Medical tourism, broadly defined, is travel
undertaken for the purpose of availing
cost effective health care. The rising
cost of medical treatment in developed
countries has propelled this unique form
of "tourism". Those desirous
of availing medical tourism benefits generally
travel to countries like India, where
private hospitals ensure that treatments
ranging from botox injections to cardiac
bypass are available to you at a fraction
of the price that you might have to pay
for the same treatment at, say, the US.
In addition, you
can avail the natural benefits of tourism
in India,
