India favourite medical destination for Omanis
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Patients in Oman are taking full advantage of India’s emergence as a medical tourism hotspot and are returning happy after receiving treatment in a country which is just a few hours away from here, a report said. Times of Oman quoted Moza Nasser Al Waili, an Omani woman patient of carcinoma, who sought treatment in New Delhi and was back in Oman after a month.Her son, Sulaiman Salim Abdullah Al Waili, told the paper: “She was thoroughly investigated before the surgery was planned. She was rehabilitated for two weeks after the surgery. The treatment went off well.”Zaid Al Siyabi, a senior official at the Department of Treatment Abroad, Ministry of Health, Oman, was reported saying that out of 653 patients sent by the ministry for treatment abroad in 2010, 550 patients opted for India. “Among the other countries we send our patients to include the UK, Germany, Thailand, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Spain, France, Netherlands, and the UAE,” he statedBesides the Ministry of Health, other government agencies like the Royal Oman Police, Royal Guard of Oman, Diwan of Royal Court Affairs and a number of private agencies regularly fly patients from Oman to India and other countries for treatment. According to Embassy of India, some 1,018 Omani nationals obtained medical visas from the embassy last year and 778 took medical attendant visas to accompany them during their treatment period in India during the same period. In the first four months this year, as many as 228 Omani nationals have already obtained medical visas and 189 have obtained medical attendant visas to accompany them.A 10% increase in the number of medical visa seekers from Oman to India is expected in the current year as compared to last year, the report said.
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