Fortis, Bangaluru Amongst Best Hospitals for Medical Tourists:MTQUA

Bangkok- based Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA), which promotes standards and practices for medical travellers, has recognised Fortis Hospitals, Bangaluru (formerly Wockhardt Hospitals) as the most preferred destination in the world for medical tourists from America. The hospital was ranked number one in the first list of the top 10 world's best hospitals for medical tourists .
"Medical tourism is more than getting good medical care abroad," said MTQUA, Founder, Julie Munro, who has spent many years in the medical travel industry. "Safety and security, international patient operations and protocols, transparency and professional patient facilitation are a key to achieving an excellent medical outcome for international patients who are more important than just the cost of care," he added.
MTQUA released the ranking based on an exhaustive study across patients, hospitals and healthcare travel agencies and all the 10 selected hospitals provide medical treatment and care of the highest quality with the most advanced technology. All hospitals have also developed outstanding local and regional reputations.
According to MTQUA, the top five hospitals are: Fortis Hospitals, Bangaluru, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore, Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Shouldice Hospital, Toronto and Shoen-Kliniken, Munich. MTQUA recognised Fortis Hospitals, Bangaluru on the following criteria: medical quality, international patient management, international patient marketing, value for services, patient safety and security, attention to unique needs of medical traveller and transparency.