Medical tourism in India

"Medical Tourism" is a growing concept in which people from different nations come over to India to get the best medical treatment either urgent or elective. The Indian hospitals are considered best due to their 'infrastructure' and 'technology' and are doing their best to impart the world class facilities.

The cost of treatment is too high in U.S. as compared to India where it just take a small amount of what it takes in U.S. Than one has to take an appointment and wait for days to get operated while its not so in India.

People from developing or poor countries come over to India to get the treatment as those countries do not have hospitals with such advanced facilities.

Time and again we have heard people coming from these countries to get treatment and go back happily after becoming hale and hearty, one such recent example being of baby Noor Jehan from Pakistan.

India is fast becoming ‘favorite medical tourism destination,’ as it is offering the best possible treatment at affordable prices and that too from the hands of the experienced and qualified doctors. Private clinics and hospitals are booming due to which there is no waiting line, than they have employed the best practitioners and state of the art technology which again is a positive point for getting attraction from people abroad.

One can get the best medical treatment in India on lowest prices. The treatment is quite expensive abroad people prefer to take package deal including flight, treatment, hotel expenses and post-operative vacation. While being in India they can get the opportunity to visit some of the best SPA and relaxation resorts.

Indian doctors are considered to be the best in the world which comes after studying and doing research for many years. Every year around 20,000 - 30,000 doctors and nurses are passed out from various educational institutes. These doctors have the latest knowledge regarding not only their field but other fields too. Some of the Indian doctors who made country proud are:

Dr. Vikram Sheel Kumar, has been named as one of the 2005 Ten Young Outstanding Americans (TOYA Awards) by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Venkat Mani, an Indian American doctor was named four times as one of the best doctor in U.S. region in magazine poll. He died on 20 Aug, 2006.

Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, who went to China in 1938 when China was in war with the Japanese force, Kotnis not only treated hundreds of patients on the war front but he also trained many people. Till Now he is remembered as icon in China.

Hygiene is maintained in the private hospitals as they are cleaned number of times in a day and than the hospitality of the Indians is well known through out world. The perfect time to visit India is during Aug to Nov as the climate is quite favorable at this part of the year. Usually people come over for the treatments such as heart transplant, knee surgery, cosmetic surgery and dentistry. There are few states which have best medical hospitals and have proved their efficiency in medical field like Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, and some top hospitals are AIIMS, Max HealthCare, Fortis, Apollo, Escorts etc.