Care you can plan from home
These are the kinds of medical care people most often ask us to help them plan. Whether a treatment is right for you is a question for your own doctor and the hospital you choose. We arrange everything around it.
Heart care
Cardiology and cardiac surgery departments at large hospitals see many patients from abroad.
Reports hospitals often ask for: Recent ECG and echocardiogram reports, angiography results if you have them, and a list of current medicines.
Joints, bones & spine
Orthopaedic and spine teams handle planned procedures such as joint replacement and spinal surgery.
Reports hospitals often ask for: X-rays or MRI scans with the radiologist's report, and notes from your treating doctor.
Cancer care
Oncology centres offer consultations, second opinions and treatment planning across surgical, medical and radiation oncology.
Reports hospitals often ask for: Biopsy and pathology reports, recent scans, and a summary of any treatment you've already had.
Brain & nerves
Neurology and neurosurgery departments assess and treat conditions of the brain, spine and nerves.
Reports hospitals often ask for: MRI or CT images with reports, and your neurologist's latest letter.
Transplant assessment
Transplants in India follow the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, with strict rules on donors and authorisation committees.
Reports hospitals often ask for: Hospitals will tell you exactly what they need. Expect detailed donor and legal paperwork; ask the hospital early.
Fertility care
IVF and other fertility services in India are regulated under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021.
Reports hospitals often ask for: Previous test and treatment records for both partners, as the clinic requests.
Dental care
Dental clinics and hospital dental departments offer planned work that can sometimes fit around a short stay.
Reports hospitals often ask for: Recent dental X-rays and your dentist's notes, if you have them.
Eye care
Ophthalmology hospitals offer consultations and planned eye procedures.
Reports hospitals often ask for: Your latest eye test results and any scans or letters from your eye doctor.
Not listed? Ask us anyway. We don't publish prices: costs come only from the hospital's written estimate.
What the research reports
Some patients ask what published studies say about common procedures. Here are figures from peer-reviewed research and national registries, with what each one measures. None of them is Indian data and none comes from us or any hospital we work with.
Knee replacement
Published studies report that about 82% of total knee replacements were still in place 25 years after surgery.
What it measures: Implant survival: no revision of any part for any reason, at 25 years. Pooled national registry data (Australia and Finland; 25-year data from Finland only), 76,651 knees.
Source: Evans JT et al., The Lancet, 2019;393:655–663
Figures are from published research, not a promise or prediction for any individual. Results vary. Your doctor can explain your own risks. Disclaimer
Hip replacement
Published studies report that about 58% of total hip replacements were still in place 25 years after surgery.
What it measures: Implant survival: no revision of any part for any reason, at 25 years, in patients with osteoarthritis. Finnish national registry data, 51,359 hips.
Source: Evans JT et al., The Lancet, 2019;393:647–654
Figures are from published research, not a promise or prediction for any individual. Results vary. Your doctor can explain your own risks. Disclaimer
Heart bypass (isolated CABG)
Published registry data report an operative mortality of about 2.1% for isolated coronary bypass surgery in 2024.
What it measures: Operative mortality: deaths during the hospital stay or within 30 days of surgery. United States, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (over 97% of US cardiac surgery), calendar year 2024.
Source: STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, event rates table (24H4)
Figures are from published research, not a promise or prediction for any individual. Results vary. Your doctor can explain your own risks. Disclaimer
IVF
Published national data report a birth rate of 25% per embryo transferred for fresh IVF transfers using the patient's own eggs in 2023: 35% at ages 18–34 and 5% at ages 43–44.
What it measures: Live birth rate per embryo transferred (preliminary; the regulator says it may be underestimated). United Kingdom, all licensed clinics, 2023.
Source: HFEA, Fertility treatment 2023: trends and figures
Figures are from published research, not a promise or prediction for any individual. Results vary. Your doctor can explain your own risks. Disclaimer
Kidney transplant
Published national data report adjusted one-year graft survival of about 98% for living-donor and about 94% for deceased-donor kidney transplants in 2023.
What it measures: One-year graft survival: patient alive with a working transplanted kidney one year after transplant (all-cause). United States, 2023 transplants.
Source: USRDS 2025 Annual Data Report, ch. 7 Kidney transplant
Figures are from published research, not a promise or prediction for any individual. Results vary. Your doctor can explain your own risks. Disclaimer
Sources checked 4 November 2026. Cataract surgery and liver transplant were left out because we could not verify a suitable source.
What a written plan should cover
- Which doctor and department will look after you
- What the hospital proposes, and the alternatives it considered
- Expected days in hospital and days to stay nearby before flying
- An itemised estimate: what is included and what could add to it
- Payment, deposit and refund terms
- What follow-up care you'll need at home
Our part, start to finish
- We help you send your reports straight to the accredited hospitals you pick
- We chase their written replies and help you compare them side by side
- Visa letter request, flights timing, stay, airport pickup and interpreters
- Admission paperwork and a coordinator during your stay
- A recovery stay and your records in hand when you fly home
Please read
- Care Beyond Borders is not a medical provider and does not give medical advice or recommend treatments.
- We don't promise outcomes, prices or timelines. Opinions and estimates come from the hospital, in writing.
- Talk to your own doctor before planning treatment abroad.
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