Med tourism booming in India

Revenue From Foreign Patients Set To Touch $2 Bn By 2012

Released by Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday, the report reveals that while a heart bypass surgery would cost a patient $6,000 in India, the same surgery would cost the person $7,894 in Thailand, $10,417 in Singapore, $23,938 in the US and $19,700 in Britain.

DISHA is a telemedicine initiative that aims at providing distance healthcare to the people at the base of the economic pyramid. The project will meet the needs of India's more vulnerable groups who need adequate but affordable healthcare.