Why India?
Let’s start with a simple question: What is Medical Tourism?
Medical Tourism is the phenomenon of individuals traveling to seek medical treatment outside their own country.
People mainly travel because the medical facilities or technology in their country is not as evolved as other developed countries. There are certain countries that can’t even cure particular diseases due to lack of infrastructure, technology, talented doctors or adequate medical staff.
India is a well-known centre of Ayurveda, Sidha, Yoga, Naturopathy treatments with the spiritual philosophy that been integral to the Indian way of life. Apart from that, highly qualified doctors trained in Western countries (Europe, America & Australia) are available in India for modern treatments
One of the other main reasons for individuals to travel to obtain medical treatment is the expenditure. In some countries, the cure for a treatment is so expensive that patients would rather prefer to travel to another country with same or better medical aid to treat their illness.
Second common question: Why should a patient travel to India to seek Medical Treatment?
- In recent times, India has emerged as a popular destination for medical tourists due to its global standards of healthcare with latest technologies at affordable costs.
- India also matches the pharmaceutical aids of western countries like USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand etc.
- Treatments in India costs 10 times cheaper (depending on the clinical procedure and the technology involved) compared to USA and Europe.
These mentioned reasons clubbed have made India as one of the most popular destinations in the world to seek clinical treatment, and the data confirms this hypothesis:
Indian hospitals treated 460,000 international patients during the 2015-2016 financial year, that number has only grown with time. Most of these patients travelled to India from neighboring countries of Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, there were patients that travelled from Iraq, Nigeria, Kenya, Saudi Arabia too.
Patients generally travel to India from under developed countries as Indian medical facilities possess all the latest technologies for treatment and diagnostics. India also offers highly qualified doctors who are trained in western countries of UK, USA, other European countries etc.
Patients from developed countries also prefer India as the treatment of a clinical condition would cost them around 10 times more in their country. The success rate of treatments is as good as any western countries, and all the latest medications and pharmaceuticals launched in the world are available in India too. Also, there is absolutely no lining up in queues or going through a waiting list if you acquire a good Medical Tourism company to do the bidding for you.
They say “Health is Wealth”, we at New-Lyf believe that health is a greater luxury compared to wealth. Health cannot be compromised at any cost, and if travelling to another country to seek medical attention is necessary, then patients should opt for that option before their medical condition becomes worse.