The health
care sector in India has witnessed an enormous growth in infrastructure in
the private and voluntary sector. The private sector which was very modest
in the early stages, has now become a flourishing industry equipped with
the most modern stated-of-the-art technology at its disposal. It is
estimated that 75-80 per cent of health care services and investments in
India are now provided by the private sector.
And added plus has
been that India ahs one of the largest pharmaceutics in the world. It is
self sufficient in drug productions an exports drugs to more than 180
countries.
The privatizations of the medicare sector has brought
with it five-star facilities and world-class treatments. The country of
corporate hospitals, India is a source market for professionals in the
medical field for most of the renowned hospitals around the world. Hi-tech
medical facilities have become a necessity following consumer demand among
the world's fastest growing middle class. India offers at its own
doorstep, a range of world quality hospitals and treatments at a fraction
of world costs with comparable success rates and service levels directly
in proportion to the high value system and natural caring that comes with
its millennia heritage. Indian hospitals are becoming known
internationally for standards of health care delivery, comparable to the
best in the world. India has the technology and the skilled super
specialists coupled with sound infrastructure and professional management,
nurses and paramedical staff to take on international competition.
Major
hospital in Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi have recorded a
twelve per cent patient flow from neighboring and South East Asian
countries. This is because people have realized that they can now have
access to international quality medicare at 10 per cent of the
international cost in India. The average cost in India. The average cost
of a cardiac surgery at the best hospital is only US$ 4,500 with a success
rate of 98.5 per cent which is comparable to the best institutions in the
world. A bone marrow transplant costs an unbelievable US$ 20,000.
Technologies for the new millennium including electrocardiography through
conferencing will soon be introduced in India, making it feasible for
doctors to benefit from the advice of other experts.
Indian
doctors recently performed the country's first robot assisted heart
surgery which reduces the risk and trauma associated with critical
conditions. This operation, performed at The Escorts Health Institute and
Research Centre (EHIRC) is incidentally, the first of its kind in any
developing nation.
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