Heard about the latest murmur, No, let me tell you, the latest buzz in the air is ‘Medical tourism’. I know you must be surprised; no doubt, the point is that the foreigners are visiting India not for site seeing but to get freedom from extra pounds through cheaper surgery in Indian metros.



The email box of noted Indian laparoscopic surgeons such as B. Ramana in Kolkata are cloud bursting from emails of obese across the world so as to book their for dates for operations. Seems, Kolkata is emerging as medical tourist destination in India.



According to Ramana:

There is a previously unrecognized need for morbidly obese patients to undergo surgery to reduce weight. We call it bariatric surgery and it is the only proven way to achieve major weigh loss and sustain it. Because there is a long queue for such operations abroad and because it is far economical here, we are flooded with queries from abroad for operation dates in India.

These procedures are no doubt widespread in the West and are spreading its wings very gradually India, with people getting more aware about the hazards of obesity.



I am quite sure that this inclination is going to be big in the coming days and Obesity cure by operations in India is going to add mojor chunk into tourism revenues in coming years.



All we can say is that India is heading towards Medical and tourism new swing towards sky-touching aptitude.



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