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India Woos Medical Tourists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the globalization dept.

aspelling writes "It's not only quality hardware and software that can be done in India for a fraction of the cost. BBC reports that India has a generation of world class doctors capable of doing joint replacement, heart, neuro and cancer surgery at their state-of-the-art facilities. Don't be surprised when your physician prescribes you a trip to Bombay. Indian officials are working hard with HMOs around the world to make this dream come true."

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  1. Hrmm by acehole · · Score: 4, Funny

    Free curry on your 3rd bypass.

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    1. Re:Hrmm by Chicane-UK · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you are on your 3rd bypass, i'd say you've had too many curries already ;)

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  2. oh great, first they outsource my job, then this . by HealYourChurchWebSit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to knock the healing hands in India, but I just can't snicker at the thought of my HMO telling me that they've outsourced my hip replacement to the cousin of the guy who replaced my job as a programmer.

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  3. ObSimpsons by eap · · Score: 4, Funny

    It didn't work so well for my friend Mr. McGregg, with a leg for an arm, and an arm for a leg.

  4. Re:HMO? by shigelojoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    An HMO is kind of like the Black Knight from Monty Python, except that when *you* get both of your arms cut off, *they* say it's only a flesh wound.

  5. Re:Overpaid doctors by wheresdrew · · Score: 3, Funny
    Maybe it's because of the bad taste left in my mouth by seeing the local orthodontist

    If you had a bad taste in your mouth after seeing the orthodontist, it makes me wonder what else went on besides dentistry while you were under the anesthesia.

  6. Outsourcing is about sharing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    The USA has been an economic powerhouse for some time, and Americans don't realise how well they have it. Indians on the other hand have to survive with very little money, and it just isn't fair. We will reach an equilibrium over time, and have a prosperous USA and India, through job outsourcing.

    The problem is, India faces major food shortages right now. They can't wait for outsourcing to bring them the money they need. That is where my proposal comes in.

    If we ship overfed American women to India, and then import the unfortunate, thin, and quite lovely Indian women back to the USA, we will finally have achieved social justice. Thank You.