US President, Barack Obama’s reference to India’s ‘cheap healthcare’ has been severely criticized and questioned by several political and medical personalities.
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Dr. Ramkant Panda, the head of Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai taking exception to this remark stated that it is an erroneous opinion that India represents cheap healthcare. “Our medicos, in various fields, compete with the best in the world and India as a country represents high quality and not cheap healthcare.” He commented that comparing the value of the dollar with the rupee and arriving at the conclusion that healthcare in India is cheap should not be accepted.
Although most patients from abroad come from the Middle East and Africa, and only a less than 5 per cent are from the US, it is felt that the potential for more American patients visiting India will not be affected by the US President’s stricture.
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