There is real debate going on about Medical Tourism regarding the size of industry, trends everywhere.  Now it is almost clear that Medical Tourism as a business is not as big as initially estimated by companies like Deloitte & Touche.  At the same time, one has to agree that it is slowly but surely increasing.

South Korea is attracting patients from neighbouring countries and is on path to compete with Thailand especially for cosmetic surgeries.

Fire Accident in AMRI Hospital, Kolkata a.k.a Calcutta, India is definitely not good news for Medical Tourism industry in India and it shows how important it is for a medical tourist to research the hospital in total not just the quality of Medical Treatment.

Here is an Interesting artcile analyzing the size of Medical Tourism Industry and latest Medical Tourism numbers.