Medical Tourism in Kashmir

The doctors in Jammu and Kashmir said that the state has enormous potential for medical tourism because of the cheap cost and availability of experienced doctors. The main doctors in Kashmir Valley met in Srinagar to attend the inaugural function of 55th Annual Congress of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) in the center of international convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir (SKICC).

The cardiology of senior Kashmir revealed that cardiac surgery in Kashmir cost 80 percent less than New Delhi, 95 percent less than Europe and 98.5 percent less than its cost in the United States. The doctors explained that keeps in mind the profitability and availability of expertise and modern appeal, the state had a chance to hit great potential and become as a hub of medical tourism. The doctors said that other areas that could be promoted for medical tourism in the state were in neurology, plastic surgery, the hematology, the rheumatology and other areas related to cardiology as angiography and angioplasty.

The doctors are hoping that the conference helped to give impetus to the medical tourism that would help the state and the Office of Sher-I-Kashmir of Medical Sciences (SKIMMED) doctor on the map of the world. Experts believe that the scenic beauty and pollution free atmosphere in Kashmir Valley may be a positive factor for medical tourism. The doctors also came to Spain to attend the conference.

Has economic recession helped India Medical Tourism?

There has been an increase of about 30 percent in the number of patients coming to India in the last few months, say a few industry insiders.

The ongoing economic recession is giving positive signs of development for the india medical tourism industry as more and more people are coming to india for expensive medical procedures. These medical procedures has turned much higher after the economic recession has hit the market. According to reports there has been a 30 percent in the number of medical tourists who are coming to india in the last few months.

Most of the people who are coming to india for medical treatments are recommended by people who has already under undergone a treatment in india. In a situation where people in western countries are losing their jobs and their medical coverage got reduced, they cant afford a medical treatments like knee replacement surgery in western countries. Obviously they are looking to india to get it done at an affordable cost.

All those who have undergone medical treatments in india has returned happily in cost wise and with respect to the services offered by the Indian hospitals. People are coming to India not only because the cost of procedures is much less, but the health care facilities are as good as what they would get in their home country.