Medical Tourism is a famous way of getting potential treatment. Many countries offer this Medical Tourism module of health treatment to the patients so that they can get affordable treatment and also change of environment brings them more comforts and they naturally forget their health impediment just by watching the beautiful surroundings. primary Indian Hospitals, Healthcare providers as well as Travel and Medical Tourism Industry providers join together to form an industry association called IMTA, Indian Medical Travel Association that intended to work together to make India the leading universal healthcare destination. The trend now popularly known as Medical Tourism is constantly cited as the next big prospect for India after the IT outsourcing to make billions of dollars in forex earnings and produce jobs in the healthcare sector. Subsequently only a select group of Indian hospitals have been making courageous attempts to promote their services in international field.

India’s Ministry of Tourism has attained exceptional success in last five years with its much celebrated "Incredible India "campaign that has increased the influx of foreign tourists to India. Recently it has informed the Market Development Assistance (MDA) plan to eligible Medical Tourism players which facilitate them to get financial support for partaking in foreign country promotional events. With a large number of new private super specialty hospitals and even incorporated health cities coming up in India's top ten cities, India has the prospective to become the international leader in the Medical Tourism Outsourcing industry. More than a million foreign patients already treated at top Indian group hospitals like, Fortis, Apollo, Wockhardt, Manipal, Max, and many others have already proved to the world that the quality of technology clinical superiority, and cost plan offered by India is ultimate. The ability in super specialty sector Indian hospitals is mounting fast and there is no waiting period for local or abroad patients.

IMTA is a non-profitable unit and a cohesive influence of the Indian healthcare such as modern and tradition Indian medicine and travel industry is expected at organizing India for facing the challenges of global antagonism and the great opportunity for India to become a leading universal healthcare destination. Modern medicine as well as India's 5000 year old established medicinal treatments like Ayurveda, Siddha and Yoga can offer to the world an indomitable therapeutic package. Indian Medical Travel Association would attempt to help its members achieve in a cost effective method to millions of international patients who live on the other parts of the world in a different time and civilizing sector and make them aware of the remarkable cost that Indian healthcare offers.

The Government of India and its different artillery are enthusiastically supporting the growth of medical tourism to India. Two years ago the Government of India initiated a special category of Visa called M Visa for foreigners who are in need of medical help, planning to visit India for medical treatment. Indian doctors and specialized professionals are world famous for their expertise and the country has plenty of all the effort like endowed young manpower, local high quality built-up base for pharmaceuticals, the equipments which they used for treatment. The challenge in fact is on the non medical side, mostly on the marketing front and also to make haulage and services to support the growth of Medical Tourism.

Services normally sought by tourists include discretionary procedures as well as multifaceted specialized surgeries such as cardiac surgery, joint replacement (knee/hip), dental surgery, and cosmetic surgeries. As a useful theme, providers and clients commonly use easy means of communication-connection-contract, and in such cases this is inclined to mean less authoritarian or official oversight to assure quality and less formal recourse to refund or restore. Over 50 countries have recognized medical tourism as a national production. Yet, authorization and other measures of quality vary widely across the world, and there are risks and moral issues that make this method of accessing medical care divisive. Also, some destinations may become unsafe or even dangerous for medical tourists to consider.

However, discernment of Medical Tourism is not always positive. In places like the US, which has high standards of excellence, medical tourism is viewed as risky. In some parts of the world, risky political issues can pressurise where medical tourists will choose to seek out health care.