In this section we will give link to India
Medical Tourism News articles, India Medical Reports as well as
Mediescapes India Media coverage.
Please watch this space for recent updates;
Media's take on Mediescapes India
(1) Medical Value Travel
An Amalgam for Analysis
(Source: eHealth, A
Monthly Magazine on Healthcare ICTs, Technologies & Applications, Vol.
3, Issue 1, January 2008)
The new phenomenon, the new industry we are talking about is
Medical Value Travel or Medical Tourism, as it has popularly come to
be known now…
We can sum up this discussion with the strong comments from D.
Arun Kumar, Chief Executive, Mediescapes. He says, “While India strives to
emulate the success of Thailand, Singapore or Turkey, there also exist
a number of drawbacks to consider; such as, overall hygiene levels in
India’s International patient arrival gateway cities, poor
infrastructure at international airports and a bureaucratic approach
to issuing medical visas"......
(2) Good Medicine for Tourism
(Published in: TTG Global Publishing, Cyprus, 1st Aug., 2007)
Rising medical costs
throughout the West have prompted a wave of lower cost, yet just as
specialized alternatives in Asia and the Middle East...
“In 2005, about 175,000 medical tourists came to India in search of
what we call first world healthcare at third world prices. Medical
procedure cost estimates in India were anything between 30 to 80 per
cent cheaper than the West,” said Chief Executive, Mediescapes India, Arun
Kumar...
(3) ‘Miracle Cure’ for Paralysed Paraplegics.
Stem cell therapy offers
hope
(Source: Maharashtra Herald, Pune, 13th June, 2007)
CHENNAI: The unlikely spectacle of four completely paralysed
paraplegics, on the mend but good enough to move on their own with
some help were presented to the press dramatically....
D. Kumar said “We harvest between 100 and 200 ml of stem cells in fluid form from
the afflicted patients themselves and inject them into their spinal
cords carefully to bring about this ‘miracle’ which accords totally paralysed patients who had no hopes of moving at all with the ability
of taking care of their personal needs. Our methods have been cleared
not only in India, but also in all major statutory medical
institutions abroad including the U.S. Further, our facility has the
highest global rate of success,”
(4) Medical
Tourism Spawns Agents and Brokers
(Source: Hindustan Times
ePaper - Business Supplement, Mumbai, 8th Jan, 2007)
India has barely four doctors for every 10,000 inhabitants
compared with to 27 for the same number of people in the US. It has
been ranked lower than even Bangladesh....
Companies are targeting different geographical areas and demographic
sections as well. “Assuring them that the hospitals are clean and
hygienic and the capabilities of the staff are at par with those in
their country is the most difficult task,” says D. Kumar of
Mediescapes.
(5) India
the next destination for Travel and Health
(Source: NDTV.com, By Rai Monica (Delhi, India), 19th Nov, 2006)
Medical tourism is a term coined which covers patients traveling
across the globe for tourism purposes clubbing their requirements for
treatment of acute illness, elective surgeries....
Some Top Hospitals Include Apollo, Fortis, Max Healthcare, Escorts,
AIIMs, Wockhardt, etc. A few good Medical tourism providers are
....... www.mediescapes.com...
(6) Medi-tourists
want a dose of fun too
(Source: The Economic Times, Bangalore, Published Emerging Business
& IT, 11th Oct, 2006)
After Treatment in Metros, Patients are heading to Darjeeling,
Agra, Kerala & Goa to Recuperate.
D. Arun Kumar, Chief Executive, of Delhi-based top medical tourism firm
Mediescapes India, says, “Before the patients come to India, we give
them travel options. A majority of them go in for packages and take an
average of seven days for post-surgery recuperation. For such trips,
Goa is popular, as are the backwaters of Kerala”...
(7) Tourism
hits visa hurdle
(Source: The Times of India, Delhi, 8th Aug, 2006, 0220 hrs IST
Times News Network)
“I have about 300 enquiries with me right now, but whenever we
call up the local consulate, they tell us that they are yet to receive
the notification. This is a major hindrance,” says D Arun Kumar of
Mediescapes India, a tour operator.
More service apartments and better infrastructure at airports are also
needed to attract health tourists. “A few years back, we saw how the
Rajasthan government got people to rent out their extra apartments to
tourists. It can be tried out here, also keeping in mind the
Commonwealth Games in 2010,” says Kumar...
(8) Helping an
American fight cancer
(Source: The Hindu, 16th May, 2006)
(9)
Medical Tourism: a Threat to U.S. Hospital?
(Source: Strategic Health Care Marketing,
Vol. 22 No. 8, 22nd Aug, 2005)
Companies that help patients find and navigate medical care
overseas also have a Web presence. Mediescapes India, based in
New Delhi, handles an average of 300 U.S. patients annually, says
Chief Executive, D. Arun Kumar. The number for the first quarter of 2005 is up
17 percent over the same period in 2004. The company partners with
hospitals in India to offer medical package deals that include
internal flights, airport assistance, language interpreter services,
hotel or service apartments, physician appointment, operation
scheduling, and often a post-operative vacation to recuperate under
physician supervision...
Fastest growing in popularity among Americans are
non-insurance-covered treatments for various cardiac conditions,
cosmetic procedures, and joint replacements, says Kumar. India
benefits from its large staff of world-class medical experts and an
ultra-competitive cost advantage. “As a comparative example, while a
[coronary artery bypass graft] costs $30,000 in the U.S., it costs
$8,000 in India, Similarly, Kumar says, “a bone marrow
transplant costs $26,000 here in India compared to $250,000 in the
U.S.” Americans are also drawn in part by the combination of Western
treatments with Indian traditional medicine, which includes yoga,
Ayurveda, and meditation...
Medical tourism brokers such as Mediescapes India are working
with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and
the Confederation of Indian Industries to develop a common marketing
plan aimed at international patients, Kumar states. They are
currently conducting road shows and participating in medical tourism
expositions overseas...
(10) Medicare
plus Holiday Packages
(Source: India Post, Published from New York, Washington D.C.,
Chicago, Atlanta, California, Vol. 10, No. 551, Medical Tourism
Special, 25th Feb, 2005)
The idea behind spinning this web of medical facilities and
managing it through one channel- Mediescapes India, is to help
discerning world-wide patients comprehensive medical screening in a
comfortable, friendly atmosphere under careful medical supervision.
Mediescapes offers unique opportunity to undergo a treatment at a
fraction of the cost with no long waiting lists unlike in the UK,
combined with the option of recovering in an ideal setting. All tour
packages are tailor-made to suit individual needs ensuring personal
safety and privacy. The website of Mediescapes offers a variety
of recuperative holidays ranging from the Ganges and the Himalayas
tour in the north to the exotic lush green locales of Kerala in the
South....
(11) Pamper your soul...recuperate your body (Feb. 2006)
(12) India Heals better, cheaper (Feb. 2005)
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