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Medical tourism as an industry has begun to take concrete shape with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Tourism thrashing out the intricacies involved, at a meeting between Dr.Anbumani Ramadoss and Smt.Renuka Chaudhary here today.
During the Meeting, Dr.Ramadoss said now that the government has cleared medical visa, there is tremendous potential for tourism as well as for the health sector, with India specially being cheapest destination for medical care of highest standards. A National Accreditation Health Board has to be set up, he said for maintaining international standards in our medical facilities. He also emphasised on "modern diagnostics with Indian systems of medicinal care which has been accepted as an effective system of health care world-wide.
The intricacies discussed include price banding, hospital accreditation, quality control, categorization and selection of hospitals etc. The Tourism Minister Smt.Renuka Chaudhary said that the initiative will be taken up on pilot basis to begin with. She said, India as a highly skilled destination in holistic health-care, has already been receiving tourists coming here for medical treatment, particularly for specialised care and typical problems.
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