Doctors Attitude and Costs Plays a Vital Role in Boosting Medical Tourism in India
Doctors Attitude and Costs Plays a Vital Role in Boosting Medical Tourism in India
A leading Indian cosmetic surgeon, Narendra Pandya (who works with Globe Health Tours in Mumbai and Goa), says he foresees a dramatic rise in medical tourism to India because of not just the low costs involved but a more humane approach towards patients.
'What we are seeing now (in medical tourism) is just the beginning. At the Apollo Victor hospital in Goa, where I do surgery, over 90 percent of the patients are British expatriates,' Pandya, on a visit here, told IANS in an interview here.
While the lower costs in India were a major factor in attracting medical tourists, Pandya said there was also a difference in the approach to patients.
'In the US the patient is only a number. In the East, we are more involved with them as humans. It makes a difference.'
Pandya said Indian physicians and surgeons treated a large number of patients, giving them a definite advantage over their American counterparts.
'An American surgeon for example will not be performing more than 15 cleft lip operations in an entire year. My resident-in-training in Mumbai performs more than 500 cleft operations in a year. Where is the comparison?'
'The on-the-job medical training in India is infinitely better. People in the US cannot grasp the quantum of work we do. We also have only 24 hours,' he pointed out."
A leading Indian cosmetic surgeon, Narendra Pandya (who works with Globe Health Tours in Mumbai and Goa), says he foresees a dramatic rise in medical tourism to India because of not just the low costs involved but a more humane approach towards patients.
'What we are seeing now (in medical tourism) is just the beginning. At the Apollo Victor hospital in Goa, where I do surgery, over 90 percent of the patients are British expatriates,' Pandya, on a visit here, told IANS in an interview here.
While the lower costs in India were a major factor in attracting medical tourists, Pandya said there was also a difference in the approach to patients.
'In the US the patient is only a number. In the East, we are more involved with them as humans. It makes a difference.'
Pandya said Indian physicians and surgeons treated a large number of patients, giving them a definite advantage over their American counterparts.
'An American surgeon for example will not be performing more than 15 cleft lip operations in an entire year. My resident-in-training in Mumbai performs more than 500 cleft operations in a year. Where is the comparison?'
'The on-the-job medical training in India is infinitely better. People in the US cannot grasp the quantum of work we do. We also have only 24 hours,' he pointed out."
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