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Medical Bulletin
India - A study in
health contrasts
http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/health/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5097026
From becoming a hub of medical tourism to having a sizeable
population deprived of basic healthcare, from bulging bellies in
urban areas to stunted growth among kids across rural belts -- the
country remains a study in health contrasts. India now stands at the
cross-roads of improving health indicators and achieving the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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India Emerges
Hot Destination for Medical Tourism; More than 100 per cent jump
likely in Kenyan Patients Opting for Treatment in India in 2011
http://www.businesswireindia.com/PressRelease.asp?b2mid=26376
With medical tourism picking up at a fast pace, the number of
patients traveling from Kenya to India is expected to more than
double to 50,000 during the current year, compared to the previous
year as the cost of treatment in India is as low as a tenth of what
is in Kenya.
''The real attraction to medical tourism is saving money on what
normally are very costly procedures...the cost of surgery in India,
kidney transplants, cancer treatments, among others, can be as low
as just a tenth of what is in Kenya.” Hon (Prof) P. Anyang Nyongo,
Minister Of Medical Services of Kenya, said while addressing the 1st
ever Indian Medical Tourism event, The IMTD 2011 Africa.
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Medical tourism draws growing numbers of
Americans to seek health care abroad
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health/medical-tourism-draws-growing-numbers-of-americans-to-seek-health-care-abroad/2011/02/09/AFkbobeC_story.html
When my father had a toothache, he saw a dentist in Boston who
recommended a root canal and dental crown costing about $2,000. He
decided to wait until he was in India, his native land, for holidays
and had the procedure done there for $200. Extremely satisfied with
the service and the price, my mother decided to have her two front
teeth replaced, eliminating a wide gap that tarnished her smile, and
estimated she had saved $3,000.
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The rising medical tourism
http://marcobowers2.kvepp.com/the-rising-medical-tourism/
The term Medical Tourism is used to refer to the act of medical
services or procedures that are being done through the traveling
across the world and was initially coined by the travel agencies.
This was actually started to make sure that people all around the
world would be able to get quality healthcare. Throughout the world,
the countries that have got the best healthcare facilities that are
medicinal are Hungary, Mexico and Malaysia. Other countries also do
provide this type of tourism, but the fact is that only certain
countries do take care of the accommodation facilities for the
tourism
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