Outsourcing in the medical professions has arrived! [View All]

[Veggie Meathead]

Two months ago, my father who is 77 years old, needed catarct surgery in his eyes and was told by his insurance company that he can get this done in India at a very reasonable price that would not jack up his insurance rate.The insurance company also offered to pay his airfare to India in addition to all his bills.My dad called his doctor in Chennai ( which used to be called Madras) and she examined him on the internet and scheduled his surgery.He left on a tuesday
evening and reached Madras on a thursday.His surgery was scheduled for the saturday morning.He came back home ten days later and could not say enough good things about his doctor, the staff and the care he received.His total bill came to less than $1100.00 which included
his private room, medications and the surgeon's fees.

At this rate, I cannot see how our doctors can compete with the doctors in India especially if the insurance companies are behind this move.My dad said he also saw many patients from UK, Europe and Japan getting very advanced procedures done like open heart surgery,lung, heart, kidney and liver transplants all at a fraction of the cost here.

So watch out for the outsourcing craze to go upscale in the near future.My dad was also surprised to learn that some of our universities like Harvard, MIT, Stanford are opening up campuses in India and hiring Indian Professors to do the teaching.

I told my dad I am glad that the Indian people worship cows so we don't have to worry about the jobs at McDonald's moving out.