1 Oct 2010
OUTSOURCING HAS MANY NAMES!
Times of India (Sept. 29, 2010) carries a report about a joint study conducted by FICCI and HOSMAC on medical tourism.
They studied tourists traveling to India , for treatments of cosmetic and life-saving surgeries and found that a US citizen saves a lot of expense if he / she obtain such a treatment in an Indian hospital as compared to a US hospital.
Here is “how much“ :
Angioplasty………………………………..79 % - 82 %
Bypass Surgery………………………….92 % - 93 %
Tummy tuck……………………………….67 % - 89 %
Facelift………………………………………..44 % upwards
If a US Corporate can “ rationalize “ its outsourcing action on the basis of cost-cutting, can US citizens be far behind ?
Surely, diseases do strike even a jobless person !
500,000 patients who came to India in 2009 for medical treatment can’t be blamed !
Hemen Parekh