Health Tourism (Also known as Medical tourism) refers to the act of traveling to a foreign country in order to receive medical care. Varying reports based on the US alone put the number of American patients seeking healthcare abroad between 500‚000 to 750‚000 in 2007. This is a steady increase from 2006 in which medical experts believed as many as 200‚000 to 1/2 a million Americans traveled out of the country for medical procedures. These figures indicate a significant growth in the industry‚ currently
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Nuclear power stations work in fossil fuel-burning stations‚ except that a "chain reaction" inside a nuclear reactor makes the heat instead.The reactor uses Uranium rods as fuel‚ and the heat is generated by nuclear fission: neutrons smash into the nucleus of the uranium atoms‚ which split roughly in half and release energy in the form of heat.Carbon dioxide gas or water is pumped through the reactor to take the heat away‚ this then heats water to make steam.The steam drives which drivegenerators
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FDI in India Advantages and Disadvantages Overview First of all‚ FDI means Foreign Direct Investment which is mainly dealings with monetary matters and using this way they acquires standalone position in the Indian economy. Their policy is very simple to remove rivals. In beginning days they sell products at low price so other competitor shut down in few months. And then companies like Wall-Mart will increase prices than actual product price. They are focusing on national and international economic
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Medical Tourism in India. A Boon or Curse? India’s annual earnings through Medical Tourism is all set to double to 8000 Crore Rupees [2000 million US dollars] by year 2012 according to a recent study. The main reasons the study claims why medical tourism would flourish in India include much more lower medical costs for various surgical procedures such as bone narrow transparent‚ coronary bye-pass surgery‚ knee transplant and liver transplant as compared to western countries and even many of the
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the younger generations. iv)Greater Investments and Capital Formation The population will create a wider market.Hence it will attract the investors to invest on these items.This will lead to a net addition in the capital stock of the country. Disadvantages of Overpopulation i)Shortage of Food Grains With the increase in the population it becomes difficult to feed all the mouths properly as the agricultural sector of our country is still not mechanized.Also the increase in the population will put
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| Health and Wellness Tourism in Sri Lanka | Assignment | | Group 04 | | Course: HTE 385-2 Health and Adventure Tourism Lecturer: Mr.Manoj Samarathunga | Hospitality‚ Tourism and Events Management Degree Program Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka Acknowledgement First and foremost we offer Our sincerest gratitude to our dear sir‚ Mr. Manoj Samaranayake Who teaches us “Health & Adventure Tourism” And also has supported us to do our report‚ “Health
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Tourism Industry in India (Nov 2006) Contents Introduction Incredible India Boom Time Economic Growth Engine India on the World Map The scene till now Govt Policies and Initiatives Open Eyes- Open Arms Challenges Conclusion References Introduction It is boom time for India ’s Tourism and Hospitality sector. Driven by a surge in business traveller arrivals and a soaring interest in India as a tourist destination‚ the year 2006 has been the best
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Emerging Markets Industry Guide Description: The Hotels & Motels - Top 5 Emerging Markets Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Hotels & Motels industry in each of the Top 5 Emerging markets (Brazil‚ China‚ India‚ Mexico and South Africa). The report includes easily comparable data on market value‚ volume‚ segmentation and market share‚ plus full five year market forecasts. It examines future problems‚ innovations and potential growth areas within the market
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Centre for Insurance and Risk Management Delivering Micro Health Insurance Through the National Rural Health Mission A Strategy Paper Rupalee Ruchismita‚ Imtiaz Ahmed and Suyash Rai August 2007 Rupalee Ruchismita (rupalee.ruchismita@ifmr.ac.in) and Imtiaz Ahmed (imtiaz@ifmr.ac.in) are with the Centre for Insurance and Risk Management at IFMR‚ Chennai (http://ifmr.ac.in/cirm). Suyash Rai is with the ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition‚ Pune. The views expressed in this note are entirely
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Perspectives Public Health in India: Dangerous Neglect Public health services‚ which reduce a population’s exposure to disease through such measures as sanitation and vector control‚ are an essential part of a country’s development infrastructure. In India‚ policies have focused largely on medical services. Public health services‚ and even implementation of basic public health regulations‚ have been neglected. Various organisational issues also militate against the rational deployment of personnel
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