Health and Medical Tourism

Medicine

 Every year thousands of people require treatment for dreaded diseases like cancer, heart diseases, kidney diseases, liver diseases, orthopedics, pediatric diseases, etc. Many people need treatment at highly specialized hospitals abroad. In this site, we have collected the names, descriptions, contact information, and website links of reputed specialized hospitals from Asia. Medical tourism is a rapidly growing phenomenon in today’s world. People from developed and developing countries are seeking low cost and extremely good quality medical treatment in Asian countries and other countries of the world. Many Asian countries have set up specialized departments in their countries to encourage medical tourism in their countries. Many top hospitals in Asian countries have set up dedicated departments to cater to the international patients.

 Asia has become the most popular destination for medical tourists in the world. Asia offers high quality, world-standard medical treatment at only 20 percent of the cost of treatment in the USA and the UK. The quality of treatment here is of world-class standard with many of the doctors holding western qualifications. Medical tourism is rapidly growing in Asia with the number of medical tourists to Asian countries increasing by about 20 to 30 percent each year. It is estimated that the medical tourism in Asia will be worth US$ 4 billion by the year 2012.

Medical tourism in India is growing at a rate of 30 per cent per year. It is estimated that India will earn US$2.2 billion a year through medical tourism by 2012. Singapore, which is another important center for medical tourism in Asia aims to receive one million foreign patients every year. It is estimated that medical tourism in Singapore will earn it above US$1.6 billion annually. Malaysia, which is also among the top four medical tourism centers of the world expects to earn upto US$590 million within five years. Altogether, medical tourism in Asia is expected to earn it US$4.4. billion by 2012. Currently, the number of medical tourists is estimated to be 1.32 million. These medical tourists to Asia come to seek medical treatment from all over the world. Medical tourists come from US and Europe, but it is estimated that most of the medical tourists to the medical tourism centers of Asia come from within Asia.

Should you or your close ones require higher treatment for their diseases, you will find here all the information about which will be the best hospital for you. So, browse through the hospital information given here and find out which is the hospital that is most suitable for providing the treatment that you seek.

Hospitals in Asia

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 There are 37 countries in Asia. Given here is a list of hospitals in the major countries of Asia, like Hong Kong, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Russia. Click on the country names to find a list of the major hospitals in these countries and also information about medical tourism in these countries. You can find detailed information about the treatment options available for diseases like cancer, heart disease, orthopedics, cosmetic surgery in these countries. Nowadays, many Asian countries offer the latest medical treatment for various diseases, on par with most western countries, but often at a fraction of the cost. Many Asian countries have become much in demand centers for medical tourism. In these pages, you will find complete information about medical tourism in these Asian countries. Click on the country name to find out about hospitals and medical tourism in those countries.

More internet resources

Off course we aim to provide you with the best possible information we can - but our site is not a professional resource, and I only have *that* much spare time too. If you're looking for more information on health related topics, health tourism or healthcare countries - check out the following websites; they're well worth a visit!

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www.healthtourisminasia.com aims to provide you with the best information about medical tourism in Asia. Here, information is provided about the best hospitals of Asia, the cost of treatment in Asia, the hospital system in various Asian countries, and also a list of the good hospitals in various Asian countries.