WHAT IS MEDICAL TOURISM ?

• Medical tourism or health tourism is the travel of people to another City/Country for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment. Traditionally people would travel from less developed countries to major medical centres in highly developed countries for medical treatment .

• The recent trend is for people to travel from developed countries to third world countries for medical treatments because of cost consideration though the traditional pattern still continues. Another reason for travel for medical treatment is because some treatments may not be legal in the home country, such as some fertility procedures.

• Some people travel to obtain medical surgeries or other treatments. Some people go abroad for dental tourism or fertility tourism.

•  People with rare genetic disorders may travel to another country where treatment of these conditions is better understood. However, virtually every type of health care, including psychiatry, alternative treatments, convalescent care and even burial services are available.