International healthcare summit from Oct 3 in Greater Noida

The commerce ministry is organizing an international summit on healthcare sector from October 3 at Greater Noida with an objective to promote India as a premier global medical destination and services exports.
The three-day second edition of 'Advantage Health Care India 2016 (AHCI 2016)' is the first ever summit on medical value travel being organized for promoting services exports from India, and will bring together stakeholders from 67 countries, the ministry said in a statement.
AHCI is organized in association with Ficci and Service Export Promotion Council (SEPC). The event is being supported by the ministries of Home Affairs, Health & Family Welfare, AYUSH, External Affairs and Tourism.

It said that the medical value travel industry has emerged as one of the fastest growing segment of tourism industry despite the global economic downturn.
"India is emerging as a preferred healthcare destination for patients across the globe. Growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27 per cent, the inflow of medical tourists in India is likely to cross 3.2 million in 2015," it said.
World class treatment and state of the art hospitals in India have created a very favorable atmosphere for patients with varying degrees of illness to avail the best facilities for their treatment, it said.

"The objective of this international summit is to promote India as a premier global healthcare destination and to enable streamlined medical services exports from India," the ministry said.