by super | Aug 22, 2023 | Hospitals Translator, Medical Industry, Medical Tourism, Medical Tourism Hospitals India, Treatments
INTRODUCTION
Medical tourism occurs when patients travel internationally to obtain privately funded medical care. Medical tourism is a global practice, with hospitals and clinics in a diverse array of destination countries vying to treat such international patients. India is one of these destination countries. In this document we provide an overview of Bangalore, India’s nascent medical tourism industry. This overview has been generated based on information gleaned from media and policy sources, field notes taken during site visits to public and private health care facilities in the country, immersive observational research,
and informal conversations with various stakeholders in Bangalore’s medical tourism industry.
Our research group is interested in developing a better understanding of the health equity impacts of medical tourism on destination countries. In other words, we are interested in understanding if and how medical tourism is helpful and/or harmful to people living in destination countries and their health. India is one of four countries that our work is focused on, which is why we have produced this profile. The medical tourism industries in Barbados, Guatemala, and Mexico are also being examined. We are studying the medical tourism industries and their impacts in these countries as part of an international grant funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. You can learn more about our research
In the sections that follow we offer some general information on Bangalore and its health system before going into detail about key developments in its medical tourism industry. Complementing the main text, five Appendices provide additional detailed insights. Appendix 1 offers a content analysis of the media coverage of medical tourism in Bangalore. In Appendix 2 we provide a narrative synthesis of policy documents regarding medical tourism in Bangalore, Karnataka and India. Appendix 3 is a summary of key agencies and actors involved in medical tourism development in Bangalore and India. Appendix 4 is a map of the medical tourism facilities in Bangalore, and Appendix 5 offers the trade and investment treaties in India.
1.0 THE CONTEXTUAL SETTING
1.1 The Karnataka State
Bangalore is the capital city of the state of Karnataka, one of the four southern states of India. The state has a geographical area of 191,791 km2, or 5.83% of
India’s total geographical area, making it the eighth largest Indian state. Karnataka has a very diverse set of cultures, geographies, and languages, and is known for its emphasis on intellectual capital. It is also the only state which shares borders with all the other southern states. It has four natural regions –
the coastal region, the Western Ghats Region, the northern plains and the southern plains (Planning and Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka [PSD-GOK], 2006).
Karnataka has 30 districts, 176 sub-districts and 29,340 villages (Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs [GOI-MOHA], 2011). It has a total population of 61,130,704. The population density is 319 people per km2. The rural population of Karnataka comprises nearly 62% of the population, Figure 1 – Location of Karnataka State although this is down from nearly 66% in 2001, indicating increasing urbanization in the region. The literacy rate in the state is 75.6% (Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, 2011). The sex ratio is one of the most balanced in the country (968 females for every 1,000 males) in comparison with the national sex ratio (933 females for every 1,000 males). The Gender Equity Index (GEI) for education enrolment in Karnataka in
Figure 2 – Location of Bangalore
2009-10 was .9882, where 1 equals perfect equality in male and female education. For India the GEI for education was .66 in 2012 (Social Watch, 2012). Karnataka is ranked 12th in India on the Human Development Index (HDI) at 0.519; higher than the overall HDI for India at 0.467 (Gandhi, et al., 2011). The life expectancy at birth (projected for 2011-2015) is 68 years for males and 72.3 years for females (Central Bureau of Health Intelligence [CBHI], 2011).
1.2 Bangalore
Bangalore, officially named Bengaluru, lies in the southern part of Karnataka It has a pleasant climate throughout the year, with moderate temperatures ranging from 18°C to 32°C. It is the fifth largest metropolis in India, with a total population of 9,588,910 in Greater Bangalore, nearly 91% of whom reside in the urban area. Population growth in Bangalore was 46.68% over the past decade. The sex ratio is less balanced with 908 females for every 1,000 males. The literacy rate in Bangalore is 84% (GOI-MOHA, 2011). Bangalore is also a knowledge hub, with premier institutes like the Indian Institute of Science, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Institute of Management, Indian Space Research Organization, and many more housed in the city. Also, due to its prominent IT industry it is also known as the ‘Silicon City’ of India. Due to its greenery, parks, and tree lined streets, it is also called the ‘Garden City’ of India. In 2000, Wired magazine identified 46 global hubs of technological innovation; Bangalore ranked 11th and was given a score of 13 out of a possible 16 points (United National Development Programmed, 2001).
1.3 Economy of Karnataka
Karnataka’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for 2012-2013 (at constant prices) was 56 billion USD with a per capita income of 818 USD, and a growth rate of 5.9% over the previous year. The three most important sectors contributing to the state GSDP were the agriculture sector with 15.3%, the industry sector with 25.9%, and the service sector with 58.8%, which has become increasingly important in recent years owing to the IT sector boom. In 2009-2010, the overall unemployment rate in the state was 4.2% and the youth unemployment rate was at 7%, comparing favorably with overall figures from India of 6.6% and 9.4% respectively. In 2009-2010, 23.6% of the population (14.2 million people) lived below the poverty line, even though there was an improvement of 9.7 percentage points when compared with the 2004-2005 data (Planning, Programmed Monitoring & Statistics Department, Government of Karnataka, 2012-13). The Gini coefficient of consumption, an equality measure where 0 equates to perfect equality (all persons have an equal portion of what is being measured) and 1 equates to perfect inequality (one person has all of what is being measured), for Karnataka in 2004-2005 was 0.23 for rural areas and 0.36 for urban areas (PSD-GOK, 2006).
1.4 Health Indicators
The infant mortality rate in 2011 for Karnataka was 35 per 1,000 live births, while the corresponding figure for India was 44 (Sample Registration System [SRS], 2012). The maternal mortality ratio in 2007-2009 was 178 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births, while for India the ratio was 212 (Office of Registrar General, 2011). The crude birth rate for Karnataka was 18.8 per 1,000 people, while India’s was 21.8; the crude death rate was 7.1 for both Karnataka and India; the natural growth rate for Karnataka was 11.7 per 1,000 people, India’s rate was 14.7 (SRS, 2012). Table 1 provides an overview of the various indicators for Karnataka and India.
In Karnataka, 71.6% of births were attended by skilled personnel, both within institutions and home deliveries, in 2007-2008; while for India overall it was 52.3% (International Institute for Population Sciences [IIPS], 2010). Karnataka has a high level of childhood immunization, with 76.7% of children having complete immunization, 85.1% immunized for measles, and 84.8% for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus; compared to 54%, 53.5%, and 63.4% in India overall, respectively (IIPS, 2010). In 2011, among children less than 5 years of age, there were 49 deaths from acute diarrheal disease (out of 591,989 cases), 182 deaths due to pneumonia (out of 1,629,997 cases), one death each due to diphtheria and measles, and no deaths due to neonatal tetanus or whooping cough (CBHI, 2011). Overall, Karnataka’s health indicators are in the middlegame in comparison with the other 27 Indian states.
by super | Aug 22, 2023 | Medical Industry, Medical Tourism Hospitals India, Treatments
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Gulf Corner Medical Tourism, Bengaluru offers 250 beds for in-patent treatment. In a Best Hospital Survey in 2013 by THE Week-A C Nielsen, Gulf Corner Medical Tourism was ranked the 2nd best multi-specialty hospital in Bangalore.
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by super | Aug 22, 2023 | Hospitals Translator, Medical Tourism, Medical Tourism Hospitals India
Best Multispeciality Hospital in Bangalore India
India is one of the fastest growing medical destinations in the world. It is estimated that the medical tourism rate in India will have an expected annual growth of 30% by the end of 2015. That would mean, that the ground-breaking medical infrastructures and facilities that India has been proposing, is gradually (yet very effectively) having an immense inflow of foreigners. Why this attraction, you ask?
The most evident reason that one could derive would be low cost, and one would not be all that wrong in thinking so, but it is more than just that! It is the growth of India in terms of its technology and its standards.
Indian medical institutions are equipped with medical and therapeutic procedures that are combined with world class facilities making it an ideal location for cost effective and high quality medical solutions that are of international standards.
A city like Bangalore would be at the centre of this attraction because of its social scenario it is a salad bowl! People from different cultures come to Bangalore with disparate mother tongues. Thus the only common language, English has become quite widespread; the foreigners would not find much language barrier in Bangalore. Moreover, Bangalore has some of the latest equipment and the cost for medical treatment here is comparatively cheaper which makes it a hub for medical tourism.
Bangalore,a cultural mix
Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka. With a population of over 6 million, Bangalore is the third largest city in India and 27th largest city in the world. Bangalore is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country, with over 62% of the city’s population comprising of migrants from other parts of India. A multicultural city, Bangalore has experienced a dramatic social and cultural change with the advent of liberalization and expansion of the information technology and business process outsourcing industries in India. IT companies in Bangalore employ over 35% of India’s pool of 1 million IT professionals.
Places of interest
The garden city of Bangalore is famous for its beautiful parks, avenues, palaces, museums, impressive buildings, heritage centers and excellent shopping malls. These qualities make it a magnificent place to visit, a delightful destination in its own right as well as the gateway to Southern India.
by super | Aug 9, 2023 | Hospitals Translator, Medical Tourism, Medical Tourism Hospitals India
Being a medical interpreter is a highly specialized profession. It is for this reason that many translators do not dare to go into this field. In fact, many think that they need an official medical qualification in order to be a medical interpreter. In general, interpreters in healthcare settings must be fluent in a language pair. In order to become a certified medical translator, a person requires certification, pass language proficiency tests and gain experience.
With the increase in a number of hospitals today, the demand and importance of interpreters in healthcare are also increasing day after day. It involves the translation of numerous documents, informed consent forms, study agreements and budgets, patient information etc. Moreover, it covers translation of medical device, patient’s medical histories, medical market research surveys and more.
Importance of Certified Medical Translator
Have you ever wondered why interpreters are important in every healthcare? The reason is very simple. In order to improve the service offered by any health care center, the figure of a medical translator is crucial. Interpreters have the ability to provide extra assistance both to doctors or any other medical specialist and patients. Some examples to prove the need for a medical translator in any health center are
To help patients with legal advice
To give proper medical instruction through easy communication
To save lives during emergency situations
Certified medical translators are a necessity of working with and overcoming verbal barricades in patient’s relation. Unfortunately, according to the medical interpreter’s stories, most of the healthcare organizations services are either poor or have no translator services at all. Therefore, patients who are limited to LEP (English – proficient) often do not receive quality health care.
Generally, patients suffer when a doctor and his patient have unsatisfactory communication. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that due to an improper or incomplete conversation between doctors and patients, misdiagnosis and improper treatment are far more likely to occur.
Types of medical interpreter
There are two types of Medical interpreters, general Medical interpreter, and Specialist Medical translators.
General Medical Interpreter: This type of translator requires having a basic knowledge of the medical field. His work is to translate documents for common people (who have the least knowledge of medical). They work for the administration of hospitals by providing patients with accurate information. However, these medical interpreters need training to understand the basics of medical idioms and other aspects that are important to understand and translate.
Specialist Medical Interpreter: On the other hand, a specialist medical translate technical and scientific records. These documents contain specific information such as medical journal articles. Therefore, a specialist translator must possess a thorough understanding of the specialization, including all the medical terms. The interpreter is given the complete job of interpretation and translation of the medical documents.
Reasons healthcare providers need interpreters
In general, patients need the assistance of a certified translator to understand and rely on information given by the doctor. Therefore, accurate medical translation is essential to provide the highest quality health care. There can be various advantages and disadvantages of using interpreters in health care. Below are a few advantages of using translation services in the healthcare industry:
Reduces patient risk
Complies with government regulation
Raises the quality of medical care
Provides accurate medical histories
Boosts your community reputation
Furthermore, they are now a major requirement in hospitals and medical associations, helping doctors and patients to work together. The biggest advantage of having medical interpreters is to make the job easier and faster.
Disadvantages of not having an interpreter in health care centers
Inaccurate medical documents and reports
Increases risk of misunderstanding and misdiagnosis
Inaccurate communication
Weakens patients satisfaction
Fails to comply with laws and regulation
Minimizes reimbursements and maximizes penalties
There are many cases happening around medical industry is facing issues of miscommunication between patients and doctors. This is the reason why medical interpreters are important. Medical companies and hospitals are investing on medical interpreters and companies that offer the service. This makes things easier and communication becomes smooth.
by super | Aug 9, 2023 | Hospitals Translator, Medical Tourism, Medical Tourism Hospitals India
Hospital translation services can be critically important. A mistranslation in medical subject matter can be a matter of life and death. Hospitals across the United States depend on Language Scientific’s translators who are are medical experts, not just language experts.
The US population of individuals who speak limited or no English is growing rapidly. According to the US Census Bureau results in 2000, 18% of the people aged 5 and over (47.0 million) speak a language other than English at home. To meet the needs of the growing LEP (limited English proficiency) population, hospitals work to provide information pertaining to health and insurance coverage in various languages, from Albanian to Chinese to Spanish.
As regulations for hospitals and healthcare providers are updated, all patient-facing materials must be updated as well and distributed to patients in a language they can understand. It is widely acknowledged that insufficient access to information and healthcare services adversely affects the quality of healthcare and can have serious, even life threatening, consequences. Language Scientific’s patient data translation practice, specializing in medical imaging report translations and telemedicine helps to make sure all information is accurately localized.
Language Scientific has been a longstanding partner for hospitals, providing comprehensive and customized localization solutions. We work in over 215 languages covering virtually all languages encountered at hospitals in the United States. Our strict internal quality control protocol allows us to provide a Certificate of Translation Accuracy with each translation project.
HIPAA Compliant, Patient-Centered Translation Services
All our translations follow HIPAA compliant processes and all interpreters and translators sign a strict code of conduct and confidentiality agreement to safeguard patient privacy.
In a hospital setting, translations may have any number of target audiences, from LEP patients to medical students, doctors to employees or even medical researchers. Our medical translators for hospital translation projects understand medical content and terminology and can communicate at target’s level of understanding.
We match our translators and interpreters medical expertise and native language to the specific needs of each project. It is our precise matching of subject matter with target matching that makes us unique. For example, all patient-facing materials must be written at the patients’ reading levels.
Depending on a given project, we may select translators with a Masters of Public Health, a Register Nurse, Doctor of Internal Medicine or a specialist in renal cell carcinoma to ensure the final translation will be most effective.
Sample documents we translate for Hospitals
Our Medical Interpreters and Translators have expertise to cover a wide variety of hospital document translations. Here is a sample of the types of documents we translate for hospitals:
Applications
Hospital Brochures
Patient Education Materials
Aftercare Patient Instructions
Hospital Communications
Patient Handbooks and Brochures
Case Report Forms
Hospital Employee Manuals
Patient Records
Clinical Study Protocols
Hospital Surveys and Questionnaires
Plan Participation Forms
Denial Letters
Hospital Transcriptions translation
Product Labels
Directions for Use (DFU)
Informational Videos
Public Health and Hospital pamphlets
Discharge Patient Instructions
Informed Consent Forms (ICF)
Public Health surveys
Eligibility Notices
Journal Articles
Research Reports
Financial Assistance Forms
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Signs and Placards
Healthcare Booklets
Medical Records
Terminations of Services and Benefits
HIPAA Waivers
Modification Notices
Lab Test Results
Hospital and Insurance Reports
Notice of Right to File Grievances and Appeal
Patient Medical History
Other Hospital Language Services We Offer
In addition to medical translation services, Language Scientific offers a variety of language services to hospitals, including:
Website Translation—Make your website acceptable, usable and culturally acceptable to any language group
Multimedia and eLearning Localization—Customize your patient education, employee trainings and all multimedia content into the language(s) of your choice
Interpreting—Provide accurate communications for conferences, doctor consultations and all hospital-LEP interactions
On-Demand Phone Interpreting—Access qualified interpreters 24/7 365 days a year in over 150 languages
Medical Transcription—Top-quality, accurate transcription of medical records
Our Hospital Clients
We is honored to provide expert healthcare translation services to a large number of major hospitals and academic medical centers in the U.S. and around the world. The following is an ever-growing list of hospital clients we serve.
Digital Hospital Translation Services
Digital health, telemedicine, and AI are transforming many aspects of traditional hospital services beyond EHR (electronic health records) to achieve improved care delivery, raised operational efficiency, and enhanced patient experience. Hospitals around the globe use a variety of digital technologies such as automation, medical robots, remote diagnostics, and portable monitor devices to treat both inpatients and outpatients. Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore provides expert translation services for all areas of the digital hospital supply chain. We translate software applications, hardware labels and instruction manuals, as well as patient education and physician training courses with accuracy and speed. To learn more, please visit Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore Digital Health Translation Services.
Patient Document Translation Services
Hospitals must accurately translate a variety of patient documents such as admissions policies, advance directives procedures, patient rights and responsibilities, and hospital health service forms to deliver multilingual patient care. When it comes to providing care to international or immigrant patients, these hospital documents must be accurately translated between English and Spanish, English and French, English and Vietnamese, and many other languages to ensure informed consent and equal access to healthcare. This is why you need Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore. We provide expert hospital document translation services with certified accuracy and speed. In addition to working with a large team of medical linguists, Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore also owns one of the language industry’s biggest multilingual medical terminology databases to deliver consistent, accurate document translations on a continuous basis. Our professional hospital translation services include language translation as well as multilingual desktop publishing (DTP) to format the translated forms and documents so they look professional. To learn more, please visit Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore document translation services.
EHR Translated Right
Is your hospital working with electronic health records (EHR) in multiple languages and need to translate the content in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and many other languages?
Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore has the linguistic resources, best-in-class processes, and industry-leading language technology solutions to meet all your EHR translation needs with the highest level of technical accuracy and speed. Our cloud-based electronic health record translation solutions leverage the best of machine-human capabilities to deliver profession EHR translations at scale without breaking the bank. Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore EHR translation solutions can process both digital files (such as MS Word, editable PDF) and scanned documents (jpg, png). For scanned EHR files, our cloud translation management system is able to automatically convert the text using OCR (optical character recognition) so our linguists can translate the content most efficiently. Our system is able put the translated directly onto the image file for the most efficient EHR localization solutions.
Hospital Medical Interpretation Services
Gulf Corner Medical Tourism Bangalore provides over-the-phone (remote) and on-site medical interpretation services for hospitals in over 100 languages. We have a large team of certified medical interpreters who are specially trained to deliver linguistically fluent and technically accurate language interpretation services on-demand for a variety of multilingual inpatient and outpatient settings. U.S. laws require hospitals to provide interpreting services to patients with limited English proficiency. However, obtaining professional hospital interpretation services can be tedious and costly process. Gulf Corner Medical Tourism has streamlined medical interpretation for hospitals using our modern online translation management solutions. Hospitals which sign up with Gulf Corner Medical Tourism interpretation service can easily call our dedicated interpretation line and select the desired languages to speak to an interpreter in real time. Hospital staff can also book on-site interpreter services using our easy-to-use online order form.
by super | Aug 6, 2023 | Medical Tourism, Medical Tourism Hospitals India
Gynecologists are doctors who specialize in women’s health to deal with the functions and diseases specific to the female reproductive system.
A visit to the gynecologist is recommended for annual screening and any time a woman has concerns about symptoms such as pelvic, vulvar, and vaginal pain or abnormal bleeding from the uterus.
Our Gynecology Clinic
At Gulf Corner Medical Treatment, our Gynecology department is state of the art facility that provides general and high-risk gynecology, IVF, infertility treatment, minimally invasive surgery (Laparoscopy) and daycare ambulatory service. Besides, we offer backup support of 24 hours Lab & blood bank services, OT, ICU and radiology services.
Our Team
Our Gynecology Clinic in Dubai has a highly talented team of Gynecologists to provide consulting, counseling and treatment. They are internationally qualified with years of experience in their field of specialization.
Specialty training includes:
- care of patients before, during, and after pregnancy
- genetics and genetic counseling
- female general health, including hormones, the reproductive system, breast health, and sexual function
- screening for cancers that affect women
- diagnosing and treating female hormone disorders and infections
- Many gynecologists undergo surgical training to correct female pelvic, reproductive, or urinary tract problems, including cancers of the reproductive system.
Many women consult their Gynecologists with questions about their overall wellbeing, and gynecologists are trained to carry out:
routine examinations and health screening
immunizations
overall medical care for women, whether or not it relates to the reproductive system
Our Services
- Conditions commonly treated by our Gynecologists in Dubai Clinic are as follows:
- Normal and Operative deliveries
Caesarean section
- Problems with tissues that support the pelvic organs, including ligaments and muscles
- Issues relating to pregnancy, fertility, menstruation, and menopause
- Family planning, including contraception, sterilization, and pregnancy termination
- STIs
- Emergency obstetric services
- Management of high risk pregnancies
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Urinary and fecal incontinence
- Benign conditions of the reproductive tract, for example, ovarian cysts, fibroids, breast disorders, vulvar and vaginal ulcers, and other non-cancerous changes
- Premalignant conditions, such as endometrial hyperplasia, and cervical dysplasia
- Cancersof the reproductive tract and the breasts, and pregnancy-related tumors
- Congenital abnormalities of the female reproductive tract
- Emergency care related to gynecology
- Endometriosis, a chronic condition that affects the reproductive system
- Pelvic inflammatory diseases, including abscesses
- Sexuality, including health issues relating to same-sex and bisexual relationships
- Sexual dysfunction
- General gynecological surgeries.
- Colposcopy and hysteroscopy.
- Minor surgeries like D&Cs & MVA.
- Minimally invasive Laparoscopic surgeries.
- Breast diseases.
- Gynecologic oncology surgeries (cancer of reproductive organs)
