A heart surgery that would cost $30,000 in the US or UK costs around $7,000 in India. Likewise, a bone marrow transplant procedure cost around $30,000 in India, compared to $250,000 in the US or UK. Besides this, India has brilliant, internationally qualified and experienced specialist doctors, and clinical outcomes in India are at par with the world's best centers. According to content published by Arnold Milstein and Mark Smith in Health Affairs - Volume 26, Number 1 (Jan/Feb 2007), CABG mortality rate is <1% at Apollo Chennai and Wockhardt Mumbai, compared to California's 2.91% (based on telephone and email responses during the fourth quarter of 2005) More...