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Monday, January 09, 2006

Medical tourism to grow by 40 pc in India - Sify.com


Medical tourism to grow by 40 pc in India - Sify.com: "Medical tourism to grow by 40 pc in India
Sunday, 08 January , 2006, 22:17
New Delhi: India will soon have more of health tourists as the government is issuing medical visas to promote the concept.

Medical tourism in the country was expected to grow by 40 per cent this year as there were more and more foreigners visiting to avail the cost effective treatment from the qualified professionals with latest technology, Union Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdhary said in New Delhi on Sunday.

Speaking after releasing a book on Botox, an anti-aging drug, she said the government was promoting India not only as a tourism destination but also as a medical tourism destination.

'The marketing of India as a medical tourism destination is done with great care. We cannot have quacks in the gullies,' she said.

She hoped that the spread of Botox, said to be a simple and effective treatment to look younger, would boost medical tourism in the country. It would also be included in the government’s package to promote the concept."

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