1. CANCER TREATMENT IN INDIA
Me
dical Tourism is the most recent trend in privatization of healthcare services and is
gaining prominence in developing countries like India. The term 'medical tourism' here is
not tourism in real sense of the word i.e. it is not destination tourism rather it involves
medical health package tourism. Tourism here refers to the provision of 'cost effective'
private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients coming from
foreign countries so that they could get good health care package.

2. Medical tourism or health care package tourism covers broad spectrum of medical
services and has become a common form of vacationing. The objective of medical
tourism package is to mingle wellness and healthcare with relaxation and leisure and to
provide best of medical tour package to foreign patients.
India is a recent entrant into the global medical tourism map and medical tourism in
India is at boom. McKinsey and the confederation of Indian Industry made a study and
stated that medical tourism in India could become a $ 1 billion business by 2012.
Government and private sector studies estimate that medical tourism in India is growing
by 30 percent a year.

3. India has caught the attention of foreign patients with high quality treatment and
services at private hospitals and those run by voluntary services. Some of the pluses
offered in India are the international standard of medical attention, high-end
equipments, personalized attention and minimum waiting period that too at a fraction of
costs incurred overseas.

4. India with its culture and scenic beauty is becoming a popular medical tourism
destination for foreign patients needing surgery and other specialized treatment and is
providing cost effective medical tour packages. Many patients are pleased with the
Indian Medical package tour like getting their tummy tucks with a trip to mesmerizing
Tajmahal Agra.

5. Indian hospitals like Apollo are providing a nice blend of top-class medical expertise at
affordable prices and thus are attracting foreign patients. Apollo hospitals are one of the
leading medical corporations of India serving medical tourists from foreign countries.