More Medical Tourists for India as Rupee falls

Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India
(ASSOCHAM) discloses that the patients from the Africa, Middle East and SAARC countries are receiving a benefit to the amount of getting 35%-45% on multifaceted surgeries at an reasonable rates this year, even if the fall of rupee vs. dollar has impacted others source of economy.

"The inflow of patients has mount up to approximately 40% through the last six months as per the data collected by ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation (ASDF) from the different private hospitals, nursing homes etc," said DS Rawat, secretary general of ASSOCHAM while releasing the ASSOCHAM paper on "Falling Rupee: Lower Cost of Medical Travel. "The present decline could draw more medical tourists to India as it was already supposed to be the lowest medical destination," he added.


The present market dimension of Indian medical tourism division is about Rs 7,500 crore and is likely to stroke Rs 12,000 crore by 2015 with an increment rate of about 25% yearly, according to the paper. As per the paper, from the present level of 25 lakhs the inflow of medical tourists in India is likely to cross the 45 lakhs by 2015 drawing numerous medical tourists from America, Middle East, and Europe and from adjacent countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

The learning further states, "The main factors in building India a favoured destination in terms of medical tourism are top-nick healthcare amenities like joint replacement, cardiology, orthopedic surgery, urology, and transplants at reasonable and low prices.” The study also added about the states of India which are speedy rising as finest medical centre’s in the country with various hospitals and speciality clinics including states like Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and New Delhi as the key places.

Yoga, meditation and ayurveda, which are becoming accepted as a non-surgical healing for diverse illnesses amid the overseas patients, are the supplementary treatments which are magnetizing the medical tourists to visit India. India is witnessing hoards of medical patients from across the globe, who comes here to go through intricate surgeries at the most sound prices adds the ASSOCHAM fresh evaluation.

The ASSOCHAM papers further add that the medical process for an Americans will now cost 30% cheaper, 45% cheaper for Australian and 25-35% cheaper for Europeans.