India has the potential to become a medical tourism hub and the Modi government has taken several measures including making the health services affordable and accessible to all, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Sunday. Given the Government’s focus on the health sector and availability of a vast pool of professionals, India has the potential to become a “medical tourism hub”, he said. He asked the medical professionals to take their job as a mission. Commercial interest alone should not dominate this mission to provide affordable and accessible health facilities for all, Naqvi said. Terming the large resource of talented doctors and medical professionals as a matter of pride for India, he said “We need support of these dedicated medical professionals to make our health services affordable and accessible.”

Source: Indian Express February 19, 2017 09:11 UTC