Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday recommended establishing facilitation centres at Indian embassies internationally for individuals who wish to journey to the nation for medical remedies.
While addressing a roundtable convention with senior IFS officers on Building Brand India, he additionally mentioned {that a} ‘One Step’ portal might be created to supply credible info for individuals from different international locations who wish to avail of medical amenities in India. The Health Minister additionally said that India, with its high-end healthcare ecosystem and world-class medical amenities, has change into an attraction for the entire world.
“Today, people from different countries of the world are coming to India for treatment in large numbers. With an aim to further boost medical tourism, the Government of India has launched ‘Heal in India’ program under the leadership of the PM. Similarly, we have started the ‘Heal by India’ program. This will provide an opportunity for our medical workforce to travel all over the world and contribute towards a healthy global society,” Mandaviya mentioned in a press release.
Mandaviya additionally recommended {that a} system to get suggestions or testimonials from people who find themselves getting handled in India may be instituted. This will assist us in making medical tourism, ‘Brand India’.
“In the last few years, medical value travel has gained a lot of popularity and India is now one of the fastest-growing medical tourism centres in Asia”, he added.
Highlighting the significance of the normal system of medicines. India has established itself as the point of interest of AYUSH. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced to launch ‘AYUSH mark’. This will present authenticity to AYUSH merchandise in India and promote the normal medication business,” the Union Minister mentioned in a press release.
Moreover, a Special Visa Category has been made for these coming to India from different international locations for Ayurveda therapy. “The provision of medical visa and medical attendant visa has been made with 165 countries to get Ayurveda treatment,” the minister mentioned.
Mandaviya urged everybody to share strategies to strengthen the medical tourism sector and make India a ‘Global Medical Hub’ in keeping with the spirit of ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, the assertion mentioned.
According to the Medical Tourism Index 2020-21 by the Medical Tourism Association, India is at present on the tenth place out of the highest 46 international locations, twelfth on the planet’s prime 20 wellness tourism markets, fifth out of 10 wellness tourism markets within the Asia-Pacific area, the assertion mentioned. The therapy prices in India are 65 to 90 % lower than the price of therapy in America, it mentioned. In India, there are 39 Joint Commission International and 657 National Accreditation Board for Hospitals accredited hospitals, which is the same as or higher than Global Quality Standards and benchmarks, the assertion mentioned.
(With inputs from PTI)
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