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		<title>The Growth of Medical Tourism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical tourism is not a new idea. Even in ancient times, people used to travel across the borders to obtain medical help. The Ancient Greeks used to travel to a region that was known as Epidauria, in the Saronic Gulf of the Mediterranean, to obtain healing from the God Asklepios. In the modern times, medical [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Medical tourism is not a new idea. Even in ancient times, people used to travel across the borders to obtain medical help. The Ancient Greeks used to travel to a region that was known as Epidauria, in the Saronic Gulf of the Mediterranean, to obtain healing from the God Asklepios.</p>
<p>In the modern times, medical tourism is gaining popularity because of the many benefits that are attached with it. The major purpose for medical tourism is to obtain high quality of medical assistance and help in a cost convenience manner. Medical tourism also offers a chance to combine the fun of travelling and meeting exotic people and visiting beautiful sites along with obtaining high quality medical treatment.</p>
<p>Many Asian and European countries are becoming hot-spot for medical tourism because of the cheaper, healthier and technologically advanced medical facilities offered by the medical experts and hospitals in these countries. Medical tourism is gaining a status of economically profitable industry in developing countries like India, China and Brazil. European countries like Hungary are developing their base in medical tourism industry while providing specific medical facilities related with cosmetic surgeries and dentistry.</p>
<p>People from western countries prefer to travel long distances to countries like India and China to obtain cheaper medical facilities in a much advanced and sincere manner. Furthermore, the total cost of travelling and medical treatment often comes out to be much lesser than the cost of similar medical treatments in native countries. Some people who suffer from serious diseases like heart, liver or kidney failure prefer to tour India to obtain a replaceable human organ so that they may survive.</p>
<p>Thus, medical tourism do not only offer cheaper and technologically advanced medical facilities, but also works as a great and sure way to save many lives while it is certainly a great way to increase international economic activities along with allowing patients to obtain cheaper medical care.</p>
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		<title>A Boon in Medical Tourism of India</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Peters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the studies, health, medical tourism in India has increased for more than 2.4%, which is an achievement for Indians. Various factors include best hospitals in India like AIIMS in Delhi, and methods successful treatments such as Ayurveda in the country enjoying global popularity. India is benefiting a lot from the new trend of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the studies, health, medical tourism in India has increased for more than 2.4%, which is an achievement for Indians. Various factors include best hospitals in India like AIIMS in Delhi, and methods successful treatments such as Ayurveda in the country enjoying global popularity.</p>
<p>India is benefiting a lot from the new trend of globalization and has become the hub for medical efficiencies all over the world. With patients coming from every part for the treatment, India prides itself being blessed with highly educated workforce. Indian hospitals are competing with global standards for the treatment, surgeries, and health facilities.</p>
<p>Doctors are highly qualified and experienced in the fields of cosmetic surgery, dentistry, orthopedics, cardiac surgery and pediatrics. Super specialty hospitals are owned by doctors with an expertise in scrupulous streams of medicine increases the opportunity to create wonderful environment for best health care delivery. These hospitals are highly equipped with modern technology and provide health-shopping services as well.</p>
<p>In addition to best medical facilities, the medical tourism department also offers  tour packages to foreigners, which include flights, hotels, treatments, and post-operative retreat.</p>
<p>India dental care is one sector, which is famous across India. Dental care requires great precision and provides services to domestic demands in the country. Free dental check ups are conducted in schools, colleges and offices to cure any related disease. India dental care treatments are popular as there are many doctors available throughout the country. The doctor warns you at the early stage of any problem and provides the best treatment possible.</p>
<p>Globetrotting Indian consumers who are out to International health values expect comparable services return home. India specializes in traditional treatment systems that include homeopathy, Ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, and unani, which are contributing, and gaining recognition worldwide. These systems are growing faster due to nil side effects.</p>
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		<title>Thailand:  The Centre Of Medical Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aAAListweill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years there has been a large rise in what is know as medical or health tourism, which can be broadly defined as the provision of cost-effective private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry. The attractions of being able to have an operation or nose job, spa visit, holistic healing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last few years there has been a large rise in what is know as medical or health tourism, which can be broadly defined as the provision of cost-effective private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry. The attractions of being able to have an operation or nose job, spa visit, holistic healing or yoga combined with a sunshine holiday, without having to wait in the National Health Service queue is proving a growth industry worth billions of dollars.</p>
<p>India and Thailand are popular destinations, with Singapore probably in third spot, but it is Thailand which is now making the running as the premier centre for health and medical tourism. Thailand sees the United Kingdom and America as important markets for tourism and medical holidays, and with its modern hospitals and well-qualified doctors, it believes it can make considerable inroads into this market. </p>
<p>Hospitals in places such as Thailand provide first-class care at costs lower than those in UK private hospitals and are often offer a higher quality and the after-care nursing services which can be offered at very low cost. These hospitals have no waiting lists and have high levels of cleanliness and highly professional and well trained staff, all of which speak English. And a holiday and recuperating in pleasant surroundings are all part of the package which more and more British and American people are looking for. </p>
<p>The reputations of hospitals in places like Thailand for their skills and services are at a high level and what the market offers and is able to provide will become more sophisticated and tailored to people&#8217;s needs. Any inhibitions there might have been in years gone by about medical treatment abroad have now disappeared with over 205,000 health and wellness holidays, including fitness, mental and physical relaxation, medical treatments, beauty treatments, spa visits, mineral and thermal baths, health farms and surgical recuperation, being taken last year. As more and more venture to Asian destinations for treatments the word spreads and more follow, leading to the massive growth statistics.</p>
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