Monday, May 11, 2009

Medical tourism to India


Economic slowdown has affected innumerable persons the world-over. Those affected in the West appear to have started trimming household expenditures to save up for a needed surgery as also to wait longer to undergo the scalpel.

The encouraging factor is that the surgical expertise in India matches the best available elsewhere, and procedures like cataract removal by phacoemulsification and oculo-plastic surgery for Ptosis correction at a private centre in Delhi, along with the air fare, cost much less than what one would otherwise have paid at home. “The costs in India are about half of that in the West, and the surgical expertise comparable to the best elsewhere”, says ophthalmic surgeon Dr. Maneesh Kumar (ophthacare@gmail.com).

The picture shows the condition of pre- and post-operative bilateral Ptosis.

Dr. Narendra Kumar

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