Kochi, Dec 3: The metro cities of Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kochi have been identified as the top medical tourist destinations in the country.

According to the Confederation of Indian Industries, almost 40% of medical value travelers choose Chennai because of the city's high standards in delivering medical care. The key areas of care include hip replacements, cardiac bypasses, bone marrow transplants, eye surgeries and alternative medical procedures.

The cosmopolitan city of Mumbai hosts a number of super specialty modern medicine hospitals as well as a few established Ayurvedic care centres and cosmetic surgery centres.

New Delhi excels in general surgery, eye surgery, heart care, and neurosurgery and has some of the top hospitals in the country.

Ahmedabad is an upcoming city on the scene, and discerning foreigners find the potential of the place on the medical value treatment map. It has some of the top hospitals with excellent facilities.

Negligible wait time is the advantage of Bangalore, which also is home to some of the best hospitals in the country and very experienced and talented professionals.

Kochi, too, has some the best hospitals and brilliant professionals along with ample scope for tourism in the sylvan environs of God’s Own Country. The Ayurveda care it offers is another advantage.

India’s key advantage continues to be the price factor and the quality professionals to deliver care. The packaging with Ayurveda by some of the hospitals has come as an added attraction. Post the pandemic the medical tourism sector in India is reinvigorated and hospitals are receiving more and more patients from different parts. South Asian countries and the Gulf region dominate the flow of medical tourists to the country followed by CIS countries and Africa.