Tag «Medical tourism»

Medical tourism on the rise according to new report

  Medical tourism enquiries have risen 11% in the past twelve months based on analysis of 22,239 online enquiries from patients Liposuction tops the table of the most popular overseas treatment according to clinic comparison site WhatClinic.com. Thailand most popular destination for medical tourism in the past 12 months, though Indonesia is growing in popularity. …

Medical Tourism – Thee nights and Four days for a new Knee: Chawm Ganguly

The first recorded instance of people travelling to obtain medical treatment dates back thousands of years and refers to Greek pilgrims travelling from all over the Mediterranean to the small territory in the Saronic Gulf called Epidauria. This territory was the sanctuary of Asklepios – the Greek God of medicine . Asclepius represented the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters being Hygieia (“Hygiene”, the goddess/personification of …

Vinayaka Mission Institute of Medical Sciences – destination of choice for patients from the east

 Patients from the entire east and north east of India, including neighboring countries like Nepal and Bangladesh have traditionally looked at South India based medical service providers for effective, efficient and cost competitive treatment. As a matter of fact, such has been the reputation of these multi and super-specialty care givers, that they have even …

Beginning of New Era in Indore: Medical tourism

Patients from across the world are increasingly choosing doctors in Indore for affordable quality healthcare Indore, August 25, 2015: Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh has marked the city’s entry on the medical tourism map of India with an uptick in the number of foreign patients coming for treatment to the city. The rise …