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Expands medical tourism in the Middle East countries through telemedicine network
Kochi, June 5, 2009: In the wake of the recent boom in the medical tourism industry, Bangalore-based Narayana Hrudayalaya, the largest cardiac hospital in the world, has extended its healing hand to the patients from the Middle East and other Asian countries. Catering to patients from 73 countries, the hospital has successfully treated patients with cardiac ailments over the last 5 years.
The hospital has tied up with the Ministries of Health in both Malaysia and Oman. The Sultan of Oman and Narayana Hrudayalaya have agreed on the term that the hospital will deliver subsidized treatment for the patients from the region. Apart from this, the internationally renowned hospital is also associated with 23 medical tourism agencies across the world, that notify about any patient looking for treatment outside their country.
Narayana Hrudayalaya is serving as a conduit between patients and doctors in its effort to reach out to the international patients in need of immediate medical attention. A special association with a Dubai-based NGO Tareeq-Al-Zuhoor entitles 2,500 Iraqi children to be treated only at cost price at the hospital. The hospital has just treated the second batch of 22 children from Iraq through the NGO for heart ailments.
The services, however, are not only restricted to just precise meting out of treatment. Translators with expertise in languages like Arabic, Malay and Mandarin ensure that the patients do not face communication barrier in the absence of adults. Assistance is provided to the patients from the airport till they are handed over to the nurses trained specifically for international patients. A platter of multi-cuisine food to suite the palates of these patients coupled with a dedicated satellite to broadcast Arabic channels make sure that the patients feel at home.
Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, said, “We have come a long way since treating Noor Fatimah, the little kid from Pakistan, to treating more than 14000 patients from across the Asian and African countries. Countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are coping with limited resources and lack of medical expertise. This has been the driving force to seek healthcare outside the borders.”
Narayana Hrudayalaya’s Telemedicine network, the largest in the world, has treated more than 2.5 lakh people through their satellite uplinks. It is connected across 400 centers and allows easy accessibility to the medical expertise in Narayana Hrudayalaya from any part of the world.
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