Superficial Boasting

Today, Force India team made a history, after it ranked 2nd in the Belgian Grand Prix. Every newspaper and TV news channel are covering this story 24/7. But, I think this seems to be Superficial boasting. I don't understand, what so Indian about this success,the Giancarlo Fisichella, is an Italian driver, most of the car parts are borrowed from other International Car makers. The only Indian about the whole event was the team is owned by Indian Industrialist, Vijay Mallaya and second thing the name of the team, i.e. Force India.

The same thing happened with success of Slumdog Millionaire, though the plot was setup in India, and most of the actors are Indian, but the concept behind the movie was from a British Director, but most of the Indians claim that its the India's success.

I will not totally disagree with claim, but we have to come above from this superficial boasting, and really have to come with products which are solely from India, a product which is solemnized from Concept till execution by an Indian, and then only we can solely move away from Superficial boasting.

Thanks&Regards,
Mohit

Medical Tourism

In laymen terms Medical Tourism is like outsourcing of Medical facilities , so that these facilities are available at cheap rates to its consumers.

Need for Medical Tourism :
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The cost of Medical facilities are quite exorbitant in US and European territories, while the same facilities can be obtained at 1/3rd the rate, with the same level of quality in countries like, Thailand, India, China etc.

Potential of Medical Tourism Business :
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Though in India concept of Medical Tourism is still in its nascent state, but as biggies like Apollo Hospitals started looking into viability of this business concept, Medical Tourism gained momentum. More and more foreign patients are turning their faces towards India to get better and cheap quality of Medical facilities in India. Some analyst says that the pace at which this industry is growing, it may surpass IT outsourcing in coming years.

Current hassles of Medical Tourism:
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1. No standard defined legal format : Govt. still has to define a standard legal framework for Medical Tourism, and it has to come up with favorable policies both for the producers and consumers of Medical Tourism.

2. Infrastructure: Leave govt. hospital, even the private hospitals in India doesn't match with hospitals in any of the International standards. Condition of International airports are below International standards, hassles in Custom clearance, Visa processing, etc. such kind of infrastructure problems create delays in providing Medical facilities to the tourists. So in order to tap multi-billion dollar opportunity and to compete against other emerging markets, Indian Govt. has to tie up with private players and lay a plan to built a world class medical and transport infrastructure and also streamline its bureaucratic processes.

Thanks&Regards,
Mohit Kumar