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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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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So, you’ve decided to go offshore for your surgery or for medical treatment. Good for you. But now you are stumped about how to go about it. Fret no more. You can look up the internet for a host of companies that offer this service.
Most companies that are involved in medical tourism follow some [...]

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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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The recent revision in the reimbursement rules of NHS has decided to treat the cost coverage of medical expenses of patients opting to fix their medical issues through medical travel is not entitled for reimbursement.
The option of medical tourism which had allowed Britons to skip long waiting lists back home and turn to medical travel [...]

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