Medical tourism in India

[2] According to a report from 2019 by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Ernst & Young, most of the medical patients arrivals in India were from Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, and SAARC region.

To encourage applications and ease the travel process for medical tourists, the India government has expanded its e-tourism visa regime in February 2019.

[6] Advantages of medical treatment in India include reduced costs, the availability of latest medical technologies,[7] and compliance on international quality standards, doctors trained in western countries including the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as English-speaking personnel, due to which foreigners are less likely to face language barriers in India.

[8][9] The most popular treatments sought in India by medical tourists are alternative medicine, bone-marrow transplant, cardiac bypass, eye surgery, and joint replacement.

[3]Bengaluru, Chandigarh Capital Region (CCR), Delhi NCR including Gurugram[19] and Faridabad, Jaipur, Kerala, Kolkata, and Mumbai are other Medical tourism hubs in India.

In Noida, a number of hospitals have hired language translators to make patients from Balkan and African countries feel more comfortable while at the same time helping in the facilitation of their treatment.

[3] According to Huffington Post, doctors spoke about the problems with "corporate hospitals" and senior surgeons being told to sell surgeries to their patients even if they weren't needed.

[25] The majority of India's private, for-profit hospitals charge exorbitant costs for medical services and supplies, which has put a strain on the country's public finances.