Medical tourism can attract patients

mumbai: the promoters of medical tourism are confident that india can attract patients from all over the world. in fact, they believe that international patients and competition will drive hospitals to improve levels of hygiene, standardise treament procedures and make pricing more transparent. today, patients are seldom given explanations for the variety of charges, surcharges and service charges on hospital and doctor bills.diagnostic and treatment protocol can be even more arbitrary. proponents of medical tourism hope that international competition and overseas patients supported by global insurance companies will increase medical accountability in india. and this, they predict, will spill out of the confines of the plush hospiotel and eventually benefit patients in india’s more-humble hospitals, too.