Medical tourism likely to become India’s next big success story
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Oct 08, 05 | 1:05 am
As the concept of medical tourism continues to gain momentum in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, following a meeting with the Ministry of Tourism, has stated that a National Accreditation Health Board has to be set up for maintaining international standards in our medical facilities.
“Medical tourism as an industry has begun to take concrete shape with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Tourism thrashing out the intricacies involved,” said an official statement. The intricacies discussed include price banding, hospital accreditation, quality control, categorization and selection of hospitals etc.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that the government has cleared medical visa and there is tremendous potential for tourism as well as for the health sector, with India specially being cheapest destination for medical care of highest standards. He also emphasized on modern diagnostics with Indian systems of medicinal care, which has been accepted as an effective system of healthcare worldwide.
Tourism Minister Renuka Chaudhary said that the initiative will be taken up on pilot basis to begin with. She said, India as a highly skilled destination in holistic health-care, has already been receiving tourists coming here for medical treatment, particularly for specialized care and typical problems.
Recently, it was decided that a Task Force on health tourism constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would assess the opportunities for promoting India as a health destination, recommend action to be taken by the central and state governments and specially recommend about super specialty medical care, outsourcing of medical services to Indian IT based institutes and gainfully utilize the expertise available in traditional medicines.
The Task Force"
Oct 08, 05 | 1:05 am
As the concept of medical tourism continues to gain momentum in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, following a meeting with the Ministry of Tourism, has stated that a National Accreditation Health Board has to be set up for maintaining international standards in our medical facilities.
“Medical tourism as an industry has begun to take concrete shape with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Tourism thrashing out the intricacies involved,” said an official statement. The intricacies discussed include price banding, hospital accreditation, quality control, categorization and selection of hospitals etc.
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that the government has cleared medical visa and there is tremendous potential for tourism as well as for the health sector, with India specially being cheapest destination for medical care of highest standards. He also emphasized on modern diagnostics with Indian systems of medicinal care, which has been accepted as an effective system of healthcare worldwide.
Tourism Minister Renuka Chaudhary said that the initiative will be taken up on pilot basis to begin with. She said, India as a highly skilled destination in holistic health-care, has already been receiving tourists coming here for medical treatment, particularly for specialized care and typical problems.
Recently, it was decided that a Task Force on health tourism constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would assess the opportunities for promoting India as a health destination, recommend action to be taken by the central and state governments and specially recommend about super specialty medical care, outsourcing of medical services to Indian IT based institutes and gainfully utilize the expertise available in traditional medicines.
The Task Force"
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