‘India has emerged as a hotspot for medical tourism.’ Defend the statement with valid reason.

Question – ‘India has emerged as a hotspot for medical tourism.’ Defend the statement with valid reason.

Answer –

The arrival of foreigners in India for medical treatment is known as medical tourism. Many non-resident Indians and industrialists and pharmaceutical companies have set up super-specialty hospitals to attract medical tourists.

Medical tourists come to India to avail themselves of health services that combine the latest medical technologies with qualified professionals and are cheaper as compared to the cost of similar health services in their own countries.

I will defend the statement as in 2016 more than 2,01,000 foreigners visited India for medical treatment. The reason for this is

• For developed countries patients the cost of treatment is less expensive as the cost of major surgeries in India is just 10% of that in developed countries and
• Poor country patients get better quality in India.

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