Health Tourism News

India spends 1,2% of its GDP on health, but takes care of foreign patients too.  The country ranks second in medical tourism.  In 2007, Indian hospitals treated 4.5 lakh patients from other countries against topper Thailand which treated about 10 lakh patients last year.
Earlier, there was an inflow of patients from neighboring countries and West [...]

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Medical tourism was a silver lining for those millions of Uninsured, underinsured and those who were forced to postpone treatments due to long waiting lists.  What seemed like a boon to patients from Western countries like US, UK and Canada is now a twilight of hope for those countries who are deemed as Medical Tourism [...]

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If you are living in US and trying to get a medical report for a scanning, you may possibly be asked to wait for 4 days or more.  Waiting lists had forced patients in the US to postpone medical treatment.  Of late, even the initial step of getting a medical report is getting delayed and [...]

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India is one of the most sought after destinations for medical tourism.  In the year 2004, some 150,000 medical tourists from UK, US, Middle East and other foreign countries visited India seeking medical care in Indian hospitals.  Since then, medical tourism in India has been growing at the rate of 20% per annum.  Medical tourism [...]

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Even amidst the on- going economic crisis, dental tourists are heading towards Asian countries for various dental treatments.  India, which has been making news in the recent past as a medical tourism hub, still continues to attract a large number of dental tourists.  So what is it that has sustained dental tourism?

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India a land of spirituality, the birth place of yoga, the world’s largest multi-cultural democracy was attacked on the evening of 26th November 2008.
Terrorists claiming to be members of the Deccan Mujahideen, attacked the famous Leopold  Café, The Taj Hotel, The Oberoi Hotel now known as the Trident, and the Cama Hospital among others. [...]

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Health care in the U.S. is expensive. Period. Medical expenditure in U.S. has reached an all-time high of $2 trillion per year. U.S. top the list of nation’s spending on health insurance. But still 46 million Americans continue to live without insurance each year. But health care woes are far from over, even for the [...]

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As more and more westerners start to understand the value of age-old cures, traditional medical practices like Ayurveda and Naturopathy are seeing a new kind of resurgence in this day and age. This move has been a real boom to India’s health tourism sector. Today, people from USA and Europe come to the backwaters of [...]

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As more and more people, hospitals and patients the world over are becoming aware of the growth and potential of Medical Tourism; governments too are awakening to take the necessary steps required to facilitate its growth and popularity in their respective countries.
The Indian Government is one such body which is taking productive measures towards ensuring [...]

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