| Health is vital for ethical, artistic,
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| | Visa (M) of longer duration (up to 1
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| material and spiritual development of
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| | year) for persons. Patients are also
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| man. It is very certain that of all the
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| | provided Visa (MX) for their accompanying
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| gains, the gains of health are the
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| | spouse coming to India for Medical
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| highest and the best. Traveling abroad
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| | Treatment. New terms such as such as
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| for treatment has been an age-old
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| | health tourism, health care outsourcing
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| practice. In ancient Greece, pilgrims and
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| | and medical back office support have
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| patients came from all over the
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| | gained good popularity in the
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| Mediterranean to the sanctuary of the
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| | nation.Medical tourism in India is a
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| healing god, Asklepios, at Epidaurus.
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| | business that has been estimated to be
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| There were spiritual values attached to
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| | worth $2 billion by 2012. What has been
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| traveling for getting cured in ancient
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| | termed as "International Patient Care" is
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| times that only a few of the privileged
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| | already gaining pace in the nation.
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| lot could afford. With the passage of
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| | Private health care units are constantly
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| time and the ease of traveling, people
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| | improvising their health infrastructure
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| have started traveling offshore in search
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| | and attracting a regular stream of
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| of faster, cheaper and safer surgical
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| | international patients by appending
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| procedures.Relatively new to the oriental
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| | alluring benefits to their package. This
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| part of the globe, medical tourism has
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| | seems quite reasonable given the rising
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| been an age old phenomena in the West and
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| | costs of treatment in western countries
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| has been supported by highly-developed
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| | along with increasing demands of an
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| indigenous health care systems and
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| | ageing population. Costs of advanced
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| constant improvements in technology. By
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| | surgeries in India are 10-15 times lower
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| upgrading the technology, gaining greater
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| | than anywhere in the world that attracts
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| familiarity with latest medical protocols
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| | patients from abroad to avail a host of
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| and improving the image in terms of
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| | arrangements at an easily affordable
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| quality and cost, the health-care
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| | rate. A typical package includes air
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| industry in countries like India and
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| | travel, local transportation, translation
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| Thailand are attracting a global
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| | services, air-conditioned five-star
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| clientele to emerge as a top
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| | accommodation for the patient and also
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| medical-tourism destinations.In a country
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| | for accompanying spouse or relative in
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| as diverse as India, the health care
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| | many cases, together with their
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| industry has capitalized on its rich
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| | personalized choice of global
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| cultural resource and glorious past. In
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| | cuisine.From less than 10,000 patients
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| sharp contrast to the generally
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| | visiting India for medical treatment five
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| impoverished economical background, there
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| | years ago, the market of medical tourism
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| are private health care centers that
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| | in India has taken a great leap in recent
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| offer sophisticated medical services,
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| | years. It is now worth US$ 333 million,
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| comparable to and at times even better
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| | with about 100,000 foreign patients
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| than those offered by developed
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| | coming in every year. India is well
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| countries. A recent market study
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| | positioned to tap the top end of the
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| forecasts a growth from US$ 18.7 billion
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| | global healthcare industry because of the
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| to around US$ 45 billion - equivalent to
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| | facilities and services it offers and by
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| 8.5 per cent of GDP by 2012. India has
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| | leveraging the brand equity of Indian
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| emerged as the leading country promoting
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| | healthcare professionals across the
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| medical tourism.India's health care
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| | globe. "A global healthcare destination"
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| industry along with its IT and tourism
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| | is what even the government is planning
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| sector has helped it move into the
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| | to brand the nation and is making
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| economic renaissance. It is poised to
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| | economic policies in that
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| become a major driver of economic growth
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| | direction.Christine is an expert Internet
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| as first-world patients, driven out of
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| | market professional with years of
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| their own systems by high costs and
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| | experience in various industries such as:
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| crowded conditions, look for cheaper
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| | Business, Finance, Real Estate,
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| places for medical care. The Government
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| | Web-Design, Health & Medicine and many
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| of India provides Tourist Visa of short
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| | more.
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| duration and a special Medical Tourism
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