January 13, 2016 7:38 AM

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First meeting of national medical and wellness tourism board today

The first meeting of the National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board will be held in New Delhi today. Tourism ministry sources said, a wide range of issues concerning the medical tourism sector is expected to come up for discussion at the meeting. The government had last year announced the setting up of a 20-member board with personalities like yoga guru Ramdev, renowned cardiologists – Dr Naresh Trehan, Dr Devi Prasad Shetty and Dr KK Aggarwal as part of the panel.<br/><br/>The board has been mandated with the task of devising strategies to increase the flow of foreign tourists to India for various treatments which are available at a much lower cost in the country. The board consists of members representing related government departments, tourism and hospitality sector and experts in the medical, wellness and yoga fields.

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