India's Punjab visions for medical tourism

 05-Nov-17, The Statesman 

With the medical tourism registering a global growth rate of 27 per cent, the Punjab government is looking at the possibilities to boost medical tourism in the state which accounts for the one-third of the non-resident Indians (NRIs).

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“We have done our homework and major giants in the industry are ready to invest. We will use state’s land as equity under public private partnership. The medical tourism policy will be focused on medical facilities for NRIs, patients from abroad seeking economical medical treatment. Punjab has great potential in medical tourism with one third of NRI population is Punjabi,” said Punjab Tourism and Culture Affairs minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu.

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