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‘Medical tourism could spike if global insurance firms cover treatments’

Once insurance companies start covering treatment expenses for foreign patients coming to India, medical tourism numbers could shoot up exponentially, a top Apollo Hospitals official has said. "Global…

'Medical tourism could spike if global insurance firms cover treatments'
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Once insurance companies start covering treatment expenses for foreign patients coming to India, medical tourism numbers could shoot up exponentially, a top Apollo Hospitals official has said. "Global insurance companies enabling international usage automatically... and not just enabling... (but) encouraging will help save (patients) a lot of money," Apollo Hospitals Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddy said. Speaking to PTI on the sidelines of the Garmin Health Summit in Bangkok, Reddy…

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