Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh has marked the city’s entry on the medical tourism map of India with an uptick in the number of foreign patients coming for treatment to the city. The rise has been due to the availability of world-class medical technologies, and a growing compliance with international quality standards. Medanta Indore, a super-speciality hospital has been in the forefront of this movement.
According to Dr. Rajneesh Kachhara, head of Institute of Neurosciences, Medanta Indore, “Till now, medical tourism patients have largely been visiting India’s metros but we feel that Indore has the potential of becoming the medical tourism hub of central India and ranking high on India’s map of cities offering quality medical care. At Medanta, our commitment towards continual improvement and excellence has touched a chord with our patients. We hope to host a good share out of the 2.4 million medical tourists, who are expected to visit India by 2020.”
The medical tourism industry in India is predicted to reach $6 billion by 2018. India has been serving more than 700,000 international patients annually in metros till now, including Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. Tier 2 cities, like Indore are now emerging strongly on India’s medical tourism map with the quality of healthcare services and international treatments being offered in the city.
According to Abzalov Mirumar, a patient visiting Medanta Indore for treatment of a cerebellar tumour (posterior cranial fossa) from Uzbekistan, “I chose Medanta Indore for their quality of treatments and expertise of their doctors. The facilities at Indore are comparable to the best in the world and are no less than a metro. I would recommend Indore, and indeed India to anyone from my country.”
Medanta Indore is a multi-super speciality hospital set up by Medanta - The Medicity as an extension of its flagship hospital in Gurgaon. Medanta Indore is the outcome of Medanta's commitment to excellence in healthcare and will to serve the patients in Indore and across the Madhya Pradesh region.
Set up on the same lines as Medanta - The Medicity, Medanta Indore will have three major centres of excellence - Medanta Heart Institute, Medanta Bone & Joint Institute and Medanta Institute of Neurosciences. Medanta Indore will also provide the highest end trauma and emergency care.
Consultations from Medanta's divisions of endocrinology and internal medicine as well as seamless video based telemedicine services to all the super specialist doctors at Medanta - The Medicity. By bringing the expertise of Medanta by offering consultation with renowned and highly qualified doctors with the support of devoted nursing & paramedical staff who have crossed a milestone of 100 per cent success in all the surgeries performed till date and 0 per cent mortality rate.
|