Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), along
with Trident Exhibition Pvt. Ltd., is organizing “India-Medical Tourism
Destination 2011” on 2 – 3 November 2011 at Kuwait
International Fair (KIF) Ground, Mishref, Kuwait with the aim of
highlighting India’s role in providing affordable and quality healthcare
to the Kuwaiti people.
India is a major centre for quality, yet inexpensive medical treatment.
In the year 2010, about 600,000 patients travelled to India from
over 30 countries around the globe, mainly from USA, Canada, UK, Russia,
the Middle East and Africa for treatment. The most popular
treatments sought in India by medical tourists are transplant surgeries
(liver, kidney, heart) cardiac bypass surgery, eye surgery,
orthopedic surgery and spinal surgeries. India is known in
particular for heart surgery, hip and knee resurfacing and other areas
of advanced medicine and alternative medicines. In 2010 over
10,000 Kuwaiti nationals visited India for treatments related to
Cardiac, Spinal, Cosmetic and various other surgeries.
An advance team lead by Dr. Narottam Puri, Chairman visited
Kuwait in July 2011 for preliminary discussions and to promote their
event. During their visit, Dr. Puri and members of the
delegation Col. Vivek Kodikal and Mr. Sujit Gopal met Government
official, Doctors, Travel and tour operators etc. who welcomed the
holding of the event in Kuwait as it would create awareness in Kuwait
about quality healthcare in India.
September 4, 2011
Kuwait,
