| Today India offers World Class Medical Facilities, | | | | Indian hospitals a very affordable and viable option |
| comparable with any of the western countries. | | | | to coping with insurance and National medical |
| India has state of the art Hospitals and the best | | | | systems in their respective countries. Travellers |
| qualified doctors. With the best infrastructure, the | | | | prefer to combine their medical treatments with a |
| best possible Medical facilities, accompanied with | | | | visit to the 'exotic east' with their families, visiting |
| the most competitive prices, you can get the | | | | places like the Taj Mahal in Agra, the palaces in |
| treatment done in India at the lowest charges. | | | | Rajasthan, the serene beaches in Goa and the |
| Patients from around the globe are beginning to | | | | mountains of Kashmir and the backwaters of |
| realize the enormous potential of modern and | | | | Kerela among others. The total price of an |
| traditional Indian medicine. Indian hospitals, medical | | | | overseas treatment with airfare, hotel |
| establishments and the government of India have | | | | accommodation and even a few days of vacation |
| also realized the potential of this niche segment | | | | is often far less than just the procedure cost |
| and have begun to tailor their services for foreign | | | | back in the US or UK. |
| visitors. International marketing divisions have | | | | The year 2003 and 2004 saw a trickle of tourists |
| been set up by most of the top India Hospitals | | | | from the healthcare systems of western |
| like Apollo, Max, Fortis, Wockhardt, etc. Some top | | | | countries seeking medical treatment in India. By |
| medical tourism providers like and are helping the | | | | the year 2005 and 2006 this became a deluge, |
| hospitals in this task. At a regional level, this | | | | much of it propelled by a blast of free publicity |
| nascent healthcare industry came to limelight with | | | | from programmes like 60 Minutes. |
| the arrival of 'Naby Noor' from Pakistan, who | | | | Judging by the buzz in the hospital circuit, it won't |
| came for her Heart Surgery treatment to a | | | | be very long before every cosmopolitan private |
| hospital in Bangalore. Quite a few Indian state | | | | hospital offers yoga, ayurvedic massages, |
| governments have with time, realized the | | | | aromatherapy, mudbaths, pranic healing, reiki and |
| potential of this 'Healthcare industry' and have | | | | meditation classes. With time more and more |
| been actively promoting it. | | | | visitors will flock to this part of the globe for their |
| Visitors, especially from the United States of | | | | treatment and relaxation needs. |
| America, United Kingdom and the middle-east find | | | | |