The GNRC (Guwahati Neurological Research Centre) has decided to promote medical tourism in the the North-East region to attract foreign tourists from the Asian neighbouring countries. “Since the private hospitals across the country are taking initiative to promote the medical tourism, we have decided to take the lead here. We will soon discuss with other top private hospitals offering latest medical facilities and other related agencies to chalk out a plan to promote Guwahati as a hub of medical tourism,” GNRC official Manoj Kumar Deka said here at press conference. We will soon devise a coordinated strategy after consultation with other top hospitals, travels agents, hotels as well as government agencies to attract tourists not only for tourism purposes but also to avail the latest but low-cost medical treatment facilities here.
“The hospitals here offer all the latest medical facilities like joint replacement surgery, heart surgery, cosmetic and obesity surgery, angioplasty and others. What we require is extensive publicity and co-ordination among hospitals, hotels, travel agents and government agencies.” Deka said. He also said though it is located near the South East Asian countries and have a huge tourism potential, the region is still way behind in attracting tourists for medical purposes due to lack of well organized publicity and co-ordination among the concerned agencies.
The GNRC will try to provide all hotels with information regarding medical facilities available; update tourism websites with medical tourism information and others. Patients from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh have already visiting Guwahati for medical tourism purposes and there is enough potential to attract more tourists, Mr. Deka said.
“The hospitals here offer all the latest medical facilities like joint replacement surgery, heart surgery, cosmetic and obesity surgery, angioplasty and others. What we require is extensive publicity and co-ordination among hospitals, hotels, travel agents and government agencies.” Deka said. He also said though it is located near the South East Asian countries and have a huge tourism potential, the region is still way behind in attracting tourists for medical purposes due to lack of well organized publicity and co-ordination among the concerned agencies.
The GNRC will try to provide all hotels with information regarding medical facilities available; update tourism websites with medical tourism information and others. Patients from Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh have already visiting Guwahati for medical tourism purposes and there is enough potential to attract more tourists, Mr. Deka said.
3 comments:
It is extremely sad to see GNRC promoting medical tourism. It is one of the money-menting hospitals in which patients hardly go alive after the treatment.Paients are particularly kept alive by means of ventillation till it gets dark and then they are sent to the mortuary through the back door. They avoid the day light so that visitors don't get a glimpse of the dead corpses.the saddest part is that that lack good doctors instead they are more focussed to squeez in more money from the desperate & needy families. It is one of the sick hospitals. The owner, a doctor by profession is more interested in promoting his other businesses like grocerie stores etc.I guess they should be sent back to the medical school once again.They are no longer interested in the noble profession.
For GNRC to promote medical tourism, it is very important for it to get accredited to ensure deliver safe and quality care. Gone are the days when healthcare institutes use to market it as an ISO certified body whose standards does not meet the requirement of workflow/processes of an hospital rather it gives the body the liberty to set its own standards which should be other way round. Ideally, the benchmarking should be set by an accrediting body.
I feel it high time for all the private hospitals in the region to get accredited through bodies such as NABH, NABL and for that matter JCI. It will not only ensure safe delivery of care but also streamline the episodes of delivery of care.
Gujrat Govt. had already started the process making NABH compulsory for any healthcare delivery institute. Healthcare icons like GNRC should sow the path to rest….
feeling sad about the condtion of patients in assam as per bikash's story. If patients afford then please refer to me in delhi/gurgaon to get excellent medical facilities. Dr saurabh 9810203804
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