Indian Embassy to hold healthcare meet today
The Indian Embassy in Muscat will hold on Monday an India-Oman business-to-business (B2B) meeting related to healthcare and medical tourism.
The meet aims to facilitate interaction and tie-ups between 48 Indian hospital representatives visiting Oman to participate in the Oman Health Exhibition and Conference 2018 to be held at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre (OCEC) from September 24-26.
India is the partner country of the expo and the ‘India Pavilion’ will see the largest participation from a single country at the event.
The Indian delegation for expo is being led by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Exhibitors from India in different spheres – telemedicine, pathology and diagnostic care, research, high-end medical tourism, education, e-health, medical and pharmaceutical equipment, etc – will showcase their technical capabilities and relevant technologies in the healthcare sector. They will also share success stories of research and development with various stakeholders in the sultanate.
The B2B meeting is part of embassy’s endeavours to promote cooperation in health sector between India and Oman as there is huge potential for Indian and Omani companies to explore the formation of joint ventures and establishing operations in Oman as well as to facilitate Omani nationals to visit India for medical tourism.
H E Munu Mahawar, India’s Ambassador to Oman said, “Visa for treatment in India has a very simplified process and can be applied with just an appointment letter from any Indian hospital. Indian embassy has been constantly striving to ensure that Omanis seeking medical visa do not face any difficulty.”
He added, “Medical visa fees have been reduced to RO30.900 for visas valid up to six months and RO46.300 for visas valid up to one year. There is also the option of 60-day e-medical visa valid for three visits to India, for only US$80 by submitting an appointment letter from an Indian hospital.
“In 2017, the embassy issued 24,575 medical visas, while 11,450 such visas have been issued up to August 2018. In addition, 2,635 e-medical visas were issued in 2017 and 6,579 e-medical visas have been issued up to August 2018.”