Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 39 3 2010 09 15 16 19 S Puri Dept. of Community Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India A Singh Yashik 2015 10 03 Globalisation has given birth to medical tourism. Health and medical tourism are the fastest growing seg­ments in not only developed nations but in developing countries too. India has become a hot des­tina­tion, as the Indian medical standards match up to the highly prescribed international standards at a very low cost. However, it is an unmixed blessing; along with advantages, it has many unintended side effects also. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3093 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/3093/2892