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MHA Prescribes Visa Care For Foreign Patients
Tourism industry executives said the move could be directed at travellers coming to India with health reasons in mind and could give India’s medical tourism a boost.
The ministry of home affairs has eased visa procedures for travellers to India who need medical treatment to reduce the inconvenience involved.
Foreigners with long-term visas of six months and more need not convert these to medical visas for treatment of minor conditions that only require outpatient consultation.