Medical Tourism
Medical tourism has become a common form of vacation, and covers a broad spectrum of medical services. It mixes leisure, fun and relaxation together with wellness and healthcare. A combination of many factors has lead to the recent increase in popularity of medical tourism. Exorbitant cost of healthcare and medical facilities in advanced countries, ease and affordability of international travel, favourable currency exchange rates in the global economy.
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India is best place in the world for Medical Treatment
First world medical care at third world prices best describes surgery and medical treatment in India. Cost of surgery and medical care in India at the best hospitals is very cheap compared to USA or UK. The standard of Medical treatments and medical care in India is as good as, if not better, than those in the most advanced countries of the world. Patients from USA, UK, Europe and other advanced countries are rushing to India for medical treatment. ‘Medical Tourism’ or 'Health Tourism' are newly coined phrases, which means patients going to another country for Medical Treatment due to either the high cost of medical treatments in their own country or due to the long wait to get treated in their home countries. Most of the Medical tourists make use of specialist Medical Travel Companies in USA, UK and in almost all advanced countries of the world.