PROMOTING HEALTH CARE TOURISM IN INDIA

Rishi
Rishi Doshi,
Doshi, Karan
Karan Kaushik,
Kaushik, Megha
Megha Gautam,
Gautam, Kushal
Kushal Dhamija,
Dhamija, Apoorv
Apoorv Shrivastava
Shrivastava and
and Ishan
Ishan
Pathan
Pathan
WHAT IS HEALTH CARE TOURISM?

People travelling across the globe

to prevail better medical
treatment, and also if possible, to
avail the hospitality offered along
with it.
 OVERVIEW

• Low cost international travelling had taken the health industry

beyond its national boundaries.
• Health care tourism combines the advantages of medical
treatment and travelling to certain destinations.
REASONS FOR EMERGENCE OF HEALTH
CARE TOURISM
• Heavy reliance on out of pocket health expenditure.
• Overburdened public health care system.
• Non coverage of selected medical procedures.
• Large differences of prices for medical procedures among
countries.
• Increasing market size and the potential for the future.
 COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
INDIA
• Thailand – being the health tourism hub of India.
• Costa Rica
• South Africa
1.Should India emphasize more
on capabilities in complex
medical treatments or its
vacation aspect?
 REASONS

• India has a large number of quality health care professionals.

(5lakh doctors and 7.37lakh nurses.)(20000-30000 docs and
nurses are added every year)
• The expertise of Indian doctors and growing credibility of
India is a result of high success rate in handling operations.
• Mortality rate is only 0.8% as compared to world avg of 1.2%.
• Infection rate is as low as 0.3% as compared to world
average of 1%.
• Bone marrow and renal transplant were also high (80%
and 90%).
• Should focus on vacation part and hospitality.
 2.Should it aim at attracting
foreigners from nearby countries
or long haul visitors from America
and Newyork?
 REASONS

• India being cheapest medical care centre should take

advantage and attract long haul visitors.
• Can be attracted by building better roads, buildings, airport
and hotels.
• Tie ups of hospitals with hotels and airports is an important
issue.
• Partnership with insurance companies to provide them better
security.
3.What improvements should the
country make to stimulate faster
growth of the local healthcare
tourism industry?
 REASONS

• India should leverage its competitive advantage one of the

cheapest medical health care destinations in the world.
• India has too much of privatization in this sector which is
good. But there is a much greater scope of improvement if
India promotes its public health care service and works in
partnership.
• Provide best of western medical facilities along with great
Indian hospitality.
• By collaboration with facility providers.
• Should impose strong legislations to ensure the security in
terms of the legal rights of the patients travelling to India.
• Government should provide more subsidies and ease the
regulation of import duties.
THANK YOU