One in three foreign patients in India from Bangladesh: Report

Govt data shows that in 2015-16, out of 4.6 lakh foreign patients, 1.65 lakh were from Bangladesh

Bangladesh was the largest foreign user of India’s health services exports in 2015-16. Of the 460,000 inbound patients to Indian hospitals, more than 165,000 were from the neighbouring nation.

More than 58,000 medical visas were issued to Bangladeshi nationals in 2015-16. They bought $0.34 billion worth of services, a recent report by the Directorate-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics showed.

Since 2016, Bangladesh has unseated the US as the origin of the highest number of foreign tourists, mostly due to medical tourism. 

A new bus service between Kolkata and Dhaka and a rail link between Kolkata and the western city of Khulna in