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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Earlier, wealthy citizens of developing countries used to visit developed countries like U.S and Europe to gain access to advanced medical care.  Of late, the ‘Medical Tourism’ wave seems to have reversed this trend.  It is now the Western patient’s turn to travel offshore for First-World healthcare at Third-world prices.
It all began about a decade [...]

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After years of study, The Air Force has finally decided to allow candidates with Lasik eye surgery for flight and navigator training.
  
Since 2001, The Air Force had permitted applicants with PRK (Photo Refractive Keratectomy) to try for spots as pilots and aircrew member.  Since Lasik was a fairly new corrective eye procedure, Air Force had [...]

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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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Barely a month after the terror attacks in Mumbai, the fire-scarred TAJ and TRIDENT are open for business and stands strong ready to welcome guests to the recuperated sections of the hotel.  Guests, including foreign nationals and medical tourists from various countries who need immediate medical care have fearlessly chosen these hotels for stay. 

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Medical tourism is a recognized industry in the west. When Information Technology, manufacturing and technical support jobs went eastward, nobody even bothered to think that healthcare might take the same road somebody. But it did. And that’s good news for countries like India, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines.
Medical care in these Asian countries cost just one-tenth [...]

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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 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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