Abstract
Medical tourism is attracting attention of travelers from all over the globe. It combines a travel at ease and availing medical health care facility at low cost as per traveler’s own choice. World class medical health care is available in some of the Asian countries, such as India, Philippines and Singapore etc. Medical tourism has become one of the major industries in recent times. Medical Tourism India (Health Tourism India) is a developing concept whereby people from world over visit India for their medical and relaxation needs. Most common treatments are heart surgery, knee transplant, cosmetic surgery and dental care. The reason India is a favourable destination is because of it's infrastructure and technology in which is in par with developed countries. India has some of the best hospitals and treatment centers in the world with the best facilities.
Highlights
Medical Tourism in the global context is at the rising trend in the third world because of affordability, cost, facility and expertise of some countries from the first world and from the third world countries too
Ten years ago; medical tourism was hardly large enough to be noticed in India
From foregoing discussion it is clear that, medical tourism in India has become most preferred destination amongst foreigners, due to availability of all medical facilities at lower cost with world standards as compared with other western countries.[10] reproductive health care, cardiology, urology, cosmetic surgery, dentistry, since medical care and highly skilled, talented professionals are available at affordable cost as compared to their own countries
Summary
Medical Tourism in the global context is at the rising trend in the third world because of affordability, cost, facility and expertise of some countries from the first world and from the third world countries too. Today more than 250, 000 patients per year visit Singapore alone – nearly half of them from the Middle East This year approximately half a million foreign patients will travel to India for medical care, where as in 2002 it was only 150,000. India offers treatment at between half and onethird the cost of similar treatments in neighbouring medical tourism hot spots such as Singapore and Thailand. The first recorded instance of medical tourism dates back to thousands of years, when Greek pilgrims traveled from all over the Mediterranean to the small territory in sardonic gulf called Epiduria. This territory was the sanctuary of the healing god Alkelspios. Epidura became the original travel destination for medical tourism.[3]
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