Kerala emerging as hub for medical tourism
(sz) Thiruvananthapuram • Kerala has stolen a march over other Indian States in medical tourism, with its new crop of private super specialty hospitals offering services across various systems of medicine under roof.
However, the new branch reproductive tourism is catching up in the State, with couples desperate to have a baby availing of facilities at some of the in vitro fertilisation clinics at different centres in the State.
In recent years the term reproductive tourism has been increasingly used to refer to couples traveling from their country of residence to another in order to receive specific fertility treatment not allowed or not available in their own country.
A trend has been noticed of infertile couples in the West employing Indian women as surrogates. The Indian Council of Medical Research estimates it could become a $6-billion-a-year industry. more…
From: »The Peninsula«