HCCI expects many patients from US and Caribbean

(CNS Business): The goal for the partners behind Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) is to get accreditation from the Joint Commission of the United States within the first year. “It is hard but we have done it before in India. One of our hospitals got Joint Commission accreditation in less than a year,” Dr Devi Shetty told CNS Business Video in this week's interview. Although this is not “absolutely required” by the leading medical insurance companies, he said they would be “comfortable” sending patients to an accredited facility. In addition, patients from the US – and they are expecting to have a large number eventually – are apprehensive about going abroad for treatment unless it has this accreditation. Read more on CNS Business and watch video

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