Bangkok--23 Mar--Francom Asia
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VITAL SIGNS hits the road this month, with Dr. Sanjay Gupta hosting the show from India. The world's second most populous country has its share of medical and health challenges, with high levels of poverty and malnutrition. But the combination of low prices and high-quality procedures are transforming India into one of the top medical tourism destinations in the world.
Westerners are heading overseas to India for more than just cosmetic procedures; they're boarding planes for heart bypasses and fertility treatments with professional doctors at a fraction of the prices back home. Max Hospital caters to the various ethnicities, with room service for patients and their families from Asian, Arabic, Chinese, and American food menus. Each patient is assigned a consultant available to them 24-hours a day to help with anything and everything - from medical concerns to where their spouse can grab dinner and a tour of the city. Dr. Sanjay Gupta meets patients from all ends of the globe who've travelled to New Delhi for the medical tourism treatment.
The program also explores 'Ayurveda' - a health philosophy of natural healing being practiced in India for at least 5000 years, as well as a culinary spice 'Turmeric' which may become a promising disease-preventive agent against chronic, debilitating diseases, including Alzheimer's. Finally Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines a gene mutation which almost guarantees the development of heart disease. He puts his health to the test by having his blood drawn to see if he is positive for the gene. www.cnn.com/vitalsigns
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