Kerala, the southernmost state of India is the emerging hot spot for health care in India. Of late, Kerala has attained a pride of place in the field of medicine. Medical tourism is the new facet of Kerala’s tourism industry.
Medical tourism can be defined as “any leisure product where apart from travel package, one gets medical treatment at the best hospitals. The medical treatment for various ailments are packaged with leisure packages at luxurious tourist resorts. Every year thousands of globetrotters who are ailing from any disease like to visit Kerala to treat their ailment. As the state government in collaboration with private tour operators, hoteliers and people of medical sector has promoted Kerala as medical tourism destination.
From time immemorial Kerala is famous throughout the world for its Ayurveda and traditional treatments. Ayurveda is an ancient form of curing ailments and rejuvenate oneself. So, currently tourism industry of Kerala is promoting itself with several Ayurveda and health packages to attract more and more vacationers.
Every nook and corner of this tropical paradise is dotted well equipped Ayurvedic centers. Large number of well trained Ayurvedic specialists are available in these centers to cure people. Apart from Ayurveda, Kerala is also blessed with specialized Allopathic medical professionals and hospitals which provides treatments of international standard at a very low cost.
Advantages of Medical Tourism in Kerala:
Kerala has good transportation facility. It is well connected to several Middle East, South-East and European countries by air.
Charges for major surgical procedures such as cardiac surgery, dentistry, and cosmetic surgery is very low in compare to develop western countries.
Keralites doctors provides good pre and post-operative care to their patients so that they can have a positive experience. After completion of the treatments, patients can rejuvenate themselves in some famous health resorts of the state like Cochin,Varakala, Kovallam etc.
Kerala’s climatic condition and the communication skill of its natives has helped Kerala to be the most sought after destination for health care in entire nation.
Famous Medical Tour Packages:
Some of the Medical tour packages which are available in various hospitals of the state are “dental tour package, Cochin”, “eye care package, Cochin”, “root canal package”, “tooth whitening tour package” and etc.
So, immediately plan a medi trip to Kerala and rejuvenate yourself.
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