MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA: A NEW AVENUE

Authors

  • Anand N. Badwe Rural Medical College & Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
  • Purushottam A Giri Rural Medical College & Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
  • Ramchandra G. Latti Rural Medical College & Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v3i3.337

Abstract

Medical tourism is attracting attention of travelers from all over the globe. It combines a travel at ease and availing medical health care facility at low cost as per traveler own choice. World class medical health care is available in some of the Asian countries, such as India, Philippines and Singapore etc. Medical tourism has become one of the major industries in recent times. Medical Tourism India (Health Tourism India) is a developing concept whereby people from world over visit India for their medical and relaxation needs. Most common treatments are heart surgery, knee transplant, cosmetic surgery and dental care. The reason India is a favourable destination is because of it's infrastructure and technology in which is in par with developed countries. India has some of the best hospitals and treatment centers in the world with the best facilities.

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Author Biographies

  • Anand N. Badwe, Rural Medical College & Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
    M.Sc. (Medical Physiology), Associate Professor, Department of Physiology,
  • Purushottam A Giri, Rural Medical College & Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
    Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine (PSM),
  • Ramchandra G. Latti, Rural Medical College & Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
    M.D. (Physiology), Professor and Head, Department of Physiology

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Published

2012-04-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): Mar

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Review Article

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MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA: A NEW AVENUE. (2012). International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research, 3(3), 144-148. https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v3i3.337
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