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Medical Tourism
Tourism industry is one of the biggest service industries in the world, for many of the developed and developing nations are dependent on tourism as their first economic priority. shubhealth is one of the top medical tourism companies india . Tourism not only promotes better economic conditions for the country but also has impact on allied services and hence works in the overall development. The majority part of the industry is still unorganised in India which leads to a big leak in the overall revenue accountability. There are various kinds of tourism, religious tourism, sports tourism, war tourism, leisure tourism, medical tourism.
Medical
tourism is considered nowadays as one of the most upcoming in tourism sector.
Countries which already have good tourist revenues shall try and focus to
improve the medical facilities; this may help to boost the existing tourism.
People and family of patients who visit for longer
durations for complex surgeries which may require long stay are exploring
options to go around the country. Other than this it also helps earning foreign
exchange which helps distressing our foreign exchange deficit.
India
at Glance
In recent trends what we have seen that medical tourism
is acting like enhancer for promoting other kinds of tourism like leisure and
travel. Many top medical top medical tourism companies in India are coming up
to cater to these demands. Medical tourism means people travelling from one
country to other for seeking medical advice, getting some procedures or
surgeries done; these are mostly from those countries which do not have that
advanced medical and health infrastructure.
Key reasons for Medical Industry Boom
1) With
opening up of various economies and easy affordable transport available people
can now utilise the benefits of other countries more easily
2) Internet
has been another reason which helps in connecting people across the borders and
this makes the service provider and seeker connect with minimal challenges
3) Very High cost of Treatment in few of the
developed countries, like many Japanese companies send their employees who do
not need any surgical intervention but only small minimal invasive procedures
to Thailand, this helps in reducing the cost for the company and also generate
revenue for other provider. Due to long waiting time, many patients in
developed countries have to wait for getting their operations done, such
patients can travel to like India get this done
4) Few
surgeries like plastic surgery and other surgeries related to beauty &
infertility, people usually prefer not to get it done in their home country
specially the celebrities to avoid any media attention and hence they usually
go to neighbouring countries to get these done.
5) With
1.35 billion population and low cost market, India has one of the most
efficient doctors and medical teams. As quoted by people in the industry our
doctors are more efficient than many of the doctors in other developed
countries. As they work in so high volume environment.
6) Medical
tourism does not have much impact of market and recession. Rather recession is like
a hidden advantage for people preferring to save cost and talking alternate
countries options
The most common type of surgeries that are usually done
by medical tourist are Knee & Hip joint surgeries, artificial implant
surgeries, heart related surgery, beauty & infertility surgeries,
Transplant surgeries and laparoscopic surgeries.
According to surveys conducted by non-government
organisation, it is estimated that around 61% of surgeries done around the
world are elective surgeries i.e. patients are given time to choose a date and
time within a stipulated time.
It is expected that Indian medical tourism industry can
grow by 200% with total turnover of $8 billion in next few years, with advanced
facilities, skilled doctors, low cost treatment and many parallel medical
threatens available which are time tested like yoga and Ayurveda. It is widely
connected with across the world. As per govt. records around 4,24,000 people
visited India on medical visa. The top 10 countries which usually come to India
are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Maldives, Oman, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Kenya,
Nigeria & Tanzania. With more advancement in healthcare and India’s
presence on global platform has led to many new countries opening up like
Australia, Canada, Russia, The United Kingdom and also The United states of
America.
A per the market research survey done most of the
patients come to any country because of
·
Word of mouth from the patients of their home
country, website of tourism department, Advertisement, word of mouth from
doctors, international tie ups, own websites of hospitals and direct
marketing.
The treatment cost in India is around one tenth of that
what is in other developed worlds. Chennai is considered as the health capital
of India with around 150+ patients travelling from other country per day.
Chennai accounts for around 40% of total health tourist. The majority of the
factors which make patients choose a city are, doctor hospital combination,
costing, waiting time for patients, multispecialty hospital availability.
Dental care tourism is the most prominent and upcoming segment which is
attracting many patients now.
But most common issues highlighted by International
travellers are problems related to Insurance claim, environmental factors, Bad
infrastructure, Unhygienic conditions, follow-up treatment, and one of the most
frequently raised point was hospital not
having standardised charging system which puts strain on their financial
position which is difficult to manage if you are in other country.
Initiatives
taken by Indian Govt.
Travel restrictions have been removed where patient had
to wait for 2 months between two visits. Visa on arrival options have been
opened for few countries which is expected to boost medical tourism. Stay
period of earlier 30 days have been increased to 6 months now.
Steps
to make this industry self-reliant
1) Relaxation
of Visa norms for medical tourism
2) Stricter
regulation for unrecognised sector to come under the radar and be more
transparent in their mode of operations
3) Government
should help create an atmosphere of trust and safety for the international
patients.
4) Hospitals
should be involved in all government decisions and pricing should be
standardised.
5) One
stop window to be made available for incoming patients for any assistance, this
will help boost the tourism a lot
6) To
increase more number of internationally accredited hospitals like “JCI” which
help build trust among people from other countries. – India has 3500+ hospitals
of which only 39 are JCI accredited which gets the maximum number of
patients.
7) Promote
highly on digital mediums which has far reach and convenience
8) More
tie up with foreign insurance companies so that claim reimbursement is not a
challenge.
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