India begins to offer accreditation to medical tourism facilitators

 22-Mar-17, International Medical Travel Journal 

India's National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) issued new rules for the accreditation of medical tourism agents in 2016.

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By February 2017 only two agents had been certified:

• AAA+ Healthcare Consultancy Services of Mumbai
• Magnus MediTourism of Mumbai

There are hundreds of medical tourism agents in India, mostly single person operations. Empanelment of Medical Value Travel for Medical Facilitators (MVTF), accreditation is voluntary and is valid for two years at a time.

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