Visa hurdle stops Pakistani patients, hits medical tourism
12-May-17, The Times Of India
As Indo-Pak ties have become frosty, India's imposition of restrictions on medical visas to Pakistanis has not just affected hundreds of patients from across the border but also dealt a body blow to medical tourism in India.
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It's hard to find out precisely how many people travelled to India from Pakistan for treatment, but several laboratories in Islamabad revealed that before visa restrictions were imposed, over 600 Pakistani patients used to visit India.
Most of them suffering from liver and heart ailments would go to major hospitals in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and other cities. But in February, there was a sharp drop in the numbers, and in March and April not a single Pakistani was granted a medical visa.