Medical Tourism India and Medical Tourism (a.k.a. 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 those in USA, UK and Europe.
Medical Tourism in India
The various facilities in India include full body pathology, comprehensive physical and gynecological examinations, dental checkup, eye checkup, diet consultation, audiometry, spirometry, stress & lifestyle management, pap smear, digital Chest X-ray, 12 lead ECG, 2D echo colour doppler, gold standard DXA bone densitometry, body fat analysis, coronary risk markers, cancer risk markers, carotid colour doppler, spiral CT scan and high strength MRI. Each test is carried out by professional M.D. physicians, and is comprehensive yet pain-free.
There is also a gamut of services ranging from General Radiography, Ultra Sonography, Mammography to high end services like Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Digital Subtraction Angiography along with intervention procedures, Nuclear Imaging. The diagnostic facilities offered in India are comprehensive to include Laboratory services, Imaging, Cardiology, Neurology and Pulmonology. The Laboratory services include biochemistry, hematology, microbiology, serology, histopathology, transfusion medicine and RIA.
All medical investigations are conducted on the latest, technologically advanced diagnostic equipment. Stringent quality assurance exercises ensure reliable and high quality test results.
As Indian corporate hospitals are on par, if not better than the best hospitals in Thailand, Singapore, etc there is scope for improvement, and the country may become a preferred medical destination. In addition to the increasingly top class medical care, a big draw for foreign patients is also the very minimal or hardly any waitlist as is common in European or American hospitals. In fact, priority treatment is provided today in Indian hospitals.
The Apollo Group, Escorts Hospitals in New Delhi and Jaslok Hospitals in Mumbai are to name a few which are established names even abroad.The Hindujas and NM Excellence in Mumbai, also have built capabilities and are handling a steadily increasing flow of foreign patients.India has much more expertise than say Thailand or Malaysia. The infrastructure in some of India's hospitals is also very good. What is more significant is that the costs are much less, almost one-third of those in other Asian countries.In Cochin we have hospitals like LakeShore Hospital,Medical Trust Hospital,Amrita Institute of Medical Science,Lissie Hospial and Heart Institute etc.
For eg-A heart care surgery which costs in the region of USD 30,000 in USA can cost as low as USD 8,000 in India. This clearly states the price difference that exists in India when compared to the west.
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 TREATMENT PACKAGE FOR MEDICAL TOURISTS IN COCHIN IN A MAJOR HOSPITAL | ||||
Sl. No. | Name of procedure | No. of days in hospital | No. of days in ICU | Package Rate US $ |
| ORTHOPEDICS | ||||
| 1 | Total Hip Replacement (Single hip) Cemented (including implants) | 12 | 2 | 6,700 |
| 2 | Total Hip Replacement (Single hip) Uncemented (including implants) | 12 | 2 | 7,900 |
| 3 | Total Knee Replacement (Single) (including implants) | 12 | 2 | 7,700 |
| 4 | Arthroscopy of Knee (Keyhole surgery of knee-Diagnostic + Partial Menisectomy) | 3 | 3,100 | |
| 5 | Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction (including implants) | 5 | 1 | 5,200 |
| 6 | Tenis Elbow | 5 | 2,500 | |
| 7 | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Carpel Tunnel Release | 5 | 2,500 | |
| 8 | Dequervain's Tenosynovitis or Trigger Finger | 5 | 2,400 | |
| PLASTIC & COSMETIC SURGERY | ||||
| 1 | Liposuction Each region | 4 - 5 | 2,000 | |
| 2 | Mini Tummy Tuck | 4 - 6 | 2,100 | |
| 3 | Full Tummy Tuck - Abdominoplasty | 10 - 12 | 1 - 2 | 4,000 |
| 4 | Full Tummy Tuck with hernia repair (including implants) | 10 - 14 | 2 - 3 | 4,500 |
| 5 | Breast Augmentation (including implants) | 4 - 6 | 4,500 | |
| 6 | Breast Reduction | 10 - 12 | 1 - 2 | 4,000 |
| 7 | Rhinoplasty (Nose correction) | 8 - 10 | 3,300 | |
| 8 | Breast lift (Ptosis correction) | 5 - 7 | 3,500 | |
| 9 | Bat ear correction | 2 - 3 | 2,000 | |
| 10 | Eye lid lift - Blepharoplasty | 4 - 5 | 2,200 | |
| DENTAL | ||||
| 1 | Alveolectomy (Per arch) | 1 | 148 | |
| 2 | Composite resin filling (Per tooth) | OP | 40 | |
| 3 | Extractions (Per tooth) | OP | 17 | |
| 4 | Periodontal surgeries (Per quadrant) | 1 | 143 | |
| 5 | Surgical removal of impacted teeth (Per tooth) | 1 | 143 | |
| 6 | Root canal treatment (Per tooth) | OP | 120 | |
| 7 | Single sitting root canal treatment (Per tooth) | 1 | 170 | |
| 8 | Teeth scaling (Per visit) | OP | 60 | |
| 9 | Silver fillings (Per tooth) | OP | 25 | |
| 10 | Glass ionomer fillings (Per tooth) | OP | 25 | |
| 11 | Complete Denture (Per jaw) | OP | 200 | |
| 12 | Dental implantation (Per tooth) (three visits required) | OP | 1,215 | |
| 13 | Ceramic crowns & bridges (Per unit) | OP | 215 | |
| 14 | Teeth whitening (Per procedure) | OP | 170 | |
| 15 | Orthognathic surgery for jaw deformity | 7 | 3,600 | |
| UROLOGY | ||||
| 1 | Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy | 5 - 7 | 2 | 4,400 |
| 2 | Laparoscopic Nephro Ureterectomy | 5 - 7 | 2 | 4,400 |
| 3 | Percutanious Nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) | 6 - 7 | 2,400 | |
| 4 | Laparoscopic Adrenelectomy | 5 - 7 | 2 | 4,500 |
| 5 | Laparoscopic Hernia Repair | 5 | 1 | 2,500 |
| 6 | Transurethral Resection of Prostate (TURP) | 6 - 7 | 1 | 3,000 |
| 7 | Tension free vaginal tape (TVT) for stress incontinence in females (including implants) | 3 | 2,500 | |
| 8 | Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty | 5 - 6 | 1 | 4,400 |
| 9 | Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy | 2 | 1,500 | |
| 10 | Laparoscopic Nephrectomy | 5 - 6 | 2 | 3,000 |
| ENT | ||||
| 1 | Thyroplasty & Corrective surgery | 4 | 1 | 2,500 |
| 2 | Uvulo palato pharyngoplasty | 10 - 12 | 1 | 2,500 |
| 3 | Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery | 4 | 1,500 | |
| 4 | Repair of CSF leak (Endoscopic) | 7 | 1 | 2,500 |
| 5 | Tympanoplasty | 7 | 2,000 | |
| 6 | Myringoplasty | 5 | 1,500 | |
| 7 | Modified Radical Mastoidectomy | 7 | 2,500 | |
| 8 | Stapedectomy | 4 | 1,500 | |
| 9 | Lothrop's procedure for frontal sinusitis | 7 | 1 | 2,000 |
| CARDIOLOGY | ||||
| 1 | CABG | 10 | 2 | 6,000 |
| 2 | Off Pump CABG | 10 | 2 | 6,500 |
| 3 | Awake CABG | 10 | 2 | 6,000 |
| 4 | VALVE Repair (Cost of the valve,rings will be charges extra) | 10 | 2 | 6,000 |
| 5 | ASD Repair | 10 | 1 | 4,500 |
| 6 | VSD Repair | 10 | 2 | 5,500 |
| 7 | Closed Heart Surgery | 10 | 2 | 3,500 |
| All procedure packages include the following: | ||||
| · | Registration & admission charges | |||
| · | Cost of implants (if any selected by the hospital) | |||
| · | Medicine & consumables for the procedure (selected by the hospital) | |||
| · | Operation Theatre charges | |||
| · | Suite room accomodation charges | |||
| · | Nursing charges | |||
| · | Surgery / procedure charges | |||
| · | Patient diet charges | |||
| · | Special services including Bath towel, Soap, Shampoo, Newspaper, Flower, Fruit basket and Sanitary paper | |||
| The package do not include: | ||||
| · | Additional charges beyond the permitted days, including room rent/ICU charges, diet charges etc. | |||
| · | Pre-existing disease management | |||
| · | Take home medicines | |||
| · | Telephone charges | |||
| · | Bystander food expense | |||
| · | Other specialist's consultation, if required | |||
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2 comments:
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