With healthcare costs skyrocketing across countries, patients are looking at overseas markets like India that offer highly trained doctors and cost-effective medical treatment. Healthcare costs in India are 30 per cent of international budgets as a norm. Indian hospitals are known internationally for standards of healthcare delivery, comparable to the best in the world. India has the technology and skilled specialists coupled with sound infrastructure and professional management, nurses and paramedical staff to take on international competition. The wide variety of services offered, cultural warmth and natural beauty are other reasons why international patients often combine medication with tourism [medical tourism] here.

India offers unique modes of treatments like ayurveda, yoga, spa treatments, spiritual tourism, unani and homoeopathy to heal the mind, body and spirit. People travel across the globe to India for dental work, orthopaedic surgeries, cardiac treatments, plastic surgery and even infertility treatments. Heart surgery and hip resurfacing are among the top draws.

Effective cost of treatment is the foremost reason for attracting health tourists from all over the world. When compared with developed countries, treatment costs in India start at around a quarter of the price. For instance, an open heart surgery that would cost approximately USD 18,000 in North America can be availed for approximately USD 4500 in India. Similarly, dental implants which cost about USD 3500 in North America cost about USD 800 in India.

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