India: Recession takes its toll on health tourism: Medical Tourism, Tooth tourism, NHS spending millions, Surgery tourists, TPG's Parkway Health, Piramal fund

Health tourism players are feeling the impact of the global recession. Business targets are being revised and foreign patients are postponing plans for non critical treatments like cosmetic surgery and dental care. Indian corporate hospitals are looking at global expansions to provide healthcare at affordable costs. At the same time, global chains are eying India. There is an ongoing debate in Britain about who should pay for botched up surgeries abroad- the NHS or patients?.

- Chillibreeze Business Research Team

Trends
Medical Tourism –perfect for a suntan…and a new body!
Kerala's ayurvedic spas yet to feel pinch of recession
Medical Tourism - A Ray of Light amongst gathering Gloom
Less foreigners travelling to India for elective surgeries
Medical off-shoring grows as patients combine tourism and surgery
Tooth tourism booms as dental patients flock abroad
NHS spending millions fixing botched plastic surgery done abroad
Surgery tourists should pay if operation goes wrong, not the NHS

Corporate Plans
TPG's Parkway Health to set up hospitals
Piramal fund may buy Trichy hospital stake for Rs 100 cr