| Medical tourism, or healthcare tourism, | | | | Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey. |
| is the act of touring overseas to obtain | | | | With the growing years, India, judged as |
| medical, surgical and dental healthcare. | | | | one of the favorite destinations for |
| Medical tourism is a term coined by | | | | medical or health tourism. |
| travel agencies and the media to | | | | People from around the world are |
| describe a speedily growing industry | | | | beginning to realize the potential of |
| where people of one country travel to | | | | modern and traditional Indian medicine. |
| another country specifically for the | | | | With its state of the art hospitals and |
| purpose of getting either cheaper or | | | | highly qualified UK-US trained doctors, |
| better healthcare services. This process | | | | it will soon transform into the |
| is being expedited by the Corporate | | | | worldwide medical hub. The Indian |
| sector involved in medical care as well | | | | medical tourism industry, growing at an |
| as the tourism industry, both private | | | | annualized rate of 30 percent, caters to |
| and public. Medical tourism mixes | | | | patients primarily from the US, Europe |
| leisure, entertainment and relaxation | | | | and Africa. The medical expenses in |
| together with wellness and healthcare. | | | | India are a fraction of the costs in the |
| Medical tourism healthcare procedures | | | | US/Europe. India's top-notch private |
| can include elective surgeries like | | | | hospitals like Apollo, Fortis, and Max |
| cosmetic surgery, dental implants etc. | | | | HealthCare have attained international |
| as well as complex specialized surgeries | | | | recognition for their state-of-the-art |
| like knee/hip replacement, heart surgery | | | | facilities and diagnostic centers |
| etc. Medical tourism is quite popular | | | | besides unsurpassed technical skills. |
| because sometimes the cost of health | | | | A large draw to medical travel is the |
| care treatment in other countries can be | | | | convenience in comparison to that of |
| a mere one-tenth the cost of the same in | | | | other countries. Many people from the |
| the US. The ultimate idea of the health | | | | developed world come to India for the |
| holiday is to offer the customers an | | | | rejuvenation promised by yoga and |
| opportunity to get away from their daily | | | | Ayurvedic massage, but few consider it a |
| routine and come into a different | | | | destination for hip replacement or brain |
| relaxing surrounding. | | | | surgery. However, a nice blend of |
| There are basically two types of medical | | | | top-class medical expertise at |
| tourism treatments that majority people | | | | attractive prices is helping a growing |
| will consider worth taking a chance on. | | | | number of Indian corporate hospitals |
| The first one is plastic surgery. In | | | | lure foreign patients, including from |
| addition to the cosmetic surgery, people | | | | developed nations such as the UK and US. |
| are also likely to engage in medical | | | | With advanced medical and |
| tourism when it comes to seeking | | | | biotechnological progress, India is |
| alternative medical treatments. Medical | | | | leader in selling healthcare the world |
| tourism is quickly becoming a hot trend | | | | over. With yoga, meditation, ayurveda, |
| among residents of developed countries | | | | allopathy, and other systems of |
| with high health care costs. | | | | medicine, India offers a unique basket |
| Popular medical travel worldwide | | | | of services to an individual that is |
| destinations are Colombia, Singapore, | | | | difficult to match by other countries. |
| India, Thailand, Brunei, Cuba, Hong | | | | The tourists' inflow for a wide medical |
| Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, | | | | service spectrum from wellness tourism |
| Lithuania, Malaysia, The Philippines, | | | | to surgery and rehabilitation has made |
| Singapore, and recently, UAE. Popular | | | | India the preferred destination for |
| cosmetic surgery travel destinations are | | | | medical tourism. |
| Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, | | | | |