KOCHI: Ernakulam is once again emerging as the largest destination for medical tourism in the state. There was a 75-80% drop in arrival of foreign patients during the initial two years of Covid-19 pandemic.
Medical tourists contribute to 10% of the total hospital admissions and procedures and 25-30% of the earnings in most of the major hospitals in Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Hospital managements said that they have the capacity and facility to increase in-patient admission to 20% from 10%.
