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🇮🇳  Treatment in India

Chosen for dental work, hair transplants and weight-loss surgery, with a national register of doctors and a national hospital accreditation board you can search.

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Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. Talk to your own doctor before you book.

EU rules

No

Currency

INR

Language

Hindi, English

Time zone

UTC+5:30

Treatments in India: Hair transplant · Dentists: implants and veneers · Weight-loss surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Laser eye and lens surgery

Check a clinic or a doctor in India

Doctors

National Medical Commission: Indian Medical Register

Search by name, registration number, year or state medical council. The page says its data is being updated, so a recent registration may be missing.

Accreditation list (not a licence)

NABH: accredited hospitals and clinics (accreditation, not a licence)

The national accreditation board's search of accredited healthcare organisations. Accreditation does not guarantee a good outcome.

Doctors: Ask the surgeon for their registration number and the state medical council that issued it. Search the National Medical Commission's Indian Medical Register by name, registration number, year or state medical council, and check that the qualification shown matches the specialty claimed. The same page has a separate search of struck-off (blacklisted) doctors.

Dentists: Ask the dentist for their registration number and the dental council that issued it, and check it with that council.

Rules worth knowing

  • For treatment, apply for an e-Medical visa if your country is eligible for the e-visa. The government site gives it one year from the date of arrival with multiple entries, and grants only two e-Medical Attendant visas against one e-Medical visa. Apply online at least 4 days before arrival and within a 120-day window, with a letter from the Indian hospital on its letterhead giving the planned admission date. An e-visa cannot be extended or converted: check the current rules on the government site before you book, and apply only on indianvisaonline.gov.in.
  • The UK Foreign Office notes that hospitals often require a guardian or attendant to stay with the patient: plan for one before you go.
  • Facilities vary, especially outside the major cities, and specialised treatment may be limited (UK Foreign Office).
  • Clinic registration is mostly a state matter: the national Clinical Establishments Act 2010 has been adopted by only 19 states and territories (not, for example, Delhi), and elsewhere state laws apply. Ask the clinic for its registration under the law of its state, and keep the hospital's accreditation (NABH) separate from it.

Treatments in India

Hair transplant in IndiaOne trip Dental implants and veneers in IndiaOne or two trips, by procedure Weight-loss surgery in IndiaAt least 10 days before flying home Cosmetic surgery in IndiaAt least 7 to 10 days (by procedure) before flying home Laser eye and lens surgery in IndiaUp to 7 days (by procedure) before flying home

Cities where many clinics are

Who licenses the clinics in each city, the regional register where there is one, and the airport. We never rank, review or recommend clinics.

New Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi · DEL

Official travel advice

Your own government's advice on India: Ireland (DFA) · France (Diplomatie) · Australia (Smartraveller) · New Zealand (SafeTravel) · Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) · Canada (travel.gc.ca) · United States (CDC travel health) · Sweden (UD, Sweden Abroad) · Norway (UD: choose the country) · Austria (BMEIA) · Switzerland (EDA: choose the country) · Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet) · Finland (UM) · Belgium (SPF Affaires étrangères) · Netherlands (Nederland Wereldwijd) · Singapore (MFA)

Sources

Next review due 25 Jan 2027.