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As we have already mentioned in our previous blog about the various therapy packages available to a Medical tourist available in India.The packages available in India are as also available in the country of the western tourist but the advantage with India is that we in India provide the same quality of health package at an economical price.

The other facilities available in India at a less price as compared to the US healthcare cost or for that matter a number of other European nations are as follows:

In our previous blog, we have entered Asia. In this blog lets us see some of the other Asian destination before finally coming to our home land India which we will be seeing in detail.
For now lets us know about Philippines and Singapore and know there specialty that has made them the sought after destination for medical tourism across the world.
Philippines

This is a continuation of the previous blog entitled Major Destinations for Medical Tourism; Part-1.In this part lets us see few more countries which have emerged as a major attraction for the medical tourists in the American continent.

Medical tourism is often thought of as a recent concept, though it is a recent term but an age old concept. The footsteps of this concept can be traced back in the history quite often. The term medical tourism is recently coined by the travel agencies and mass media to describe the practice of travelling long distances to obtain health care.

Grudges and Hindrances:

The telemedicine centers could be broadly classified into the following classes: Primary Telemedicine Center (PTC), Secondary Telemedicine Center (STC), and Tertiary Telemedicine Center (TTC). PTCs would be based in Primary Health Centers, STCs in Secondary Medical Centers and TTCs in Tertiary Medical Centers.

Telemedicine: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Telemedicine as the delivery of healthcare services, where distance is a critical factor, by all healthcare professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, research and evaluation and for the continuing education of healthca

In this blog let us know about one of the schemes offered for health insurance, this particular scheme is called Voluntary health insurance schemes or private-for-profit schemes

In the year 2009, the when the American government has began to reform the healthcare policies with their focus on health insurance, so, that they are able to provide cover to all the Americans. We in India are still struggling to bring in the policy of health insurance.
In this blog we will come across the definition of health insurance and the various schemes available in India.