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US seeks city's healing touchBy Rajesh Kumar, Section Health
KOLKATA: It seems to be a real turnaround for the city's medical scenario. Instead of Kolkatans flying abroad for treatment, patients from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada will soon be coming here for the healing touch.
The city-based Advanced Medical Research Institute (AMRI) signed an MoU with a US-based company, Habitat Health, on August 5 which will make arrangements for patients from the three western countries to come and get treated in Kolkata. That's not all. On Thursday, a Singapore-based company will visit the hospital to make a presentation on a similar proposal for patients from South-East Asian countries. With the signing of the MoU with Habitat Health, Kolkata has got linked with some other centres in the country where overseas agencies are scouting for health facilities to clear the huge backlog in the West. "We don't expect a huge turnout of patients from these countries in the very first year.
Even a small beginning will be good enough for us to create a proper impression in the minds of people," said S B Purakayastha, president, AMRI hospital. Among the services offered by AMRI - and especially in demand by westerners hoping to come here - are joint replacements, bypass surgeries, cosmetic surgeries and kidney transplant. "These medical procedures are time-consuming and expensive.
There is a huge waiting list in USA and UK for treatment, particularly in surgical procedures. With the facilities available here, foreign patients will be able to get themselves treated at a much earlier date and at cheaper rates," Purakayastha added. The hospital has started making accommodation and conveyance arrangements for foreign patients. Every need of the patient, right from the moment they step out of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport, will be the hospital's responsibility. Habitat Health will be sending ahead the names of patients interested in getting treated in Kolkata. The 365-bed AMRI hospital, spread over two buildings, has radiotherapy, cardiology, orthopaedics, trauma care, neurology, nephrology and urology in the super-specialty procedures. Officials of the US firm had inspected the AMRI facilities last month and also verified the infection control measures. Habitat Health studied the report for two weeks before agreeing to sign the MoU. The only point of contention was the issue of settling insurance claims. While the US company wanted insurance rules framed in the United States to be applicable here, the AMRI authorities insisted on Indian regulations. "They agreed to our terms. Otherwise it would have been very difficult for us to settle the claims," said Purakayastha. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1196815,curpg-2.cms
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