Over the past eight years substantial investment has been made in India's Private Healthcare Sector, in excess of 100 million USD.

Specialist private hospitals with expert and dedicated staff, combined with the state of the art equipment have been set in many of India's major cities to meet the needs of the country's increasingly affluent middle class comprised of about 200 million people. Private Healthcare costs in India are a fraction of those in the Western World including UK, USA and Canada.

India's private hospitals have two patient categories, (i) deluxe amenities and (ii) subsidised. International patients are cared for in the deluxe category, thus do not utilise resources available for the subsidised category. On the contrary, revenues from International patients contribute towards the subsidised services. Within this deluxe category a superior service, in terms of comfort, catering and entertainment is easily tailored, for example air conditioned, en-suite private rooms, a great choice of western menus, satellite television, provisions of English newspapers etc..

India's doctors are trained in Western medicine and are fluent in English. Specialists at India's leading hospitals often have had postgraduate training in the US or in the UK. In view of the large patient numbers in India, the experience of Indian Surgeons exceeds that of their counterparts in the US or Western Europe. Nurse are trained in English based on a Western standards and protocols.

India's ancient traditions of yoga, massage, spiritualism and herbal treatments have resulted in the development of health farms and retreats located in places of outstanding natural beauty. Post-operative convalescence at one of these retreats will hasten your recovery and enable you to return home rejuvenated in mind, body and spirit.
The Sunday Times, UK, in one of its issues this year writes about India: "From the proud palaces of Rajasthan to the serene backwaters of Kerala, India's variety is inexhaustible."

“The present day tourism, if we take in India with the billion people, with the vast civilizational heritage of the country, from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, J&K, Central India, North Eastern states, Bihar, Western States, the large coastal line, Andaman Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands have a lot to attract the tourists. It has sea coast in three sides, it has islands, it has snow covered hill region, it has desert and it has thick forest regions. All of them are of natural evolution. Many centuries old monuments, temples, churches and mosques are spread throughout the country. You will find in many parts of the country all three situated adjacent to each other. It is a treat to watch such type of unity. India has one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Taj Mahal. Any tourist can see the continuity of the only enriched civilization of billion people of the largest democracy with multiple religions, multiple languages and multiple cultures.”

Extracts from the Address of President of India at the Inauguration of the 5th Global Travel & Tourism Summit in New Delhi. 8th April 2005