Safety Concerns for Medical Value Travel may be Over Blown

More Reasons to Choose Medical Value Travel

More Americans are packing their bags and heading eastward, specifically to India and Thailand, for quality healthcare that’s lacking back home. The sight of Americans crossing borders for medical treatment became common back in the 70s when hundreds trudged across to shoddy Mexican plastic surgery clinics. These days many Americans seeking more value for their heart surgery dollar travel to countries like India. These are not vain patients seeking to turn the clock back with Botox or plastic surgery; these are Americans who turn to foreign hospitals and doctors for life saving procedures that they simply can’t afford back home.   

Medical Cardiac Packages and the “Indian Edge”

Since 2004, Wockhardt Hospitals Group, which operates some of the best hospitals for heart care in India, has reported a 45% increase in the number of American patients it treats  Besides the obvious pricing factor, what makes Indian hospitals stand out from the rest is what industry analysts call the “Indian edge.”  The country not only has the best hospitals for heart surgery, but it also produces the highest number of doctors in the world and has a huge diaspora of medical personnel practicing elsewhere on the planet. No matter where you are in the world, chances are, you will receive treatment from a physician or dentist of Indian origin.    

Low Mortality Rates Boost Medical Packages in India

Many of the best hospitals for heart surgery in India report mortality rates of less than 1%.  Escorts Heart Institute, for instance, has a during-surgery death rate of just 0.8%, less than half the mortality rate for similar cases in American hospitals. With statistics like these, there’s every reason to believe that standards in Indian medical tourism hospitals are as good as or better than those in the US.