Indian medical tourism and wellness policy to be rolled out

 22-May-17, ET Healthword 

The NDA government will roll out India's first Medical Tourism and Wellness policies in Jun-17. To incentivise medical tourism and traditional Indian wellness programmes, the government has decided to get hospitals and wellness centres to register with the ministry and also notify costs at which procedures or packages will be offered.

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MoS tourism (independent charge), Mahesh Sharma, said, "India has the ability to be a world leader in offering health services at very competitive prices. To bring in greater transparency, our aim, through this policy, is to get hospitals and wellness centres to register with us. They can then put out their rate charts, the details of the procedures they offer, and their success rates to allow tourists to choose what suits them best."

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