NRI physicians identify Jaipur as medical tourism centre

The influential American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has identified Pink City Jaipur as the centre of medical tourism, where it is holding fourth Indo-US Health Care Summit next week.

To be attended by eminent doctors from India and the US from January 3 to January 5, the fourth edition of this annual event is being held to raise awareness on key healthcare issues affecting the Indian subcontinent such as diabetes, lung diseases, asthma and allergy, cardiovascular disease, women's and children's health and cancer.

The summit will create a prototype programme of implementation for various disease categories specifically designed to improve outcomes while maintaining cost-effectiveness, said AAPI president Dr Ajeet Singhvi.

When successful, the programme can be deployed nationally and internationally, he added.

Jaipur, he said, is the first Indian city which has been accredited by AAPI as centre for medical tourism.

"AAPI is committed to provide logistic support for health tourism development in India, a choice destination as it provides state-of-the-art amenities for treatments like hip or knee replacements and cardiac surgery, high qualities of healthcare infrastructure and low costs," Dr Singhvi said.

"This time we will be working towards bringing curriculum of some needed fellowship programmes like Infectious diseases, Allergy and Immunology,  Geriatrics and Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine in India," he said.

AAPI was founded in 1982 to protect the interests of Indian-American physicians in the US.