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Vol. 1 Issue 1 - May 2007
In this Issue
Chill-Out In Jest
Bill: Mom, are you sure you wanna fly to India for a hip surgery? Isn’t it ‘a third world’ country?
Mom: Sonny, call India a third world country if you will, but the surgery in India will cost me less than ‘a third’ of what it will cost me here in the US.
Chillibreeze Team
Medical tourism Q&A
Q. If I plan to visit India for healthcare how do I select the best hospital?
A. To start with you can first consider Joint Commission International (JCI) Accredited Hospitals so that you are sure that international quality standards are met. The JCI is the largest accreditor of health care organizations worldwide and surveys nearly 20,000 health care programs through a voluntary accreditation process. For the past 75 years JCI is dedicated to improve the safety and quality of care in the international community through the provision of education and consultation services and international accreditation.
List of Joint Commission International (JCI) Accredited Organizations in India
Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad
Asian Heart Institute Mumbai,
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi,
Shroff Eye Hospital, Mumbai, Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai.
Source- http://www.
jointcommission
international.org
Since medical tourism is a recent trend, many other hospitals that offer quality health care at affordable prices may not be accredited yet.
Have you received medical care in India? We welcome your views/reviews. Share your thoughts and help other patients seeking medical care in India.
Write to medicaltourism about your first hand experience as a medical tourist in India.
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Author: Dr. Reeta Mani is a clinical microbiologist by profession and a writer by passion!
She lives and works in Bangalore with her nomadic software techie hubby.
Editor: Dr. Nishi Viswanathan is a doctor turned writer currently living in Austin, Texas.
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The Stethoscope Beckons
Outsource your heart to India and rest assured.
Get a new hip at a whopping discount.
A ‘Tummy Tuck’ and a free vacation to recuperate
Excerpts from a sci-fi novel? No, just medical tourism ads.
Soaring healthcare costs and prolonged waiting periods for medical procedures in industrialized nations are drawing more and more attention to India, Thailand, Singapore or several other countries that offer quality medical care at a low cost.
India is currently a hot medical tourism hub. State of the art equipment, technological advances, qualified medical professionals, medical care at par with developed nations, personalized patient care and a blend of modern and traditional medicine has made India conspicuous on the global medical tourism map.
Introduction of ‘medical visas’ for medical tourists to avoid travel delays and several tax-rebates and incentives to hospitals and tour operators by the government has placed a seal of political approval on medical tourism in India.
Health care providers, the hospitality sector and tour operators have capitalized on the trend and now offer several health care packages at discounted prices for prospective medical tourists.
Despite stumbling blocks like a crumbling infrastructure and dismal public health care system, medical tourism in India is becoming extremely popular worldwide.
The stethoscope (or rather the scalpel!) beckons.
 Editor
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Hospitals |
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Which hospitals in India are in the ‘pink of their health?’
Which health care institutes encourage medical tourists and are well-equipped to offer quality medical care? What treatment options do they have on offer on their platter? Read on.
Chillibreeze Team
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Hospitals...
 Apollo Hospitals
Wockhardt Hospitals
Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
Max Healthcare
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Medical Tourism Policy |
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Americans believe that welcoming overseas doctors to treat them will make them accessible to quality health care without being burdened with huge health care costs. Meanwhile India has opened its doors to medical tourists and is all set to encourage the trend. A need for a comprehensive medical tourism policy is the need of the hour to promote India as an international medical tourism destination.
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Medical Tourism Policy...
'Free Trade (in Doctors) 'National policy on medical tourism is the need of the hour' By 2020, Tourism in India could contribute Rs 8,50,000 crores to the GDP Kerala Promoting Medical Tourism to Gain International Recognition  Visit www.DrNishi.com to learn more about the Medical Tourism scene in India
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Holistic healing centers |
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Seeking a rejuvenation of the body, mind and soul? Visit the several holistic healing centers in India offering a range of traditional healing options including Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Homeopathy etc
Chillibreeze Team |
Holistic healing centers...
Kairali Health Resort
Somatheeram Ayurvedic Beach Resort
Ayurvedagram Heritage Wellness Center, Bangalore
Soukya Holistic Health Centre
Athulya Ayurvedic Medical Research Centre (AAMRC) – Cancer therapy through ayurveda
Kadavu Ayurveda Centre
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Travel Agencies |
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Professional help to reduce some burden off the shoulders of medical tourists! Various travel agencies have teamed up with health care facilities to help medical tourists in India. Most of them assist medical tourists in travel plans, choice of hospitals and lodging.
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Travel Agencies...
Travel Port - Bringing the world within your reach
Erco Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Legend Tours Pvt. Ltd
Swagatam Tours and Travels Limited
Medical Tourism Agencies Take Operations Overseas
Kerala Travel Tourism (Prudent Networks)
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Chilli SPOTLIGHT |
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American ‘Medical Refugees’
in India
Medical tourism heralds the birth of a new breed of refugees- “Medical Refugees” as the New England Journal of Medicine(NEJM) calls them. The article in NEJM throws light on the plight of seriously ill Americans who seek treatment in low wage countries. “These patients are not ‘medical tourists’ seeking low-cost aesthetic enhancement but middle-income Americans who need life saving surgeries and want to evade impoverishment by succumbing to expensive healthcare options in America”
This American trend of “off-shoring” of life saving treatments can trace its roots to sky-rocketing health care costs and insurance premiums beyond the reach of low and middle-income Americans.
American physicians who may be concerned about this growing trend, can either condemn and attempt to restrict it or actively support the trend while focusing on the betterment of local health care delivery systems as the NEJM article suggests.
A. Milstein and M. Smith, "America’s New Refugees—Seeking Affordable Surgery Offshore," New England Journal of Medicine 2006; 355(16): 1637–1640
Chillibreeze Team
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Visa Related Developments |
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The Indian government plans to offer a ‘red carpet welcome’ to prospective medical tourists and the medical visa (Mvisa) will only make things easier for the tourists.
Chillibreeze Team |
Visa Related Developments...
Medical Tourism India
Medical Visa to India
Ministry gives medical tourism a boost MOT extends validity of Mvisa to 3 years Medical Tourism Boosted by Long Wait Times
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More Tidbits |
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India welcomes unemployed British doctors, Bangalore emerging as a medical tourism hotspot and more medical tourism news from here and there!
Chillibreeze Team |
More Tidbits...
India's healthy appeal: Modern (and cheap) services promoted Bangalore Medical tourism Indian hospitals beckon unemployed British doctors Healthcare goes five-star in India Award for Excellence in the Field of Cheek Implant Surgery in India for Forerunners Healthcare
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Investments in Medical Tourism |
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Investment opportunities soar as the medical tourism boom in India continues. Private healthcare facilities providing modern as well as traditional treatment options are trying their best to capitalize on this growing trend. Kerala is fast emerging as a hot medical tourism destination in India offering various treatment and rejuvenation packages.
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Investments in Medical Tourism...
India Tourism Dubai at Oman Travel Market exhibition
Growth of private medical care in good health
Health sector requires Rs 1.6 lakh cr in 10 years
Trinity Capital Buys 6 Mln Shares Of India's Fortis Healthcare For GBP 10.3 Mln In Pre-IPO Placement
Opportunities in Medical Tourism in India (2007)
Hindu way of healing works
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