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Indian Visa Requirements For Medical Tourism
April 11th, 2010
It's no secret that medical care in the United States can be quite expensive if you aren't covered by insurance. One solution that is gaining popularity is medical tourism, which involves going overseas for treatment.
Since the cost of advanced medical care is often much lower in other countries, medical tourism can offer tremendous savings for certain procedures, even when you factor in the cost of airfare and lodging .
India is one of the fastest-growing centers of medical tourism. Wikipedia outlines the advantages:
Most estimates claim treatment costs in India start at around a tenth of the price of comparable treatment in America or Britain.[7][76] The most popular treatments sought in India by medical tourists are alternative medicine, bone-marrow transplant, cardiac bypas