Lok Sabha Question No. 648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Promotion of Medical Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, MAHEISH GIRRI, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, YOGI ADITYANATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.648 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2017

## PROMOTION OF MEDICAL TOURISM

648.  SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken special measures and has implemented any special schemes/policies to promote medical tourism in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  details  of  the  States/UTs identified for the promotion of medical tourism sector;
- (c) whether the Government has set up any mechanism to provide special  facilities  and  guidance  to  the  tourists  who  come  to avail medical facilities and if so, the details thereof along with the details of facilities being provided by the Government;
- (d) the details and the total number of tourists coming to India for medical treatment, country-wise along with the revenue generated therefrom during the last five years, year-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has decided to develop any Medical tourism hub in the South India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)& (b): Realising  the  vast  potential  for  Medical  Tourism  in  the country, the Ministry of Tourism actively promotes Medical Tourism through its overseas offices. The Ministry has also released guidelines  for  promotion  of  Medical  and  Wellness  Tourism  under which  Marketing  Development  Assistance  is  provided  to  Medical and Wellness Tourism Service Providers. The guidelines also provide  for  assistance  to  stakeholders  for  production  of  publicity material,  promotion  through  workshop/events/meets/seminars,  for organizing Wellness and Medical Tourism Promotion Shows, Capacity Building and participation in fairs and events.

(c): In  order  to  provide  dedicated  institutional  framework  to  take forward  the  cause  of  promotion  of  Medical  Tourism,  Wellness Tourism and any other format of Indian system of medicine covered by Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) across the  country,  a  National  Medical  and  Wellness  Tourism  Board  has been constituted. The Board works as an umbrella organization that governs  and  promotes  this  segment  of  tourism  in  an  organized manner. (d): The  details  of  total  number  of  tourists  coming  to  India  for medical  treatment  country-wise  as  per  data  available  with  the Ministry of Tourism is given in Annexure. Ministry of Tourism does not  compile  details  of  Foreign  Exchange  Earnings  according  to purpose. (e): The  development  and  promotion  of  tourism  is  primarily  the responsibility of the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations.  The  Ministry  of  Tourism  as  part  of  its  ongoing promotional  activities  releases  campaigns  in  the  international  and domestic markets and also undertakes other promotional activities including Promotion of Medical Tourism.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.648  ANSWERED  ON  06.02.2017  REGARDING  PROMOTION OF MEDICAL TOURISM.

The number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals on Medical and Medical Attendant Visa during 2013, 2014, 2015 and January - June, 2016 is given below:

Country-wise foreigners arrival on medical & medical attendant visa 2013

| NATIONALITY                    |   MEDICAL ATTENDANT | MEDICAL VISA   |
|--------------------------------|---------------------|----------------|
| AFGHANISTAN                    |                3523 | 9482           |
| ALBANIA                        |                   0 | 1              |
| ANGOLA                         |                   3 | 3              |
| ARGENTINA                      |                   1 | 6              |
| AUSTRALIA                      |                  38 | 197            |
| AUSTRIA                        |                   0 | 6              |
| AZERBAIJAN                     |                   2 | 2              |
| BAHAMAS                        |                   1 |                |
| BAHRAIN                        |                 115 | 114            |
| BANGLADESH                     |               17179 | 17814          |
| BARBADOS                       |                   0 | 1              |
| BELGIUM                        |                   2 | 12             |
| BENIN                          |                   0 | 3              |
| BRAZIL                         |                   3 | 23             |
| BRUNEI                         |                   1 | 1              |
| BULGARIA                       |                   6 | 10             |
| BURKINA FASO                   |                   3 | 5              |
| BURUNDI                        |                   4 | 12             |
| CAMBODIA                       |                  70 | 73             |
| CAMEROON                       |                  29 | 55             |
| CANADA                         |                  66 | 149            |
| CAPE VERDE ISLANDS             |                   0 | 1              |
| CHAD                           |                   8 | 6              |
| CHILE                          |                   0 | 1              |
| CHINA                          |                   5 | 6              |
| COG(CONGO)                     |                   1 | 6              |
| COLOMBIA                       |                   2 | 2              |
| COMOROS                        |                  19 | 25             |
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) |                  80 | 160            |
| CUBA                           |                   1 | 1              |
| CZECH                          |                   0 | 1              |
| DENMARK                        |                   8 | 9              |

| DJIBOUTI                    |   125 | 191   |
|-----------------------------|-------|-------|
| EGYPT                       |    11 | 20    |
| EL SALVADOR                 |     0 | 1     |
| ERITREA                     |     4 | 38    |
| ETHIOPIA                    |   232 | 384   |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINES) |     0 | 1     |
| FIJI                        |   125 | 129   |
| FINLAND                     |     0 | 6     |
| FRANCE                      |    14 | 16    |
| GABON                       |     1 |       |
| GAMBIA                      |     6 | 8     |
| GEORGIA                     |     3 | 11    |
| GERMANY                     |    24 | 35    |
| GHANA                       |    57 | 75    |
| GUINEA                      |     0 | 1     |
| GUYANA                      |     0 | 1     |
| INDONESIA                   |    41 | 31    |
| IRAN                        |    24 | 34    |
| IRAQ                        |   235 | 271   |
| IRELAND                     |     0 | 24    |
| ISRAEL                      |     0 | 49    |
| ITALY                       |    13 | 21    |
| IVORY COST                  |     0 | 2     |
| JAMAICA                     |     0 | 1     |
| JAPAN                       |     1 | 5     |
| JORDAN                      |     7 | 12    |
| KAZAKHSTAN                  |    39 | 68    |
| KENYA                       |  1429 | 1371  |
| KIRIBATI                    |    10 | 22    |
| KOREA(DPR)                  |     0 | 1     |
| KOREA(REPUBLIC OF)          |     0 | 2     |
| KUWAIT                      |    10 | 8     |
| KYRGHYZSTAN                 |     3 | 1     |
| LEBANON                     |     1 | 3     |
| LESOTHO                     |     0 | 1     |
| LIBERIA                     |     2 | 9     |
| LITHUANIA                   |     1 | 4     |
| MADAGASCAR                  |     2 | 4     |
| MALAWI                      |    44 | 47    |
| MALAYSIA                    |    69 | 110   |
| MALDIVES                    |  3740 | 6743  |
| MAURITANIA                  |     0 | 1     |
| MAURITIUS                   |   352 | 268   |

| MOLDOVA                           |    0 | 2    |
|-----------------------------------|------|------|
| MONGOLIA                          |    4 | 12   |
| MOROCCO                           |    2 | 5    |
| MOZAMBIQUE                        |   36 | 54   |
| MYANMAR                           |  396 | 214  |
| NAMIBIA                           |    0 | 1    |
| NAURU                             |   11 | 20   |
| NETHERLANDS                       |   17 | 31   |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES              |    0 | 1    |
| NEW ZEALAND                       |    4 | 15   |
| NICARAGUA                         |    0 | 1    |
| NIGER                             |   14 | 19   |
| NIGERIA                           | 5615 | 7679 |
| NORWAY                            |   15 | 12   |
| OMAN                              | 1347 | 1634 |
| PAKISTAN                          | 1090 | 1372 |
| PALESTINIAN                       |    4 | 13   |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA                  |    1 |      |
| PERSON OF UNSPECIFIED NATIONALITY |    0 | 1    |
| PHILLIPPINES                      |   28 | 24   |
| POLAND                            |    8 | 11   |
| PORTUGAL                          |    2 | 3    |
| QATAR                             |    1 |      |
| REFUGEE                           |    1 | 2    |
| REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN          |    0 | 2    |
| ROMANIA                           |    0 | 1    |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION                |   19 | 26   |
| RWANDA                            |   37 | 53   |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIP              |    1 | 1    |
| SAUDI ARABIA                      |  188 | 200  |
| SEYCHELLES                        |  110 | 169  |
| SIERRA LEONE                      |   15 | 21   |
| SINGAPORE                         |    3 | 13   |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC                   |    0 | 1    |
| SOMALIA                           |   62 | 129  |
| SOUTH AFRICA                      |   18 | 125  |
| SOUTH SUDAN                       |   57 | 98   |
| SPAIN                             |    3 | 8    |
| SRI LANKA                         |  703 | 1105 |
| STATELESS                         |    1 | 1    |
| SUDAN                             |  359 | 229  |
| SWAZILAND                         |    1 |      |
| SWEDEN                            |    4 | 38   |

| SWITZERLAND                 |    11 | 8     |
|-----------------------------|-------|-------|
| SYRIA                       |    15 | 22    |
| TANZANIA                    |  1075 | 1341  |
| TAZIKISTAN                  |    17 | 33    |
| THAILAND                    |     7 | 4     |
| TOGO                        |     2 | 1     |
| TONGA                       |     1 | 1     |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO         |     0 | 6     |
| TUNISIA                     |     1 | 2     |
| TURKEY                      |     8 | 8     |
| TURKMENISTAN                |     0 | 1     |
| TUVALU                      |     4 | 6     |
| UGANDA                      |    65 | 83    |
| UK BRITISH OVERSEES CITIZEN |     1 |       |
| UKRAINE                     |     3 | 3     |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES        |    87 | 140   |
| UNITED KINGDOM              |    64 | 290   |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA    |   106 | 313   |
| UZBEKISTAN                  |   814 | 830   |
| VIETNAM                     |     1 |       |
| YEMEN                       |  1725 | 1435  |
| ZAMBIA                      |    25 | 29    |
| ZIMBABWE                    |    13 | 10    |
| TOTAL                       | 42017 | 56129 |

Country-wise foreigners arrival on medical & medical attendant visa 2014

| NATIONALITY   |   MEDICAL ATTENDANT |   MEDICAL VISA |
|---------------|---------------------|----------------|
| AFGHANISTAN   |                3508 |           7493 |
| ANGOLA        |                   3 |             33 |
| ARGENTINA     |                   0 |              6 |
| ARMENIA       |                   1 |              0 |
| AUSTRALIA     |                  43 |            295 |
| AUSTRIA       |                   0 |              5 |
| AZERBAIJAN    |                   7 |              7 |
| BAHAMAS       |                   4 |              1 |
| BAHRAIN       |                 211 |            154 |
| BANGLADESH    |               28979 |          31313 |
| BARBADOS      |                   0 |              1 |
| BELARUS       |                   7 |              8 |
| BELGIUM       |                   0 |             16 |
| BENIN         |                   3 |              5 |
| BHUTAN        |                   0 |              1 |

| BOTSWANA                       |   0 |   2 |
|--------------------------------|-----|-----|
| BRAZIL                         |   3 |  49 |
| BULGARIA                       |   8 |  21 |
| BURKINA FASO                   |   2 |   3 |
| BURUNDI                        |  60 | 131 |
| CAMBODIA                       |  79 | 105 |
| CAMEROON                       |  42 |  75 |
| CANADA                         |  99 | 183 |
| CHAD                           |   9 |  12 |
| CHILE                          |   0 |   2 |
| CHINA                          |   8 |  13 |
| COG(CONGO)                     |   7 |   7 |
| COMOROS                        |  20 |  33 |
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) |  61 | 139 |
| CUBA                           |   0 |   1 |
| CYPRUS                         |   0 |   2 |
| CZECH                          |   0 |   3 |
| DENMARK                        |  10 |   7 |
| DJIBOUTI                       | 110 | 179 |
| ECUADOR                        |   3 |   2 |
| EGYPT                          |  22 |  38 |
| EL SALVADOR                    |   0 |   4 |
| ERITREA                        |   7 |  89 |
| ESTONIA                        |   0 |   2 |
| ETHIOPIA                       | 352 | 540 |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINES)    |   0 |   1 |
| FIJI                           | 225 | 221 |
| FINLAND                        |   5 |  11 |
| FRANCE                         |  35 |  26 |
| GABON                          |   0 |   2 |
| GAMBIA                         |   3 |   4 |
| GEORGIA                        |   6 |  39 |
| GERMANY                        |  18 |  28 |
| GHANA                          | 111 | 130 |
| GREECE                         |   2 |   0 |
| GUINEA                         |   0 |   5 |
| GUYANA                         |   0 |   3 |
| HONDURAS                       |   1 |   0 |
| INDONESIA                      |  56 |  42 |
| IRAN                           |  19 |  39 |
| IRAQ                           | 319 | 439 |
| IRELAND                        |   4 |  60 |
| ISRAEL                         |   2 |  89 |

| ITALY              |   10 |   22 |
|--------------------|------|------|
| IVORY COST         |    1 |    3 |
| JAMAICA            |    1 |    1 |
| JAPAN              |    0 |   11 |
| JORDAN             |   27 |   35 |
| KAZAKHSTAN         |  100 |  106 |
| KENYA              | 2356 | 2263 |
| KIRIBATI           |   26 |   38 |
| KOREA(REPUBLIC OF) |    2 |   11 |
| KUWAIT             |   18 |   32 |
| KYRGHYZSTAN        |   19 |   14 |
| LATVIA             |    0 |    1 |
| LEBANON            |    7 |    8 |
| LESOTHO            |    0 |    3 |
| LIBERIA            |    4 |    4 |
| LIBYA              |    0 |    2 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN      |    0 |    1 |
| LITHUANIA          |    1 |    3 |
| MACAU              |    1 |    0 |
| MADAGASCAR         |   11 |   22 |
| MALAWI             |    7 |   11 |
| MALAYSIA           |   77 |  125 |
| MALDIVES           |  985 | 1706 |
| MALI               |    1 |    4 |
| MALTA              |    0 |    2 |
| MAURITANIA         |    1 |    5 |
| MAURITIUS          |  600 |  462 |
| MEXICO             |    0 |    5 |
| MONGOLIA           |  139 |  196 |
| MOROCCO            |    4 |    4 |
| MOZAMBIQUE         |   61 |  159 |
| MYANMAR            |  558 |  559 |
| NAMIBIA            |    2 |    4 |
| NAURU              |   18 |   15 |
| NEPAL              |    2 |    0 |
| NETHERLANDS        |   10 |   10 |
| NEW ZEALAND        |    7 |   18 |
| NIGER              |   23 |   21 |
| NIGERIA            | 5805 | 7351 |
| NORWAY             |   15 |   14 |
| OMAN               | 2390 | 2937 |
| PAKISTAN           | 2421 | 1811 |
| PALESTINIAN        |    6 |    8 |

| PANAMA                            |    0 |    1 |
|-----------------------------------|------|------|
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA                  |    4 |    3 |
| PERSON OF UNSPECIFIED NATIONALITY |    5 |   12 |
| PHILLIPPINES                      |   33 |   27 |
| POLAND                            |    9 |   12 |
| PORTUGAL                          |    2 |    4 |
| QATAR                             |    0 |    1 |
| REFUGEE                           |    1 |   18 |
| REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN          |    0 |    1 |
| REPUBLIC OF CROATIA               |    0 |    2 |
| ROMANIA                           |    0 |    2 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION                |   36 |   46 |
| RWANDA                            |  240 |  454 |
| SAINT HELENA                      |    1 |    1 |
| SAINT LUCIA                       |    0 |    2 |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIP              |    1 |    1 |
| SAUDI ARABIA                      |  421 |  602 |
| SENEGAL                           |    1 |    5 |
| SERBIA                            |    0 |    1 |
| SEYCHELLES                        |   16 |   19 |
| SIERRA LEONE                      |   14 |   28 |
| SINGAPORE                         |   10 |   15 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC                   |    0 |    1 |
| SOMALIA                           |  302 |  680 |
| SOUTH AFRICA                      |   43 |  108 |
| SOUTH SUDAN                       |   26 |   30 |
| SPAIN                             |    5 |    6 |
| SRI LANKA                         |  882 | 1345 |
| STATELESS                         |    0 |    4 |
| SUDAN                             |  785 |  550 |
| SWAZILAND                         |    0 |    2 |
| SWEDEN                            |    5 |   26 |
| SWITZERLAND                       |    5 |   10 |
| SYRIA                             |   19 |   10 |
| TANZANIA                          | 2545 | 3100 |
| TAZIKISTAN                        |  138 |  165 |
| THAILAND                          |    7 |    2 |
| TOGO                              |    2 |    4 |
| TONGA                             |    0 |    1 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO               |    7 |    9 |
| TUNISIA                           |    2 |    0 |
| TURKEY                            |   12 |    6 |
| TURKMENISTAN                      |    2 |    9 |

| TUVALU                            |    32 |    33 |
|-----------------------------------|-------|-------|
| UGANDA                            |   457 |   539 |
| UK BRITISH OVERSEES CITIZEN       |     3 |     3 |
| UKRAINE                           |    13 |    17 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES              |    72 |   106 |
| UNITED KINGDOM                    |   113 |   383 |
| UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION       |     1 |     3 |
| UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY |     0 |     1 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA          |   150 |   515 |
| UZBEKISTAN                        |  2212 |  2354 |
| VANUATU                           |     2 |     2 |
| VENEZUELA                         |     0 |     1 |
| VIETNAM                           |     0 |     1 |
| YEMEN                             |  4644 |  3933 |
| ZAMBIA                            |   149 |   171 |
| ZIMBABWE                          |   157 |   158 |
| TOTAL                             | 63776 | 75671 |

Country-wise foreigners arrival on medical & medical attendant visa 2015

| NATIONALITY          | MEDICAL ATTENDANT   | MEDICAL VISA   |
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
| AFGHANISTAN          | 7861                | 19644          |
| ALAND ISLANDS        | 0                   | 1              |
| ALGERIA              | 2                   | 2              |
| ANGOLA               | 16                  | 79             |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBADOS | 0                   | 1              |
| ARGENTINA            | 1                   | 4              |
| ARMENIA              | 1                   | 3              |
| AUSTRALIA            | 40                  | 125            |
| AUSTRIA              | 3                   | 9              |
| AZERBAIJAN           | 5                   | 4              |
| BAHAMAS              | 1                   | 2              |
| BAHRAIN              | 273                 | 228            |
| BANGLADESH           | 52354               | 68034          |
| BARBADOS             | 0                   | 1              |
| BELARUS              | 2                   | 3              |
| BELGIUM              | 9                   | 16             |
| BENIN                | 1                   | 3              |
| BOTSWANA             | 4                   | 9              |
|                      | 9                   | 21             |
| BULGARIA             |                     |                |
| BURKINA FASO         | 4                   | 6              |
| BURUNDI              | 64                  | 107            |

| CAMBODIA                        |   129 |   153 |
|---------------------------------|-------|-------|
| CAMEROON                        |    75 |   123 |
| CANADA                          |    75 |   189 |
| CHAD                            |     8 |    18 |
| CHILE                           |     0 |     1 |
| CHINA                           |     3 |    18 |
| COG(CONGO)                      |     2 |     1 |
| COLOMBIA                        |     0 |     2 |
| COMOROS                         |    19 |    43 |
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF)  |    78 |   138 |
| COSTA RICA                      |     0 |     2 |
| CYPRUS                          |     2 |     2 |
| CZECH                           |     1 |     3 |
| DENMARK                         |    12 |     8 |
| DJIBOUTI                        |   124 |   188 |
| EAST TIMOR (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC |     0 |     1 |
| OF) EGYPT                       |    38 |    40 |
| ERITREA                         |    16 |    69 |
| ETHIOPIA                        |   605 |   898 |
| FIJI                            |   257 |   245 |
| FINLAND                         |     5 |     5 |
| FRANCE                          |    17 |    39 |
| GABON                           |     0 |     3 |
| GAMBIA                          |    21 |    32 |
| GEORGIA                         |     4 |    27 |
| GERMANY                         |    14 |    38 |
| GHANA                           |    63 |    82 |
| GUINEA                          |     3 |     7 |
| GUYANA                          |     0 |     1 |
| HAITI                           |     0 |     2 |
| ICELAND                         |     4 |     2 |
| INDONESIA                       |    73 |    82 |
| IRAN                            |    38 |    39 |
| IRAQ                            |  5722 |  5656 |
| IRELAND                         |     8 |    73 |
| ISRAEL                          |    10 |    59 |
| ITALY                           |    10 |    26 |
| JAMAICA                         |     2 |     2 |
| JAPAN                           |     2 |     9 |
| JORDAN                          |    24 |    21 |
| KAZAKHSTAN                      |   114 |   121 |
| KENYA                           |  3263 |  3137 |

| KIRIBATI                          |    2 |    0 |
|-----------------------------------|------|------|
| KOREA(REPUBLIC OF)                |    0 |    9 |
| KUWAIT                            |   66 |  108 |
| KYRGHYZSTAN                       |   46 |   45 |
| LATVIA                            |    0 |    2 |
| LEBANON                           |    8 |   14 |
| LESOTHO                           |    0 |    1 |
| LIBERIA                           |    4 |   11 |
| LIBYA                             |    7 |   13 |
| LITHUANIA                         |    1 |    3 |
| MACAU                             |    1 |    0 |
| MADAGASCAR                        |   36 |   50 |
| MALAWI                            |   12 |   17 |
| MALAYSIA                          |   49 |  114 |
| MALDIVES                          |  704 | 1132 |
| MALI                              |    1 |    2 |
| MALTA                             |    0 |    1 |
| MAURITANIA                        |    2 |    0 |
| MAURITIUS                         |  647 |  527 |
| MEXICO                            |    2 |    3 |
| MOLDOVA                           |    0 |    1 |
| MONACO                            |    1 |    0 |
| MONGOLIA                          |  126 |  150 |
| MOROCCO                           |   10 |   12 |
| MOZAMBIQUE                        |  233 |  314 |
| MYANMAR                           |  638 |  716 |
| NAMIBIA                           |    3 |    3 |
| NETHERLANDS                       |   18 |   38 |
| NEW ZEALAND                       |    2 |   34 |
| NIGER                             |   19 |   36 |
| NIGERIA                           | 4877 | 5765 |
| NORWAY                            |   11 |   15 |
| OMAN                              | 3580 | 4728 |
| PAKISTAN                          | 1816 | 1816 |
| PALESTINIAN                       |   24 |   17 |
| PANAMA                            |    0 |    1 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA                  |    5 |    8 |
| PERSON OF UNSPECIFIED NATIONALITY |   12 |   13 |
| PHILLIPPINES                      |   44 |   33 |
| POLAND                            |    4 |    3 |
| PORTUGAL                          |    3 |   16 |
| QATAR                             |   12 |   14 |
| REFUGEE                           |    1 |   17 |

| REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN      |    0 |    4 |
|-------------------------------|------|------|
| REPUBLIC OF CROATIA           |    1 |    2 |
| REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA          |    0 |    1 |
| RESIDENT OF KOSOVO (UNMIK)    |    0 |    1 |
| ROMANIA                       |    0 |    1 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION            |   51 |   77 |
| RWANDA                        |  284 |  508 |
| SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS   |    0 |    1 |
| SAINT HELENA                  |    0 |    2 |
| SAINT LUCIA                   |    1 |    1 |
| SAUDI ARABIA                  |  758 |  897 |
| SENEGAL                       |    3 |    5 |
| SERBIA                        |    2 |    4 |
| SEYCHELLES                    |    3 |    2 |
| SIERRA LEONE                  |   16 |   32 |
| SINGAPORE                     |    9 |   37 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC               |    1 |    1 |
| SOMALIA                       | 1140 | 1932 |
| SOUTH AFRICA                  |   88 |  117 |
| SOUTH SUDAN                   |  158 |  243 |
| SPAIN                         |   10 |    5 |
| SRI LANKA                     | 1096 | 1933 |
| STATELESS                     |    2 |    4 |
| SUDAN                         | 1106 |  763 |
| SWAZILAND                     |    0 |    1 |
| SWEDEN                        |    9 |   15 |
| SWITZERLAND                   |   10 |   23 |
| SYRIA                         |   46 |   44 |
| TANZANIA                      | 2815 | 3352 |
| TAZIKISTAN                    |  268 |  319 |
| THAILAND                      |   21 |    3 |
| TOGO                          |    2 |    1 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO           |    4 |    7 |
| TUNISIA                       |    3 |    1 |
| TURKEY                        |    7 |   19 |
| TURKMENISTAN                  |    2 |   23 |
| TUVALU                        |   24 |   24 |
| UGANDA                        |  502 |  563 |
| UK BRITISH NATIONAL(OVERSEES) |    0 |    1 |
| UK BRITISH OVERSEES CITIZEN   |    3 |    5 |
| UK BRITISH SUBJECT            |    0 |    1 |
| UKRAINE                       |   11 |   19 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES          |   81 |   77 |

| UNITED KINGDOM                    |   122 |    487 |
|-----------------------------------|-------|--------|
| UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION       |     1 |      2 |
| UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY |     2 |      0 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA          |   140 |    475 |
| UZBEKISTAN                        |  2992 |   3406 |
| VANUATU                           |     2 |      2 |
| VENEZUELA                         |     1 |      1 |
| YEMEN                             |  2741 |   2550 |
| ZAMBIA                            |   245 |    300 |
| ZIMBABWE                          |   273 |    287 |
| TOTAL                             | 99574 | 134344 |

Country-wise foreigners arrival on medical & medical attendant visa JanJune 2016

| NATIONALITY          |   MEDICAL ATTENDANT |   MEDICAL VISA |
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
| AFGHANISTAN          |                6422 |          15695 |
| ALAND ISLANDS        |                   0 |              1 |
| ALGERIA              |                   3 |              7 |
| ANGOLA               |                   2 |             42 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBADOS |                   0 |              2 |
| ARGENTINA            |                   0 |              1 |
| ARMENIA              |                   1 |              3 |
| AUSTRALIA            |                  14 |             36 |
| AUSTRIA              |                   0 |              8 |
| AZERBAIJAN           |                   0 |              1 |
| BAHAMAS              |                   0 |              1 |
| BAHRAIN              |                 179 |            145 |
| BANGLADESH           |               36539 |          47991 |
| BELGIUM              |                   4 |              5 |
| BENIN                |                   0 |              1 |
| BOTSWANA             |                   7 |              0 |
| BRAZIL               |                   0 |             14 |
| BULGARIA             |                   9 |             20 |
| BURKINA FASO         |                   2 |              2 |
| BURUNDI              |                  26 |             45 |
| CAMBODIA             |                 118 |            118 |
| CAMEROON             |                  56 |             87 |
| CANADA               |                  59 |             75 |
| CHAD                 |                   1 |              2 |
| CHILE                |                   0 |              1 |
| CHINA                |                   2 |              3 |
| COG(CONGO)           |                   2 |              3 |

| COMOROS                        |   11 |   19 |
|--------------------------------|------|------|
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) |   23 |   54 |
| COSTA RICA                     |    0 |    3 |
| CUBA                           |    1 |    0 |
| CYPRUS                         |    0 |    1 |
| CZECH                          |    2 |    5 |
| DENMARK                        |    5 |    4 |
| DJIBOUTI                       |   76 |  124 |
| EGYPT                          |   20 |   29 |
| ERITREA                        |    7 |   36 |
| ETHIOPIA                       |  389 |  568 |
| FIJI                           |  156 |  123 |
| FINLAND                        |    5 |    7 |
| FRANCE                         |    7 |   15 |
| GABON                          |    0 |    1 |
| GAMBIA                         |    7 |   14 |
| GEORGIA                        |    1 |    3 |
| GERMANY                        |    7 |   19 |
| GHANA                          |   50 |   62 |
| GREECE                         |    1 |    2 |
| GUINEA                         |    0 |    2 |
| HUNGURY                        |    0 |    1 |
| INDONESIA                      |   23 |   44 |
| IRAN                           |   30 |   32 |
| IRAQ                           | 6259 | 6054 |
| IRELAND                        |    3 |   13 |
| ISRAEL                         |    2 |   13 |
| ITALY                          |    4 |    5 |
| IVORY COST                     |    1 |    2 |
| JAPAN                          |    4 |    3 |
| JORDAN                         |   16 |   23 |
| KAZAKHSTAN                     |   42 |   39 |
| KENYA                          | 1833 | 1751 |
| KOREA(REPUBLIC OF)             |    1 |    2 |
| KUWAIT                         |   43 |   49 |
| KYRGHYZSTAN                    |   25 |   30 |
| LEBANON                        |   13 |   14 |
| LIBERIA                        |    2 |    7 |
| LIBYA                          |    5 |    4 |
| LITHUANIA                      |    0 |    1 |
| MADAGASCAR                     |   16 |   18 |
| MALAWI                         |    6 |    5 |
| MALAYSIA                       |   25 |   63 |

| MALDIVES                                 |   1001 |   1542 |
|------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
| MALI                                     |      1 |      2 |
| MAURITANIA                               |      1 |      0 |
| MAURITIUS                                |    276 |    217 |
| MEXICO                                   |      0 |      1 |
| MOLDOVA                                  |      0 |      1 |
| MONGOLIA                                 |     50 |     59 |
| MOROCCO                                  |      8 |      7 |
| MOZAMBIQUE                               |    126 |    166 |
| MYANMAR                                  |    332 |    392 |
| NAURU                                    |      4 |      2 |
| NEPAL                                    |      3 |      2 |
| NETHERLANDS                              |     16 |     24 |
| NEW ZEALAND                              |      4 |      9 |
| NIGER                                    |      6 |     17 |
| NIGERIA                                  |   1939 |   2425 |
| NORWAY                                   |      6 |     15 |
| OMAN                                     |   4810 |   6606 |
| PAKISTAN                                 |    885 |    899 |
| PALESTINIAN                              |     17 |     27 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA                         |      1 |      1 |
| PERSON OF UNSPECIFIED NATIONALITY        |      4 |      7 |
| PHILLIPPINES                             |     21 |     24 |
| POLAND                                   |      0 |      1 |
| PORTUGAL                                 |      3 |      4 |
| QATAR                                    |     14 |      9 |
| REFUGEE                                  |      3 |      7 |
| REFUGEE (NON-CONVENTIONAL)OTHER THAN XXB |      0 |      1 |
| REPUBLIC OF CHINA TAIWAN                 |      0 |      1 |
| ROMANIA                                  |      3 |      9 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION                       |     34 |     41 |
| RWANDA                                   |    132 |    229 |
| SAUDI ARABIA                             |    335 |    494 |
| SENEGAL                                  |      1 |      3 |
| SERBIA                                   |      0 |      3 |
| SEYCHELLES                               |      0 |      3 |
| SIERRA LEONE                             |     23 |     28 |
| SINGAPORE                                |      8 |     11 |
| SOMALIA                                  |    797 |   1607 |
| SOUTH AFRICA                             |     23 |     35 |
| SOUTH SUDAN                              |     69 |     89 |
| SPAIN                                    |      1 |      2 |

| SRI LANKA                         |   635 |   1084 |
|-----------------------------------|-------|--------|
| STATELESS                         |     0 |      4 |
| SUDAN                             |  1053 |    777 |
| SURINAME                          |     0 |      1 |
| SWAZILAND                         |     0 |      1 |
| SWEDEN                            |     8 |     10 |
| SWITZERLAND                       |     0 |     11 |
| SYRIA                             |    32 |     38 |
| TANZANIA                          |  1023 |   1248 |
| TAZIKISTAN                        |   140 |    218 |
| THAILAND                          |     8 |      1 |
| TOGO                              |     1 |      0 |
| TONGA                             |     1 |      1 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO               |     3 |      6 |
| TUNISIA                           |     1 |      2 |
| TURKEY                            |     8 |     12 |
| TURKMENISTAN                      |     4 |     28 |
| TUVALU                            |    22 |     22 |
| UGANDA                            |   307 |    311 |
| UK BRITISH OVERSEES CITIZEN       |     2 |      4 |
| UKRAINE                           |     8 |     10 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES              |    48 |     54 |
| UNITED KINGDOM                    |    54 |    196 |
| UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION       |     0 |      1 |
| UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCY |     0 |      3 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA          |    79 |    180 |
| UZBEKISTAN                        |  1892 |   2288 |
| VIETNAM                           |     0 |      2 |
| YEMEN                             |  1408 |   1469 |
| ZAMBIA                            |   150 |    149 |
| ZIMBABWE                          |   124 |    130 |
| TOTAL                             | 70535 |  96856 |

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