There is a high demand for Fiji patients travelling to India for medical treatment or medical investigation, it is well known that India is a prime medical tourism destination but unfortunately for patients coming from Fiji they are charged or quoted exorbitantly high prices by the middle men consultants and I have experienced. The only seem to be one or two who are providing and honest quotes with the prime objective of the patient welfare. Most of this so-called middle men consultants that advertised through Facebook and Instagram etc provide quotations that are for western patients such as from the America, Canada,Europe, Australia and NZ. Unfortunately the purchasing power and the strength of the currencies of this mentioned countries is much higher compared to what we can afford and made worse why the high airfare when traveling to India. I’m writing this because this is what I personally experienced and I have noticed other patients have experienced this and some I’m not sure of the exact numbers, have had bad experiences but the Public Health Care system and services here in Fiji is also questionable. As you may have read in the media online.
True! In fact, govt of india should work with Fiji government to improve hospital infrastructure, capabilities as well as knowledge exchange in Fiji.
To the question of exorbitant prices being charged for Fiji patients by touts and middlemen, I think there is a scope of some Fiji groups/ organizations to work with Indian groups/ companies and negotiate better fee structure. Visharad, there is a good potential to work on this.
Sadar Pranam Dhanyavad Thanks Sir, for your reply and not mincing your words and stating them as “touts/middleman”
Sir,I fully agree with that [quote=“Hbdoctor, post:2, topic:295”]
there is a scope of some Fiji groups/ organizations to work with Indian groups/ companies and negotiate better fee structure.
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I hope this platform can lead into that direction.