In a bid to provide affordable treatment to patients in the US, a healthcare company in New York has tied up with two major Indian hospitals and will soon send thousands of patients to India.

Announcing the plan, the company IndUShealth said it has completed treatment referral agreements with Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Ltd - both major medical centres in New Delhi.

The company hopes to send thousands of Americans for treatment in various Indian world-class medical facilities, which would also benefit the patients who are unable to meet the cost in their own country.

Co-founder and chief executive officer of IndUShealth Rajesh Rao said gaining access to affordable health care is already a huge issue in the US and "we want to help solve it."

Rao said the newly-created IndUShealth has developed a process of acquiring suitable patient references from US-based physicians and arranging transportation to two widely-known Indian hospitals for treatment and comprehensive follow-up service in the US.

Anne Marie Moncure, managing director of Indraprastha Medical Corporation Limited, said "the agreement with our partner in the United States establishes an important link between US patients and the excellent, affordable care we offer here."

Indian hospitals, facilities that enjoy leadership in global medicine." Tom Keesling, co-founder and president at IndUShealth, said, "We are now building workable, mutually-beneficial relationships with service providers and physicians in the US who will be key partners for us.

In addition to private physicians, Keesling said, sources of referrals to the IndUShealth network will eventually include corporations, insurance companies and private/state governmental health plans.

Keesling noted that patients will also be able to gain access to a wide range of elective, uninsured procedures, ranging from major cardiac, orthopedic and gastric procedures to restorative and cosmetic surgery.

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