Abstract

Communication is an essential part of human life, which makes human beings different from other creatures on this universe. It is through communication that the whole world is connected, and thus, it has become a global village in this twenty-first century. In the field of medical tourism, one cannot ignore the role of communication. In fact, communication is the heart of medical tourism that makes it possible. Medical tourism in India is an emerging concept nowadays, and it will not be possible without proper communication. The process of communication begins at the initial stage of medical tourism when the patient and his/her relatives start thinking of opting for that. From that point onward, in all the stages of medical tourism, proper communication needs to take place. Taking from the application to travel to another country for medical treatment to the return from the host country, communication is an important factor. It is only through proper and effective communication that the patient and his/her relatives are convinced to travel to another place for medical treatment. The medical tourists are apathetic towards medical tourism in India because of the problems they would have to face due to lack of translators at the hospitals. Good interpreters fluent in using various languages are rarely available at good and reputed hospitals, which impacts negatively on the enhancement of medical tourism in India. Therefore, it is the need of the time now to find a way out to cope with this lacuna to enhance the scope of medical tourism in India.