I had visited Apollo last month for some medical treatment (it is long story, but lets say, I have some health issues) and I was really surprised to see number of foreign patients there. I have to say, Apollo has certainly promoted it well to foreign tourist and kudos to them for corporatizing the indian healthcare market, now I can see more and more hospitals going public to raise funds to build better infrastructure.

The term medical tourism is so called when patients go to a different country for either urgent or elective medical procedures. This industry is rapidly growing and is fast becoming a worldwide, multibillion-dollar industry.

In India the health care sector has witnessed a huge growth in infrastructure in the voluntary and private sector. India is becoming a preferred destination for these medical tours due to advantages offered here.

There are many medical tourism companies in India like exohealth medical tourism company to assist in the process of undertaking medical tours in the country. These medical tourism agencies help in the medical tours for many treatments required, such as; Bone Marrow Transplant, Drug Rehabilitation, Brain Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Cancer Procedures, Joint Replacement Surgery, cardiac care, Neurosurgery, Osteoporosis, Cosmetic Surgery, health check ups, dialysis and Kidney Transplant and many more.

Reason why many people from abroad are visiting India for medical tours is that the cost of medical service in India is nearly 60% lower than treatment abroad. Other reasons for undertaking medical tours in India is the comfort of the language, latest and world class medical facilities, expert and well trained qualified Indian doctors and other medical staff and suitable Indian climate. In addition Indian hospitals stand out in Cardiology and Cardiothoracic surgery, dental care, Orthopaedic surgery Joint Replacement, etc. Since all the required technology and expert doctors who have studied and trained in the US and the same medical service is available at a much lower cost, people from abroad prefer treatment in India.

Let’s have a look at the comparative cost of some medical procedures carried out in abroad and the cost in India for the same medical treatment.

Procedure                  Cost (US$)
United States              India
Bone Marrow Transplant  500,000                     60,000
Liver Transplant              300,000                     32,000
Heart Surgery                  150,000                     13,000
Orthopedic Surgery         100,000                     11,000
Cataract Surgery               20,000                       3,000

Now I am not an expert in these things and I took these stats from various hospitals sites but I can celarly see a cost advantage here for foreign patients and let me assure you, these Indian doctors are the best in the world

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