India offers low-cost medical treatment

India offers low-cost medical treatment

Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

Indonesians seeking medical treatment abroad may want to
consider India, an Indian health care expert says.

"India owns internationally acclaimed hospitals, with
acknowledged specialists. We can also offer treatment with equal
facilities as in Singapore or the United States, but at a
relatively lower cost," S.S. Chakraborty told The Jakarta Post on
Monday.

Chakraborty, who is visiting Jakarta with a delegation of
hospital representatives, said few Indonesians currently chose
India for medical treatment.

"Therefore, we are trying to make the health community here
aware of the health facilities and expertise in India," he said.

Among the hospitals he recommended were the Asian Heart
Institute in Mumbay, the Ruby General Hospital in Calcutta and
the Sri Ramachandra Medical Center in Chennai.

Chakraborty said the delegation would visit several hospitals
in Jakarta and seek a cooperation with them to recommend Indian
hospitals.

Besides its medical facilities, he said, India also had many
tourist sites patients could visit during their recuperation.

The delegation also hopes to develop a collaboration with the
government and private hospitals to exchange doctors, nurses and
paramedics for training programs.

Indonesia is the second country the delegation has visited,
after Singapore. They plan to go to Malaysia from Indonesia.