India has a vast health care system, but there remain many differences in quality between rural and urban areas as well as between public and private health care. Despite this, India is a popular destination for medical tourists, given the relatively low costs and high quality of its private hospitals. International students / patients in India should expect to rely on private hospitals for advanced medical care.
India also is a top destination for medical tourists seeking alternative treatments, such as Ayurveda medicine and naturopathies therapies. India is also a popular destination for students of alternative medicine. International students should expect to rely on private hospitals for advanced medical treatment in India. Indian pharmacist could be a valuable resource for International Medical Tourism & Pharmacy Industries is also.
Healthcare Infrastructure Statistics
Health infrastructure is an important indicator for understanding the health care policy and welfare mechanism in a country. Itsignifies the investment priority with regards to the creation of health care facilities. Infrastructure has been described as thebasic support for the delivery of public health activities. Effective public health actions rely upon a well-trained public healthworkforce and good and sufficient health infrastructure.
- Medical education infrastructures in the country have shown rapid growth over the past few years. The country has 529 medical colleges, 313 Dental Colleges for BDS &253 Dental Colleges for MDS. The total number of admissions for academic year 2019-20 in Medical Colleges is approx.70,000 including Government & Private Medical colleges. The Dental Colleges saw an admission of 26,960 in BDS and 6,288 in MDS in the academic year 2018-19.
- India has 1909 Institutions for ANM with an admission of 55263, 6,861 Institutions with an admission of 267,564 for Nursing and 1,682 Pharmacy Institutions with an admission of 99,145.
- There are around 21,403 rural hospitals with 265,275 beds and 4,375 urban hospitals with 448,711 beds in India.
- There are 4,035 hospitals and 27,951 dispensaries to provide Medical care facilities for Ayurveda and Naturopathy medicine under AYUSH Ministry.
- Health-care is the right of every individual. 60% of population lives in rural India. To cater the health needs of these rural populations there are 158,417 Sub Centers, 25,743 Primary Health Centers and 5,624 Community Health Centers in India.
- Total no. of licensed Blood Banks in the Country is 3,108 (approx.)..
- The country has 469 Eye Banks till January, 2019.
- The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) was started under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 1954 with the objective of providing comprehensive medical care facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents residing in CGHS covered cities. At present, CGHS has health facilities in 37 cities having 288Allopathic Dispensaries and 85 AYUSH Dispensaries in the Country. There are 11.413 lakh registered card holders with total 33.96 lakh number of beneficiaries.
MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA
India, with its ancient and modern heritage, diversities of culture and exotic destinations is always an attraction to international travellers. Medical travel offers a mix of pleasure, luxury and quality healthcare for medical patients coming to India.The estimated Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in the country on Medical purpose during the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 are 2.34 lakh, 4.27 lakh and 4.95 lakh respectively.
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India is a large market for travel and tourism. It offers a diverse portfolio of niche tourism products – cruises, adventure, medical, wellness, sports, MICE, eco-tourism, film, rural and religious tourism. India has been recognized as a destination for spiritual tourism for domestic and international tourists. In Independence speech from Red Fort, Prime Minister of India urged people to visit 15 domestic tourist destinations in India by 2022 to promote tourism. India was ranked 34th in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 published by the World Economic Forum.
Source: The Policy Times
