Medical tourism in india

Medical tourism in India Today India is a superpower in the Asia-pacific region and also making its mark world over! The kind of medical facility that India provides is outstanding, thus creating a market for medical tourism. Medical tourism is not a new term, in ancient times somewhere around 14th to 17th century people from all over the Mediterranean region used to travel to Greece to get their treatments done by the healing god Asclepius according to Greek mythology.

The chart below explains the reason for medical tourism in India.

Source: (http://www.slideshare.net/SunilKumar148/research-project-on-medical-tourism)

Today, in 21st century medical cost is either too high or not available at all in many parts of the world. Countries like US, UK, Australia, Canada etc. where the cost for treatment is too high, it is mandatory to have medical insurance to get treated. It has some loopholes too, as they don’t cover all the treatment under the policies. For example in US, dental insurance doesn’t covers cosmetic dentistry hence they end up spending twice the amount of the amount charged in India. Even for generic treatments they avoid visiting doctors as frequently as they could have if they were in India. Medical tourism is a boon to such people, the hotspot for medical tourism world over are mostly Asian countries like Thailand, India etc., which is also exotic places to visit through.

Watch the U.S citizen sharing his view after getting dental treatment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vm5Sq9Nms4 India has been noted for its high surge in medical tourism. It has grown colossally to $2 billion industry in 2015 with annual growth of 30%.1.27 million tourists have been to India to get treated for various problems. Dental tourism approximately forms 20-30% of the total medical tourism in India. The quality and quantity of dentists in India is at par, with as many as one lakh dentists in practice. The medical cost in India is less, the dentist are highly professional, equipped with latest technologies. The patient also has the opportunity of great tourism packages, which makes India an ideal place for international tourist as their preferred dental tourist destination.

(Source: Medical tourism India)

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