Why do medical examination in India
Cost Comparison - India vs United Kingdom (UK)
Significant cost differences exist between U.K. and India when it comes to medical treatment. Accompanied with the cost are waiting times which exist in U.K. for patients which range from 3 months to over聽 months.
India is not only cheaper but the waiting time is almost nil. This is due to the outburst of the private sector which comprises of hospitals and clinics with the latest technology and best practitioners.
| Nature of Treatment | Approximate Cost in India ($) * | Cost in other Major Healthcare Destination ($) * | Approximate Waiting Periods in USA / UK (in months) |
| Open heart Surgery | 4,500 | > 18,000 | 9 - 11 |
| Cranio-facial Surgery and skull base | 4,300 | > 13,000 | 6 - 8 |
| Neuro-surgery with Hypothermia | 6,500 | > 21,000 | 12 - 14 |
| Complex spine surgery with implants | 4,300 | > 13,000 | 9 - 11 |
| Simple Spine surgery | 2,100 | > 6,500 | 9 - 11 |
| Simple Brain Tumor -Biopsy -Surgery |
1,000 4,300 |
> 4,300 > 10,000 |
6 - 8 |
| Parkinsons -Lesion -DBS 聽 |
2,100 17,000 |
> 6,500 > 26,000 |
9 - 11 |
| Hip Replacement | 4,300 | > 13,000 | 9 - 11 |
* These costs are an average and may not be the actual cost to be incurred.
| Treatment | India | US |
| Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | $6,000 | $60,000 |
| Knee Replacement (Single Knee) | $6,500 | $22,000 |
| Rhinoplasty (nose job) | $2,000 | $10,000 |
| Bone Marrow Transplant | $26,000 | $2,50,000 |
| Root Canal Treatment | $100 | $1000 |
An article from ‘The Guardian’ dtd Feb 1, 2005
This UK patient avoided the NHS list and flew to India for a heart bypass. Is health tourism the future?
Three months ago George Marshall fretted about the choice offered by his doctor in Britain. Diagnosed with coronary heart disease, the violin repairer from Bradford was told he could either wait up to six months for a heart bypass operation on the National Health Service or pay ?9,000 to go under the scalpel immediately.
In the end, Mr Marshall chose to outsource his operation to India. Last month he flew 5,000 miles to the southern Indian city where surgeons took a piece of vein from his arm to repair the thinning arteries of his heart. The cost was ?,800, including the flight.
“Everyone’s been really great here. I have been in the NHS and gone private in Britain in the past, but I can say that the care and facilities in India are easily comparable,” says Mr Marshall, sitting in hospital-blue pyjamas. “I’d have no problem coming again.”
The 73-year-old found the hospital in India after a few hours surfing the internet.
“Once I knew others had come I thought, why not? In Europe hospitals in Germany and Belgium would do the operation for less than doctors in Britain. But Europe was still more expensive than here. And the staff speak English in India.”
With patients such as Mr Marshall willing to travel across the globe to get treatment sooner or more cheaply than they could at home, Indian hospital groups see a huge market for their services.
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