From past ten years or so, India has entered a phase in medical expertise that is considered on par with international standards. This is because of high quality doctors and medical entrepreneurs who developed hospitals with required infrastructure and management style. India is promoting the "high-tech healing" of its private healthcare sector as a tourist attraction. The government hopes to encourage a budding trade in medical tourism, selling foreigners the idea of travelling to India for low-cost but world-class medical treatment.

India has top-notch centers for open-heart surgery, pediatric heart surgery, hip and knee replacement, cosmetic surgery, dentistry, bone marrow transplants and cancer therapy, and virtually all of India’s clinics are equipped with the latest electronic and medical diagnostic equipment. Unlike many of its competitors in medical tourism, India also has the technological sophistication and infrastructure to maintain its market niche, and Indian pharmaceuticals meet the stringent requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Additionally, India’s quality of care is up to American standards, and some Indian medical centers even provide services that are uncommon elsewhere. For example, hip surgery patients in India can opt for a hip-resurfacing procedure, in which damaged bone is scraped away and replaced with chrome alloy--an operation that costs less and causes less post-operative trauma than the traditional replacement procedure performed in the U.S. ¹

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There is no doubt that the Indian medical industry's main appeal is low-cost treatment. Main destinations are Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. These cities have private hospitals with medical expertise that can offer world class healthcare that costs one fifth to one tenth of the cost in US or Europe depending on the intervention required.² 

Most estimates claim treatment costs in India start at around a tenth of the price of comparable treatment in America or Britain.³

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1 - Source: http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2005/mar/tourism072505.html
2 - Source: http://www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com/20050228/medicaltourism01.shtml
3 - Source: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=2016