India is all set to ease visa norms for 44 countries, especially with regard to African and Latin American countries, to promote medical travel and establish medical industry to global medical tourism market. Patients and their companions travelling from aboard will eventually have relaxed visa norms comparatively, considering their decision to purse medical treatment in India. Indian government has aims to improve the country’s medical infrastructure for 17cities: New Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Gurugram, Bangaluru, Amritsar, Kochi, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guntur, Alappuzha, Guwahati, Chennai, Chandigarh, Vellore and Hyderabad. India is having cheaper medical treatments in compare to other countries.
Through “Heal in India Initiative” India has plans to get itself as a “global hub” for medial and wellness tourism. It has collaborated with the Tourism, Ayush, Civil Aviation Ministries, hospitals and other stakeholders. The aim of health ministry is to connect the patients from identified 44 countries with the Indian medical system. This will promote India’s stand as a global medical destination and thereby significantly boost medical tourism. India’s medical tourism sector will spike up as it will have highly qualified practitioners. The medical teams would be highly qualified with medical training and fluency in English.
One-stop portal depicting Indian medical tourism: This portal will help the foreign patients looking through the services, standard packages and hospitals which are available for them to access. Moreover, a unique user ID will be created for each foreign patient to track their journey and determine the services and treatment administered to them while being treated in India. The portal will display all the systems of medicine available in the Indian health care facilities; it will also offer ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy health care facilities.
