Medical Tourism
Medical tourism is defined as travelling abroad for medical treatment. Medical tourism is also known as Medical Travel, Health Travel, Health Tourism, Medical Service Outsourcing, Abroad Health care, overseas medical treatment.
Medical tourism concept evolved based on cost differences across the countries and boundaries. Comparative cost advantage of medical services is the key factor for the evolvement of medical tourism industry. Minimal waiting time, attractive holiday and leisure destinations, remarkable health infrastructure, strong service delivery system, well established private medical care system, cultural and social attraction, cost effective insurance schemes for medical travel and treatment are the contributing factors for medical tourism.
Growth of medical and health infrastructure in India has attracted health and medical travellers to a large extent during later part of this decade. Skilled medical professionals in super speciality segment, growth of corporate hospitals of international standards, Global accreditation enabled medical treatment and services, cultural attraction and highly cost effective medical insurance system are the force behind the growth of medical tourism industry in India.
Facilitating agencies in medical tourism industry has become vital part because of lack of expertise to handle the medical travellers in hospital. Reeds medical tourism has strong and well trained team of professionals with long experience in this industry in India and abroad. RMT has established a strong network of hospitals of global standard, doctors of super speciality, online medical advice, network of travel agents, Professional hospitality team, professionals of communication network of originating destination of medical travellers are added advantage of RMT to play effective role in this industry.