Health Care in Bollywood Style

We do not know to what extend the Obama plan on health care will change the facts of US health system. But the harsh reality is that around 50 million US citizens are uninsured. Besides, the shortage of paramedical professionals such as nurses worsens the situation. Uncompetitive prices makes affordable health care almost a distant American dream. Average price for hip replacement is $6.400 in India, which is 86% lower than the US price. Bone marrow transplants costs $30,000 in India and US$250,000 in the US. As a result, patients from the US are now regularly hitting the road to India. The best indicator of that trend is that many of their insurance companies have entered into tie-ups with private Indian hospital chains.

India is seeing a surge of patients not only from United States but also from other developed countries and from countries in Africa and South and West Asia that lack adequate health care infrastructure. Globally, around 1,80,000 patients arrived to India in 2004 for medical treatment. The medical tourism market in India is predicted to become a US$ 2 billion-a-year business opportunity by 2012.

Despite the high quality of Indian health care service there are some concerns about the risks associated with providing health care in the Third World. However, these risks seem to be not going beyond exposure to an unfamiliar bacterial flora in a foreign country.

It seems that not only a high quality call center service is out sourced from India but also the high quality health care service.

Health Care in India is a global Trade Mark and unlike Bollywood it is not a show business only.

Relevant:
http://www.health-tourism-indi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
http://www.tourism-review.com/...
http://www.allmedicaltourism.c...