Indian Palliative Care to attract Medical Tourists?
“The low cost, better hospitality and up to the mark palliative care were the factors that will make India a global leader in health tourism,” says Hakan Tarakcioglu, international head of Turkey-based Kent hospital. (Read the complete news: Centre Gears up to Regulate Medical Tourism)
Did you notice – palliative care – that’s the catch! Let us make note of the fact that at the Medical Tourism Congress, it had to be a voice from abroad that had to mention palliative care. Isn’t it rather clear that the need for palliative care is not felt by the healthcare industry at large, in India?
Please look at Dr Esther Munyoro’s message in Pallium India’s Newsletter (October 2013, Parting Shot). Dr Esther came to India for her aunt’s treatment and she says, “Even in a country with such advanced medical care, patients do not have physical pain adequately addressed.” She asks, “In a country that has a robust medical healthcare system with evidence-based practice why is pain not adequately dealt with?”
Food for thought, indeed.
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