Sri Ramakrishna Hospital becomes the first hospital in Tamil Nadu to achieve certification (Certified since April 2018) from US-based Medical Travel Quality Alliance MTQUA for best practices in care, services and support for medical tourists and international patients.
The hospital spent almost one year reviewing existing operations and putting in place procedures and policies to comply with the international standards for quality of care and medical tourism best practices set by MTQUA. These recognize that international patients and medical travelers have special needs different from local patients due not just from foreign travel, language and cultural differences but also differences in care management and treatment protocols, medical cultures, styles of communication, and expectations.
The US-based organization studied key areas of the hospital’s operations including internet marketing, communication procedures, privacy and security measures, multicultural sensitivity, International Patient Services management, care support services and certain operations and business procedures that influence the quality of treatment and care a medical tourist receives.
A hospital, clinic or medical tourism agency receives medical tourism certification through a formal evaluation against standards of quality in 10 non-clinical areas that directly influence a medical tourist’s wellbeing and good results. The MTQUA evaluation team reviews how a hospital manages a medical tourist starting with the inquiry process, through the intake procedure, and finally care management after discharge and after the patient returns home.
Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA, https://mtqua.org), an independent international organization founded in 2009 to promote the special safety and quality needs in treatment and care of medical tourists, awards the Top 10 World’s Best Hospitals For Medical Tourists™ and publishes Best Practices in Medical Tourism. Medical tourism certification from MTQUA is the only global certification program in care and services for international patients for hospitals, clinics, treatment centers, service agencies, and related providers.
New buildings, state-of-the-art technology bound by a half-century of outstanding medical traditions and professional ethics
Its new 250-bed super-specialty facility, opened in 2018, is next door to the older 750-bed edifice on a sprawling medical campus. Here, world-class physicians and surgeons treat patients from across the globe in luxuriously appointed surroundings.
With a high staff-patient ratio, individual attention is at its highest.
Throughout the day, top-flight consultants and expertly trained staff make their way between the two buildings to offer advanced treatments and procedures ranging from advanced neurosurgery to chemotherapy to stem cell transplantation to organ transplants and so on.
The most advanced treatments
With a host of ‘firsts’ to its credit over the years, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital consistently stands at the edge of medicine in the nation.
Equipped with space-age medical technology matching global standards, the new super-specialty block outshines many of the more celebrated chain hospitals of India’s top cities. Some say that this hospital sets a higher bar for these larger, better known corporate hospitals to meet.
Service to society and excellence in medical treatment over profit
Established and run by the SNR Sons Trust, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital treats thousands of patients each year. The most advanced oncological procedures to treatments for everyday ailments we bring relief to patients from all walks of life.
Driven by our founding motive of providing accessible health care to all of society, patients receive the very best of care at virtually nominal cost.
We are the exception to the rule – a private hospital using state-of-the-art technology and cutting-edge surgical and medical techniques to deliver superior outcomes while driven by motives of empathy, service to society and excellence, and not by profit.
Service to international patients
Planning and preparation
- Medical visa invitation and embassy liaison
- Treatment Plan based on the given reports
- Financial – Insurance Information & Counseling where necessary
- Appointment scheduling on the day of your visit to hospital
- Accommodation arrangements
- Airport Transfers from Coimbatore International Airport and selected major international airports
During treatment
- Dedicated patient Coordinator
- 24/7 Translator Service
- Private Duty Nurse arrangement (if necessary)
- 24/7 Internet Access
- International Kitchen for global cuisine
- Concierge service to plan for stay beyond hospitalization
Assistance and follow up
- Assistance with Medical Records
- Assistance with prescriptions for medication
- Follow-up with clinical and admin staff
- Future appointment scheduling
- Consolidated final billing for medical and related services
EXPERIENCE WORLD-CLASS HEALTHCARE AT MTQUA CERTIFIED INDIA’s BEST HOSPITALS
- Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine
- Bariatric Surgery
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Breast Oncology
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Diabetology
- Emergency Medicine & Trauma
- Endocrinology
- ENT
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Gynecology
- Heart Transplantation
- Hepatology
- HPB & Liver Surgery
- Infectious Diseases
- Interventional Radiology
- Kidney Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation
- Lung Transplantation
- Medical Gastroenterology & Endoscopy
- Medical Oncology
- Minimal Invasive Surgery
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics & Joint Replacement
- Pediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiation Therapy
- Rheumatology
- Spinal Surgery
- Surgical Gastroenterology
- Surgical Oncology
- Transfusion Medicine
- Urology
- Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Chennai, a low-cost medical tourism destination
Many of the corporate employers in the United States fund part of the medical expenses of it employees. Many of them are seriously looking at medical outsourcing in order to cut costs. The reason is not far off to see!. Cheaper Medical Care! According to the TIME magazine, while it costs approximately $175000 to undergo a heart bypass in the US, it costs only $10000 in India.
India has one more advantage other than being a cheaper medical tourism destination. English is widely spoken and understood by almost everybody, especially in the urban areas. Everything is taken care of by the concerned hospital. Hotel reservations, food, transport and last but not the least a holiday during the recuperating period.
It is nothing surprising to note that India is posed to take giant strides in the field of medical tourism. The population of India is over 1 billion and growing at the rate of 2% annually. The huge Indian Middle Class is over 300 million and demands quality healthcare.
A quick look at the mind boggling of figures and the Indian Healthcare Industry and medical tourism in India:
15, 000 hospitals
875, 000 hospital beds
500, 000 doctors
737, 000 nurses
170 medical colleges
350000 retail pharmacies
18, 000 new doctors every year
(Figures courtesy Ernst & Young, India)
In addition, rural and semi urban areas have 23,000 public health centers. In spite of this infrastructure, private healthcare dominates the healthcare market and the medical tourism industry in India.
Over the past twenty years, Indian private sector companies have set up corporate hospitals, the chief among them being Apollo, Fortis, Max, Escorts, and Wookhardt. These state of the art corporate hospitals conduct complicated surgeries like bone-marrow transplants, open-heart surgeries, and kidney transplants. Another area of corporate presence is the area of diagnostic services. The important companies which have made a mark for themselves in this field include Metropolis Health Services, SRL-Ranbaxy, and Lister.
Apollo Hospitals, started at Chennai, is one of the earliest corporate hospitals in India catering to foreign tourists looking to the the medical tourism indusrty in India for cheap medical treatment, and this group has its presence in over six countries, and operates about 35 hospitals across India.
India welcomed 180,000 medical tourists in the year 2004 when the boom is the Indian medical tourism suddenly took off. There is a sudden surge in medical tourists from Africa, South and West Asia as well as from the developed countries. Some areas in India offer a highly specialized as well as a low cost in a particular branch of healthcare. Chennai, Tamil Nadu has emerged as a prime destination for cardiac care, quality eye care etc
The status of eye care in India is highly impressive. India has more than 10,000 eye doctors and there are more lasik centers in India than even is some of the developed countries. Tamil Nadu leads the field as far as eye care is concerned. Shankara Nethralya and Arvind Hospitals at Madurai are renowned. Arvind Hospitals at Madurai, Tamilnadu conducts the highest number of cataract surgeries in the world.
It is only Thailand that offers stiff competition to India in the field of Medical Tourism. It is only plastic surgery and breast augumentation surgery that are cheaper in Thailand than in India.
A comparative study of costs in the two countries are given below.
| Procedure | India | Thailand |
| Bone marrow transplant | US$ 30,000 | US$ 62,500 |
| Liver transplant | US$ 40,000 | US$ 75,000 |
| Open Heart Surgery (CABG) | US$ 4,400 | US$ 14,250 |
| Hip Replacement | US$ 4,500 | US$ 6,900 |
| Knee Surgery | US$ 4,500 | US$ 7,000 |
| Hysterectomy | US$ 511 | US$ 2,012 |
| Gall Bladder removal | US$ 555 | US$ 1,755 |
Cost is not the only factor weighing heavily in India´s favor as far as medical tourism is concerned. The success rate of coronary bypass patients in the India is 98.7 percent while it is only 97.5 percent in the United States.
Sri Ramakrishna Hospital (Multi-Specialty)
MTQUA Certified World Class Hospital
No: 395, Sarojini Naidu Road,
Sidhapudur,
Coimbatore.
Tamilnadu, India
info@sriramakrishnahospital.com
+91 422 4500 000
International patients +91-984-2285100
https://www.sriramakrishnahospital.com/
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