Overview

On July 7, 2026, Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad, together with its three other centres, issued a press release announcing a significant expansion of its medical‑tourism operations. The hospital positions itself as a preferred destination for patients from Eastern and Southern Africa, Central Asia and even the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, offering a comprehensive, fixed‑price package that covers consultations, travel visas, airport transfers, FRRO clearances, accommodation and all required documentation.

International Outreach and Patient Growth

Zydus organises regular health camps in Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Uganda, Uzbekistan and additional countries, where doctors from multiple specialties provide on‑site care. Hundreds of patients attend these camps, and more than half of the international arrivals to the hospital come from Tanzania and Kenya alone. Over the past three years the volume of overseas patients has doubled, a rise attributed to the hospital’s outreach programmes, an expanding online presence and word‑of‑mouth referrals. The cost of travel, diagnostics and surgery in India remains considerably lower than comparable procedures in the patients’ home nations, reinforcing the economic appeal of the offering.

Government Support and Connectivity

The hospital highlights recent Indian government measures that have simplified visa procedures and improved flight connectivity to Africa, Central Asia and beyond, thereby facilitating smoother journeys for international patients and reinforcing Ahmedabad’s status as a key medical‑tourism hub in Western India.

Clinical Services and Specialties

Zydus Hospital provides end‑to‑end advanced care across a broad spectrum of specialties, including Neurology, Gastrointestinal, Urology, Gynaecology, Oncology, Spine, Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, Nephrology and ENT. It also operates dedicated centres for joint replacement (including robotic and revision surgeries), complex spine surgeries, breast, colon, gynaecologic and prostate cancers, bone‑marrow transplant (BMT) and a range of routine health‑check‑up services.

Expert Commentary

Dr. Nahush Tahiliani, Medical Oncologist at Zydus Cancer Hospital, stated that the hospital aims to move patients from arrival to definitive treatment initiation within 72 to 96 hours. He emphasized the in‑house availability of targeted therapies, immunotherapies, minimally invasive and robotic surgeries, advanced radiation techniques, BMT, nuclear therapies with PET‑CT scanning and tumor‑gene analytics, which together deliver “phenomenal oncological outcomes with economic feasibility.”

Dr. Niraj Vasavada, Senior Spine Surgeon, recounted treating patients from across the African continent, especially Sudan, using minimally invasive techniques. He described a referral that led to treating five members of a single Sudanese family—ranging from revision spine surgery to adult deformity correction via MIS and a high‑BMI case managed with MIS to avoid open‑surgery risks—resulting in full recovery for all and expanding a network that now includes several high‑ranking Sudanese officials. The spine programme is supported by intra‑operative neuromonitoring (IONM), O‑arm navigation, real‑time 3D imaging and a multidisciplinary team, enabling complex orthopaedic procedures such as joint replacement and osteoporosis treatment.

Dr. Prarthan Joshi, Senior Urologist, highlighted a case involving three brothers with prostate enlargement: one underwent a robotic radical prostatectomy after a cancer diagnosis, the second received medical management for benign enlargement, and the third was treated with a laser prostatectomy when medication was unsuitable. He added that the hospital routinely manages urinary‑tract infections, congenital urogenital anomalies, kidney transplants, post‑menopausal women requiring TVT‑O or reconstructive sling surgeries (performed robotically or laparoscopically), and paediatric patients with congenital conditions or stones.

Dr. Lav Selarka, Senior ENT Surgeon, noted that most ENT patients present with hearing loss, vertigo (Ménière’s disease), skull‑base lesions or sleep‑apnoea. The department performs complex endoscopic and microscopic skull‑base surgeries, cochlear implants, facial‑nerve schwannoma resections and revision procedures across all age groups, and is one of the largest ENT units in Western India, also serving patients from the USA, Canada and the UK.

New Initiatives

The hospital has recently launched tele‑consultations across most departments, allowing prospective patients to meet their treating physicians virtually before travel, ensuring a clear treatment plan upon arrival. Additionally, a physician‑training programme enables local doctors from the patients’ home countries to learn directly under Zydus specialists, thereby building clinical capacity abroad.

Commitment and Contact

Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad reaffirms its commitment to extending affordable, advanced healthcare to patients regardless of geography, and invites interested parties to learn more at https://zydushospitals.com.