Policy Wise

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 health system. Let us look at the figures. Today, 150,000 foreigners come to India for healthcare [...]

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 [...]