| The Indian healthcare sector has witnessed an | | | | 98.5% in cardiac surgeries till 2002, 80% success |
| unprecedented growth in the past few years. This | | | | rate in bone marrow transplants and 95% |
| phenomenal success is largely due to the | | | | successful renal transplants... statistics can't get |
| increasing global demand for world-class healthcare | | | | any better than this. India produces the largest |
| facilities. India not only boasts of a huge pool of | | | | number of doctors in the world. Most of these |
| talented and experienced doctors but also is | | | | doctors have completed their specializations from |
| equipped with the latest technologies that aids in | | | | premier institutions across the world. India too has |
| quality diagnosis and treatment of the illnesses. | | | | some world-class institutions that train these |
| Apart from that, the medical services in India are | | | | doctors. The presence of some of the best |
| relatively affordable as compared to that of the | | | | hospitals and medical institutions equipped with |
| developed nations. Superior medical facilities at low | | | | good doctors makes India a global choice among |
| cost is the prime factor that has been inducing | | | | the patients worldwide. |
| patients all across the world to seek medical | | | | Medical research in India has experienced |
| treatment in India. The growth of medical tourism | | | | remarkable success in the recent years. There |
| in India has tempted many other countries to | | | | has been substantial investment in the field of |
| introduce packages offering similar facilities, but | | | | biotechnology research. Apart from that India has |
| despite this, India still has an upper hand on them | | | | emerged as a leader in stem cell research. The |
| and is moving at a rapid pace towards its | | | | superior healthcare infrastructure available in India |
| objective of becoming the global healthcare | | | | has led her being considered as the preferred |
| destination. Though the services provided by the | | | | location for low cost medical research. Similar |
| other countries are good enough, India still | | | | research costs a lot more in the developed |
| continues to have an edge over the others due | | | | countries. Several bodies such as the DCGI and |
| to a variety of underlying factors. | | | | ICMR have worked out guidelines to promote |
| Some time back, the healthcare tourism industry | | | | medical research in India. The growth and |
| in India comprised of a handful of big private | | | | achievements in the field of medical research in |
| healthcare providers promoting themselves | | | | India adds further solidity to its global image of a |
| through tie-ups with various insurance companies | | | | preferred healthcare destination. |
| and travel agencies. Over the period of time, the | | | | The advantages of opting for healthcare tourism |
| Indian government realized the immense potential | | | | in India are manifold. It is not only the cost |
| of the Indian healthcare industry as a major | | | | advantage that works in favor of India in making |
| source of employment and foreign exchange | | | | it an upcoming global healthcare destination; the |
| revenue generator. It then started collaborating | | | | growing government intervention, private sector |
| with the smaller as well as the bigger medical | | | | investments, country specific marketing |
| service providers and worked together towards | | | | strategies, overseas facilitation centers and the |
| the common objective of making India a global | | | | unmatched credibility of Indian specialists has |
| hub for world-class healthcare solutions. | | | | played an even bigger role in making India a |
| Over 5 lakh surgeries, more than a million other | | | | stronger choice among the patients worldwide. |
| successful surgical procedures, a success rate of | | | | |