[Assam] Fw: PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT

[Rajib Das]

C-da,

Have you had anyone in your family come down with the
curse of cancer? Have you roamed the aisles of Tata
Cancer Hospital to see how many from the NE are there?
Have you asked anyone how money is pooled together
from family members to make the journey to Mumbai get
a fighting chance? You wouldn't ask the question who
it is for.

If folks from the US and UK are making a beeline for
poor old India to get access to healthcare, it DOES
indeed speak volumes about the state of healthcare
here - these big, rich nations having to send their
folks abroad.

> *** That must be tragic. Them enemy can have the 
> Apollo's services, but the good
> citizenry are deprived, all because of  the cursed
> ------- :-)?????

If only you would stop to ponder over the answer :-)
Is Apollo crazy to set up one in Guwahati. Who knows
who will come and shoot the medical director for not
paying up? Or worse, the patients - not paying up? In
our parts of the world, that is a real possibility.





--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

> 
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> 
> 
> >  > And no, big brother GOI is not quite directing
> >it.
> 
> 
> **** Well, that certainly proves that India can 
> do things even without govt. intervention.  Now 
> the question is who can afford to use these 
> services? Is it for dollar/euro bearing 
> foreigners, the select few of the newly rich 
> desis, or the general population, including the 
> sector that does not feature in that shining 
> India's demography?
> 
> >  >Unfortunately while Dhaka could attract an
> Apollo
> >hospital, Guwahati still hasn't. Amazing isn't it.
> 
> *** That must be tragic. Them enemy can have the 
> Apollo's services, but the good
> citizenry are deprived, all because of  the cursed
> ------- :-)?????
> BTW, who are these Assamese who can afford to go 
> to the Apollos of India? Is it a broad cross 
> section of the population or only those select 
> few?
> 
> *** In the meantime, the need for  public places 
> of health-care excellence must have been 
> abandoned entirely since it is an impossibility 
> in desi-demokrasy!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >On 10/26/06, Rajib Das
> <<mailto:rajibdas at yahoo.com>rajibdas at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >Mikeda,
> >
> >Great idea. It is already happening - medical
> >outsourcing in India. It is somewhat like the early
> >day
> >of IT outsourcing. Roadwarriors of TCS going out
> and
> >selling offshore IT services. A friend of mine
> >branched out from IT into setting up a medical
> clinic
> >in Toronto and then tying up with Apollo Hospitals
> to
> >send patients there for certain kinds of surgeries.
> In
> >addition to 10 lakh healthworkers, you need medical
> >infrastructure of a high order. And other regions
> are
> >making giant leaps. Somewhere near Noida, VC
> companies
> >from Silicon Valley are lining up to invest in
> >Medicity - a huge town full of hospitals and health
> >workers catering to the offshore medical services
> >market. And no, big brother GOI is not quite
> directing
> >it.
> >
> >Unfortunately while Dhaka could attract an Apollo
> >hospital, Guwahati still hasn't. Amazing isn't it.
> >Given that train loads of people still make the
> >journies to Mumbai and Vellore and Chennai every
> year
> >with their patients. All we have in Guwahati is
> >Downtown hospital which follows in letter and
> spirit
> >the Hotel California song ("You can check out
> anytime
> >but you may never leave" (unless you are dead)).
> It's
> >a shame.
> >
> >
> >
> >--- mc mahant
>
<<mailto:mikemahant at hotmail.com>mikemahant at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >---------------------------------
> >
> >Very Good!
> >
> >Now look at the same problem low-budgetly:
> >
> >United Group Programs, a health insurer in Boca
> Raton,
> >Florida, began offering the programme six months
> ago.
> >With medical costs skyrocketing in the United
> States
> >where Americans spend an estimated 16 per cent of
> the
> >GDP on healthcare and in Europe, the idea of going
> >abroad to get healthy is becoming more and more
> >attractive, Newsweek reported.
> >
> >More than 150,000 North American and European are
> >currently seeking medical treatment abroad, it
> said.
> >Giving instances of the savings, Newsweek quoted
> >GlobalChoice Healthcare, a firm arranging foreign
> >procedures, as saying that angioplasty which costs
> >$50,000 in an American hospital can be performed
> for
> >merely $6000 in Mohali in India. Can make @ $2000
> in
> >Bhalukpung,Dorongiri,Jonai,ŠŠ.MAKE IT POSSIBLE
> THRO'
> >"THE MISSION" .Ms Rini Kakoty in London will act as
> >facilitator!
> >
> >The magazine quotes Abacas International, a leading
> >travel facilitator, estimating that medical tourism
> to
> >Asia could generate up to $4.4 billion by 2012.
> >*****************
> >
> >Assam needs to create 10 Lakh Health workers( each
> >worker on a 5 year service contract)..Idea is to
> >create a delicate, youthful ,caring ,polite band of
> >Health Care Managers with masterity in American
> >,English, Russian Spanish, Mandarin------ each one
> >highly educatedin Paramedics to
> receive,care,love,-be
> >friend-philosopher-guide to:
> >
> >·        1 Lakh Retirees' beds in Himalayan
> foothills:
> >treated like beloved Grandparents-till they die
> >
> >·        Anytime 2 Lakh health tourists who will go
> >away after he/she becomes cured
> >
> >·        Anytime 2 Lakh recuperating from
> >Trauma/Operations/recovery from illnesses
> >
> >And corresponding infrastructure like
> >housing/furniture/Linen/Catering/entertainment
> >/telecoms.
> >
> >Need is NOW! No better place than Assam-Himalayan
> >foothill riversides.
> >
> >mm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >---------------------------------
> >From: "Barua25"
> <<mailto:barua25 at hotmail.com>barua25 at hotmail.com>
> >To: <<mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org>
> >Subject: [Assam] Fw: PERSONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT
> >Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:54:55 -0500
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