Medical Tourism in India

                             As the word suggest it means visiting other countries for treatment of  any illness. The importance of globalization is now not only restricted to business and industrial development but also to many other service sectors. And one of the most growing among these service sectors is medical tourism. Presently medical tourism is growing especially in southern Asian countries like India, Malaysiya, Srilanka and Mauritius. But the maximum benefits have been taken by Indian corporate hospitals by attracting huge foreign patients for last decade. As they provide world class treatment in all types of diseases. The major issue for western world is cost of treatment. Now looking into low cost treatment available here, most of the insurance companies are now approving Indian hospital with JCI .As this certification is required for treating any foreign patient in Indian hospitals. JCI recommendation is highly regarded as the best quality certification for any global hospital. The various ailments covered under this policy involve from small OPD based services to major surgical procedures like knee replacement surgery, Heart surgery, liver transplantation, onco surgery, eye surgery, dental procedures. Now India is becoming a hub of this medical tourism as various medical institutions and corporate hospitals like Apollo, Fortis, Escorts and Medicity etc. have improved the quality standard and meet all the requirements ranging from efficacy to safety. They offer substantial reduction in cost of treatment and with excellent success rate.

Surjeet Singh