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New Year gift: Language, funds no bar as Sudanese mother's plea for help leads to life-saving care for infant in Hyderabad
January 03, 2025 5:17 pm
For Saida Abdul Wahab, 43, who endured five pregnancy losses, the birth of her son was just the beginning of a new struggle – until Hyderabad's Niloufer Government Hospital stepped in.
‘India has huge potential for medical tourism if surrogacy norms are made flexible, accessible’: Dr. Patel
April 03, 2024 7:55 am
Speaking to The Indian Express on the sidelines of the promotion for Dukaan, a Hindi movie based on surrogacy, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, Dr Patel said the country has huge potential for medical tourism if the regulations are made flexible and accessible.
The flipside of medical tourism — organ transplant rackets
December 16, 2023 9:23 am
Every news on organ transplantation poses difficult questions and tests us collectively
Under Covid shadow, medical tourism begins a slow recovery
October 09, 2020 7:22 am
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the country got 6.97 lakh foreign patients on medical visa in 2019, accounting for 6.9 per cent of foreign tourist arrivals.
Maharashtra government to launch portal for information on medical tourism
November 26, 2017 2:30 pm
The portal will provide details of various services related to medical tourism as well as other important information, like the administrative procedures to be followed for procuring visa and the documents required.
Tourists on medical visa more than doubled in last two years, says Mahesh Sharma
August 02, 2017 4:08 pm
V K Singh said that restrictions for medical visa only existed on those from Pakistan where a recommendation letter from Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs is required for obtaining a visa. Singh had added that in 2017, 1,05,163 medical visas had been issued.
As medical tourism rises, translators needed
May 29, 2017 2:12 am
According to govt figures, the state receives at least 2 lakh medical tourists in a year, could touch 5 lakh in two years.
Eye on medical tourism, Govt clears e-visas for patients
May 04, 2016 1:58 am
Applicants from nearly 150 countries eligible for e-tourist visas will be able to send online applications for medical visas with scanned copies of medical prescriptions from a government-accredited hospital of his/ her country.
Centre to launch measures to boost medical tourism
January 14, 2016 2:23 am
The project will integrate Allopathy, Ayurveda, Yoga and other medicare systems, and tour and travel operators will be roped in to facilitate the tourism.
Iraq crisis hits medical tourism
June 25, 2014 12:41 am
Hospitals that have a tie-up with the government of West Asian countries and treat patients funded by the state, have been particularly affected.
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