With medical tourism still thriving in Kerala, all is not lost for its conking tourism sector. The state has seen a 20 per cent rise in tourists seeking medical care.
Of the surgery cost in Kerala can be saved by tourists from developed countries, as per Kerala Medical Value Travel Society president E M Najeeb.
Patients’ own country
● Hospitals accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Health Care Providers (NABH) are authorised to practise medical tourism
● Kerala attracts a large number of medical tourists from the MiddleEast, US, Europe, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.