Archive for January, 2008

On Medical Tourism and Public Health System

January 30th, 2008

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In a rather rambling article in the Hindustan Times, Lalita Panicker attacks the ”theory” that medical tourism can help the Indian public health system,
But, we hold that medical tourism is a panacea to the ills that beset our public [...]

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Doctors Across Borders

January 21st, 2008

The emigration of health professionals from developing world to member countries of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) remains a highly contentious issue. In America itself, according to the American Medical Association (AMA), International Medical Graduates (IMGs) constitute approximately 25% of the physician population. Indians are by far the largest group-nearly 20% of [...]

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