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Asia Cashing in on Medical Tourism

   Ira Mellman  February 28, 2011
   Indian  doctor  Praveen  Chandra  checks  on  an Americam patient Greg
   Goodell from Iowa

Photo: AP Photo/Manish Swarup

   Indian  doctor  Praveen  Chandra  checks  on  an American patient Greg
   Goodell from Iowa after a his successful heart operation at a hospital
   in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006,

   Much  has  been  reported  about  the rapidly expanding Asian economy.
   Perhaps  one  of the fastest growing aspect of many Asian economies is
   medical tourism, with India, South Korea and Thailand leading the way.