apr 19th, 2009
guaranteed this is not written by james astill. must be over his dead body.
or, frightening thought -- now that the chinese are not doing so well, are limeys beginning to kiss indian ass, too?
naah, they know indians are happy to be flunkeys to whites, so why should they bother?
anyway, the innovations from aravind eye care, narayana hrudayalaya and jaipur foot are already well-known and widely discussed. in particular, c k prahalad has been trumpeting them as part of the 'bottom of the pyramid' story.
neverthless, most medical tourists go off to thailand or singapore. the general ambience in indian hospitals does not seem to appeal to the average medical tourist. even arabs who used to frequent india now go to thailand. (but that's probably because they can get a little R&R in patpong on the side. kamathipura is less depraved than patpong).
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13496367
1 comment:
Reading on some of those comments on at economist article shows the ignorance and arrogance of some of the folks, that there is no research happens outside of the western world, and therefore costs are expensive in the west.
How does one come to that conclusion, and how do we counter those? NASA can launch a satellite at a fraction of what ISRO would charge, but that does not mean ISRO copies every technology right?
Am I wrong?
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