India is one of over 50 countries that have identified medical tourism as a national industry. In India Medical Tourism as an industry has got government patronage and the promotion of medical tourism is a part of public policy.

Private Treatment in India has one of the Highest Standards in the World. India's private hospitals offer highly sophisticated and specialised medical services at very affordable prices. India has one of the Best Pools of Highly Qualified and Experienced Medical professionals/Surgeons. With the best infrastructure, the best possible Medical facilities, accompanied with the most competitive prices, you can get the treatment done in India at the fraction of the cost compared to US/UK/Canada/Europe.

The various advantages that India offers are:

• High Quality World Class Facilities- Most of the Top hospitals in India have Joint Commission International (JCI) USA Accreditation- the Gold Standard in Hospital Certifications Worldwide.
• Highly Qualified Surgeons with Years of national and international Experience- Most of the surgeons are doctors of International repute who have had extensive International Experience across various developed countries like the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, etc. and have performed thousands of complex surgical procedures.
• Better Post Operative Results than Most other countries in the World- Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center in Delhi and Faridabad, India, performs nearly 15,000 heart operations every year, and the death rate among patients during surgery is only 0.8 percent--less than half that of most major hospitals in the United States.
• Competent, Qualified and Highly Trained Nursing Staff.
• A Very Healthy Nurse:Patient Ratio of 1:1.
• Cost Advantage- The Opportunity to SAVE a significant amount of money on Quality healthcare is particularly appealing to those who don't have sufficient coverage or face high co-pays. The cost differential is huge, the cost of surgery in India can be one-tenth of what it is in the United States or Western Europe, and sometimes even less. Open-heart surgery costs up to $70,000 in Britain and $150,000 in the US; in India's best hospitals it could cost between $3,000 and $10,000. Knee surgery costs $7,700 in India; in Britain it costs $16,950. Similarly, a metal-free dental bridge worth $5,500 in the US costs $500 in India. Other cosmetic surgeries in western countries cost five to six times as much as in India.
• No Waiting Lists (Convenience and Speed)- Countries that operate public health-care systems are often so taxed that it can take considerable time to get non-urgent medical care. Using Canada as an example, an estimated 782,936 Canadians spent time on medical waiting lists in 2005, waiting an average of 9.4 weeks. Canada has set waiting-time benchmarks, e.g.26 weeks for a hip replacement and 16 weeks for cataract surgery, for non-urgent medical procedures. In India, a patient could feasibly have an operation the day after their arrival.
• Partial or No Insurance Coverage- Additionally, patients are finding that insurance either does not cover certain procedures like orthopedic surgery (such as knee/hip replacement) or imposes unreasonable restrictions on the choice of the facility, surgeon, or prosthetics to be used. Medical tourism for knee/hip replacements has emerged as one of the more widely accepted procedures because of the lower cost and minimal difficulties associated with the traveling to/from the surgery. For e.g. India provides a knee replacement for about $10,000 USD, including all associated fees, such as FDA-approved prosthetics and hospital stay-over expenses. These are all inclusive prices and include-- 1) Pre operative investigations, Consultations and Follow Up. 2) Surgery, Surgeons fees, Anesthetists fees, drugs, prosthesis, consumables. 3) Stay in the hospital in an AC deluxe room affixed with TV, cable, Internet, phone line. 4) Food for your total stay. 5) Airport pickup and drop. 6) Stay for one accompanying attendant.
• Better Protection from Infections- 1% to 1.5% of the total patient population in Europe gets infected with MRSA in the hospitals. MRSA affects less than 0.5% of the patients treated in the Top Indian Hospitals.
• English Speaking Medical Professionals and Nursing Staff.
• There are fewer regulations, applicable to foreign tourists visiting India for health. These regulations are more of preventive nature than anything else.