watchers say is growing at 30 per cent annually. Surely price
advantage is a major selling point. The cost differential across
the board is as huge as only a tenth and sometimes even a
sixteenth of the cost in the West. Open-heart surgery could cost
up to $70,000 in Britain and up to $150,000 in the US; in India’s
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best hospitals it could cost just between $3,000 and $10,000.
Knee surgery (on both knees) costs 350,000 rupees ($7,700) in
India; in Britain this costs £10,000 ($16,950), more than twice as
much. Dental, eye and cosmetic surgeries in Western countries
cost three to four times as much as in India.