AN OVERVIEW ON OPPORTUNITY OF MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA

Abstract

Medical Tourism business in India is emergent and world of sunshine for those patients who are global trotter and wants their treatment at affordable cost but of high quality. it has enormous prospective for generating jobs and earning huge sum of foreign exchange besides giving a spur to the country’s overall monetary growth. Medical tourism is a multi-facet bustle, and basically a service industry, it would be essential that all spheres of the Central and State governments, private sector and voluntary organizations become dynamic partners in the enterprise to attain sustainable expansion in tourism if India is to become a global player in the medical tourism business. The emergence and growth of foreign-oriented medical services; the creation of “hotel-spitals” business-like hospitals, combining high-class medical and hospitality services for a foreign clientele. The medical tourism business offers soaring prospective for India primarily because of its natural advantages in terms of charge and quality. However the competition is getting intense and the accomplishment in upcoming years will mostly be determined by growth and implementation of a joint approach by various parties in the industry. Medical tourism is highly pretentious to hospitals, travelers, hotels, insurance companies etc. Most common treatments are cardio-vascular surgery, knee transplant, cosmetic surgery, cataract, dental care, hair transplants, liver and kidney transplant. The cause India is a favorable destination is because of its infrastructure and state-of-the-art-technology in which is in par with developed countries. India has some of the best hospitals, healthcare and treatment centers in the world with the best facilities.