INDIAN MEDICAL TOURISM TO TOUCH RS 9,500 CR BY 2015

India's medical tourism sector is expected to grow at an annual rate of 30 per cent to become a Rs 9,500-crore industry by 2015 as foreign arrivals will increase to avail treatment at lower costs, industry body Assocham said.

"The cost of surgery in India is one-tenth of what it is in the US and Western Europe and sometimes even lesser," the chamber said. Patients from other countries would make India a preferred choice for medical treatment because of cost and competitive factors

The Economic Times