IIMK, IIHMR Organise International Conference On Global Health And Medical Tourism`

Discussions were held on how India can be destined to become a global destination for medical tourism

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode in association with Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) Jaipur, recently organized an international conference on Global Health and Medical Tourism (GloHMT). The chairperson of the conference was Prof Deepa Sethi, GloHMT and also present were Prof Federico Lega, SDA Bocconi School of Management, University of Milan, Italy and Robin Nunkoo, Associate Professor, University of Mauritius. The event was attended by 150 delegates and paper presenters.

A plenary keynote address by Jagdish Sheth, Charles H Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Emory University Goizueta Business School, US and Dr Angappa Gunasekaran, Dean and Professor, The School of Business and Public Administration, California State University. Prof Sheth, in his keynote address, highlighted about how India is destined to become a global destination for medical tourism whereas Dr. Gunasekaran enlightened the participants about systematic perspective on the applications of big data analytics in healthcare management.

At the inaugural ceremony Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode gave a welcome speech where he spoke about the pains of organizing a conference on a light note. He elaborated about the overall scenario of healthcare in India wherein he stated that more hospitals don't promote good health. He also mentioned that 48000 infants in India don't live to see their fifth birthday. He emphasized how the US spends $475 per capita on healthcare as compared to just $75 in India.