Medical tourism

India is currently the 10th-largest medical tourism hub in the world, with the market valued at $9 billion. Now, much of it is being boosted by those flying in for cosmetic procedures.The number of medical tourists traveling to India for…

The industry where foreign patients traverse borders for medical, cosmetic, or wellness treatments is known as medical tourism, sometimes known as medical value travel. In mid-2020, India ranked 10th in the global medical tourism index and…

As hundreds of thousands of Canadians wait for surgery, provinces across the country have yet to outline a clear plan on how to clear the backlog. “We’re really concerned about it because the operations that people are waiting for are…

A surgery backlog exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic has steered some Canadians thousands of miles away from home to get life-changing procedures done without the wait. “I had to do something,” Patricia Rush, 60, who travelled from…

India’s services exports may be hit from May amid fears that hotel, travel and maritime industries and medical tourism may be severely impacted if the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, Sunil Talati, chairman, Services Export…

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has taken a toll on one unlikely victim: Indian hospitals that rely on thousands of medical tourists from the war-torn country. India’s tourism ministry estimates that hospitals…