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What costs high in USA and UK comes at a low price in the developing countries like India and Thailand. Health care is not exception to the rule. A multi-billion dollar industry, Medical Tourism is fast gaining ground worldwide. India has established its niche in health care areas such as cardiac care, cosmetic surgery, bariatric surgery, joint replacements and dentistry.
Patients go to different countries for treatment for varying reasons. The US tourists find the cost of treatment in India just a fraction of what they would pay in USA. In UK, in addition to high costs involved in private practice, the patients can't afford to wait for long waiting lists. In Canada, the waiting times frustrates the patients. For others medical tourism offers a chance to combine treatment with fun-filled tropical holidays. Patients also come from poorer countries with lack of resources like Bangladesh for treatment. Put together, India offers a low-cost, world-class treatment sans waiting lists with a stopover for a quality time.
Medical Tourism India offers many distinctions over other countries in the field. Some of the best doctors in the world belong to India. In fact Indian doctors have proved themselves a powerful influence in medicine across the world. Only in USA, there are more than 38,000 physicians of Indian origin constituting the largest non-Caucasian segment of the US medical community. When it comes to being a doctor, India has stringent criteria in place. Each year more than 20,000 doctors and nurses are trained in the top-rated Indian hospitals cum medical training centers.
Language is another plus. English is spoken throughout the country and in all good medical care centers. The cost of treatment is lower than most of the countries. What's more, there are no waiting lists.
With high-end medical equipments and state-of-the-art facilities in India, most hospitals have geared up to take care of high influx of medical tourists from abroad. According to sources, Medical Tourism is growing at a fast pace of 30 percent a year in India.
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