The WEEK magazine picked ?best hospitals in India? by conducting extensive survey in 15 cities. 936 specialists, 614 doctors, 605 MBBS aspirants, 319 Ayurvedic doctors were participated in the survey. AIIMS emerged as the undisputed leader for medical and health care in India in the Week survey. No private hospital succeeded in dethroning the AIIMS from top position despite having ultra modern facilities. AIIMS doctors are one of the best in the world in providing wonderful medical service. Most of the medical tourists are preferring hospitals in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai due to their world class health care facilities at cheap rates.  Top 10 hospitals in India:1. AIIMS, New Delhi ? No hospital came close to AIIMS in providing good health care at lesser cost. 2. Apollo Hospitals, Delhi 3. Apollo Hospitals, Chennai 4. NIMHANS- Bangalore ? World class hospital in Psychiatry and mental health care. 5. CMC ? Vellore ? Top choice for Nephrology and Orthopaedics along with AIIMS. 6. PGIMER ? Chandigarh ? Best hospital for Paediatrics and Gastroenterology along with AIIMS. 7. Tata memorial Hospital ? Chandigarh 8. Lilavati hospital ? Mumbai 9. Sankara Nethralaya ? Chennai ? Best hospital in Ophthalmology. 10. Bombay Hospital ? Mumbai.  Cardiology: AIIMS and Escorts. Apollo Hospitals in Chennai is the top choice for South Indians.  Manipal is the top hospital in Bangalore while Sterling hospital is best one in Ahmedabad.  Orthopaedics: AIIMS, Apollo (Chennai) and CMC, Vellore are the best hospitals in India.  Top Ayurvedic hospitals:Kottakkal Arya vaidya Sala in Malappuram (Kerala) is the best Ayurvedic hospital in India followed by BHU, Varanasi. Malappuram Ayurvedic hospital is the top choice for medical tourists especially for chronic diseases.  Medical tourism is rapidly developing in India as hospitals are providing ultra modern health care at reasonable prices. Global recession also helped in this regarded. Indian Government along with tourism department should act in a coordinated way with health department in spreading awareness about "India advantage" across the … [Read more...]