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Indian hospitals are scaling up in terms of the IT applications and diagnostics techniques to meet the requirements of the international medical patient. The total market for IT applications in healthcare is expected to touch $300 million by 2010. Ayurveda practitioners have called for more governmental support to tap foreign patients and help Indian villages benefit from ayurvedic treatment centres or resorts.

Chillibreeze Business Research Team

Indian hospitals take the IT ladder to scale up

The medical tourism industry will be a $2billion business in 2012. The health care industry is adopting state of the art diagnostic techniques and integrating various branches with relevant IT applications. Lead hospitals like Wockhardt and Manipal will be spending 10-15 crores on IT applications.

According to Springboard Research, India has the fastest growing health care IT market in Asia with an expected growth rate of 22 per cent. The total market for IT applications in the health care industry in India was $149.7 million in 2006 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.1 to reach $332.8 million in 2010.
September 28, 2007
Source: Business Standard

Britain health solutions in India

Outsourcing healthcare to India is a reality that is gradually being accepted by Britons.
Almost all patients who went from here have returned fully satisfied and have praised the doctors and facilities at the hospitals they were treated.

A Health Tourism Exhibition held at London's sprawling Alexandra Palace last month attracted a lot of attention from not only the medical fraternity but also of families who wanted to know first hand the medical facilities and costs for treatment in India.
September 25, 2007
Source: Hindustan Times via yahoo

Ayurveda: A gold mine for India

Ayurveda can help tackle chronic diseases.

www.ayurveda-portal.com is meant to facilitate ayurveda related tourism and health consultations. The portal has several functions like consultation facilities with specialised panel of doctors, education on ayurveda: its history, principles - vata, pita, kapha theory, various treatment methods and herbal plants used, search facility on ayurveda hospitals, resorts, online instant booking and payment gateway facilities and a global ayurveda directory. This portal is linked to more than 1,500 travel agents, 2,000 yoga centres, to promote ayurveda medical tourism to India. It also gives links to more than 3,000 organic bio-shops worldwide, so that patients after an ayurveda treatment can continue their diet. Joseph Kaduthanam, Managing Director, Aymex Services, who has developed this portal has called for increased role of the government in promoting ayurveda medical tourism and financing investments in ayurvedic hospitals in villages.
September 18, 2007
Source: Indian Express