4) High health care standards offered 5) No language barrier as English is widely spoken across India. Moreover many hospitals in India hire native translators for patients from African countries so that they can communicate effectively. 6) Relaxed visa rules 7) Visa on India arrival for patients from specific countries #beauty #nutrition #exercise #food #new #homeremedies #wellness #fitness #diet #Medicaltourism #travel #Weightloss #Muscle #health #healthcare #India #Medicaltravel #rejuvenate #sleep #healthy #heartattack #fertility #breastcancer #cancer #antoniokanickaraj #yoga
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:20:54 +0000
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