Healthcare System in India

Up until the 1980’s Government run hospitals were the main providers of healthcare in India. However, over the last decade the Indian medical system has undergone a sea change with increasingly strong participation by the corporate and the private sector. These days private and corporate hospitals, nursing homes and clinics play a major role in administration of Indian healthcare. These private hospitals and clinics are highly advanced and provide world-class medical services. As part of the social and economic needs of the country corporate hospitals are also obliged to care for patients who are economically disadvantaged.

Corporate hospitals use the latest technology available and perform more complex procedures and treatments. Most state of the art equipment is imported from countries like USA, UK, Germany, Japan etc.

Doctors employed at these hospitals are highly educated with years of experience, including specialists for every department of medical care. Most of the doctors have had a good exposure working in the west and understand patient needs.

In order to provide world-class service most of the private and corporate sector hospitals use high end technology and high-end specialists for complex treatments like open heart surgery, joint replacements, neurosurgery etc.

The Indian medical education system is organized and strict, which ensures that the doctors, nurses and medical staff are suitably qualified and have proper potential and experience to deliver best quality medical; treatment. The Indian medical education system is different from that in the USA and many other countries in the fact that there are no premedical subjects taught in the first year of medical university, instead they are introduced to the basic medical subjects. This is made possible by India’s Higher Secondary School System, which covers all those pre medical subjects and the students need to qualify for the Higher Secondary Exam before they can even appear for the qualifying entrance examination for Medical colleges. The Higher Secondary School Syllabus in India is considered to be one of the toughest and most advanced in the world.

The duration of MBBS (the basic course to get a license as a Doctor of Medicine) is five and a half years, of which four and half years are spent learning and one year as an intern. The first four and a half years are again broken down in to three parts and a candidate needs to successfully pass all the three parts through rigorous exams and practical training only after which he is allowed for internship in the hospitals attached to the medical college. A student gets to practice as a licensed doctor only after he has successfully completed his internship.

Most doctors in India would often go for further education in terms of post graduation and other specialized medical courses that will increase their expertise and knowledge.

India’s private healthcare system is booming and is expected to be worth billions of dollars in the decades to come. This growth comes on the back of a large (200 million plus) middle class with very high expectations, and coupled with the fact that an increasing number of people from overseas see India as a potential destination where they can combine high quality affordable healthcare along with the possibility of seeing and experiencing one of the world’s oldest living cultures. Another key driver is that Indian corporate hospitals have no waiting times for surgeries. In fact most elective procedures can be performed within 8-10 days of the first contact with an Indian hospital. Click here to see our partner facilities (Apollo Hospital and Wockhardt Hospital)

India has established world-class expertise in complex medical practices such as cardiac care, cosmetic surgery, joint replacements, neurosurgery, ophthalmology and dentistry. While the treatment in Indian private hospitals are at par with the hospitals in USA and UK the cost for such treatment in India is actually a fraction of what it would cost in any of those countries.

India received a little over 150,000 overseas visitors who flew over for healthcare related surgeries and medical tourism. To get an idea of the amount of money you could potentially save Click here.

At Recover Discover, we ensure that you get the best quality treatments at any of our alliance partner hospitals at very affordable rates. We could also assist you to discover the natural, cultural and historical beauty of India by planning and organizing a tour that sufficiently meets your inquisitiveness about the mystic wonderland called INDIA.