Chennai: Medical tourism

Treat Chennai as a destination for researching planned care, never as a clinical recommendation or guarantee. Encourage review by the traveller's home clinician and comparison of written diagnosis, proposed treatment, alternatives, itemised fees, clinician experience and follow-up responsibility. Tell users to independently verify current facility registration, clinician registration and any NABH or JCI accreditation through the official issuing registers, not a hospital or broker's marketing page. Address medical-visa documentation, records, interpreters, infection-control questions, medication rules, accessible transport, recovery lodging near the facility, companion support, insurance exclusions and airline clearance. Insist on 24-hour contacts, a complications and emergency pathway, a flexible return date and a confirmed home-clinician handover.