Medical Tourism in India

Quota will scuttle medical tourism: IATO

United News of India

New Delhi, May 21, 2006

The Indian Association of Tour Operators has warned the government that medical tourism that is now growing at the rate of 30 per cent and slated to emerge as a $2 million industry in the next four to five years, will be severely affected if it encouraged quota system in medical institutes.

Extending full support to the agitating medical students in the national capital and other parts of the country, IATO President Subhash Goyal urged President APJ Abdul Kalam not to succumb to pressure by the UPA government and issue any ordinance to introduce quota system through the back door.

In a statement, he said medical tourism had brought around 1.5 lakh patients from different parts of the world in 2005 making India one of the more sought after global destinations in intensive health care.

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