Mr. Vinod Sharma

Gender : Male

Languages Spoken : English, Hindi

Kosansh.com profile : Prime India

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Mr. Vinod Sharma is Director of Prime India Biz Services Pvt Limited and is a Medical Tourism Facilitator based out of Chennai, India. Along with his team and affiliated hospitals & medical professionals, Prime India Biz Services is dedicated & committed towards the patients' needs and make every effort to bring relief to patients by providing effective medical treatment and personalized services & support.  

Medical tourism is the process of patients travelling beyond borders to acquire quality medical access at lower or affordable cost. Though the reason for medical tourism varies from country to country, In general the bottom line is always better access to quality surgeries at a reasonable cost.  

Vinod and his team is making continuous efforts to help patients receive world-class medical treatments at considerably lower costs and in almost zero waiting periods. In a short span of time, they have successfully contributed to the well-being of a large number of patients from all parts of the world.

Vinod has floated http://health-tourism-india.com portal as a part of the healthcare division of Prime India Biz Services, registered with Government of India as a Private limited company. Prime India is also a member of Indian Medical Tourism Association.

Health Tourism India is a professionally managed, diversified enterprise engaged in core segments of - Health care, Health Care Recruitment Services, Panel of Doctors & Surgeons, Information technology, Tele-Communication, E-learning & Travel & Tourism Services.

Health Tourism India is being managed by a group of medical professionals and in house doctors with an experience of 18 years in the Indian Healthcare industry.

According to Vinod, “Medical Tourism is the next big thing after IT. This sector has a huge market potential of USD $12 billion in India. India has the best of both the worlds in Health Care i.e. Well experienced pool of Doctors & World Class Medical facilities on par with International standards”.

Prime India Biz Services is seeing a growth of 20% year-on-year. Company has also initiated talks with few insurance companies and facilitators from abroad. Most of the patients come via Health Tourism India website and through Patient referrals. As a facilitator, Vinod says that most important thing for a patient is Quality Treatment, Cost and Hospitality in that order.

Prime India keeps constant contact with patients via tele-calling and also follows up regularly via emails. Patients directly deal with Prime India and in most cases the interaction with patients' family physician is not required. There are always exceptions and in such cases, Prime India facilitates call between family physician and treating surgeon.

Vinod sees competition from local competitors as well as from facilitators in neighbouring countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Also as there is no accreditation for facilitators, it is hard to differentiate between different facilitators.

In terms of Government Support, Vinod says: “The Government of Tamilnadu has been promoting medical tourism on its Tourism portal, but much needs to be done in terms of more active promotions across the targeted segments & industry integration.”

Vinod sees accreditations as very important for the healthcare providers, as it ensures system & policies in place & quality is prioritized. Accreditations also boosts the profile of hospitals with other international service providers. And as far as having many accreditation standards, he thinks each one has its own unique parameters & qualifications.

Vinod also thinks that there are also enormous opportunities in alternative medicine. Ayurveda is becoming more & more popular as an alternative/preventive healthcare option. Infact many of the renowned doctors have already started Ayurveda as an additional treatment for many of Neuro,cardiac & ortho cases. Prime India is affiliated with few industry leaders in this area.

Vinod regularly visits IMJT, Kosansh.com and few online resources to get up to date information on Medical Tourism.

For new facilitators who are entering this business, Vinod advises : “Sufficient healthcare/treatment knowledge, best business practices & service oriented approach are key in this business.”

Kosansh Team was impressed with how Vinod has built his business. Best of luck Vinod!