Against the background of the failure of the public health sector to deliver the goods, it is the private health sector which is growing by leaps and bounds. It is held that more than 70% of hospitals in India today are run by the private sector, which provides healthcare for about 80% out-patients and 46% of in-patients.

1. Another noticeable feature on this front is the dominant role being played by this sector in medical education, training and medical technology and diagnostics.
2. Many of the medical enterprises in the private sector are single-person owned and operated by the single person with ocassional hired workers being employed.
3. Is is held that the private sector in India grew independently without much regulation.
4. After the liberalisation being launched many NRI, big industrial houses and pharmaceutical companies set up state-of-the art super specialities hospitals like Maxcare, Fortis... etc. to lure India's rich and medical tourists from all over the globe. In fact "Medical Tourism" has become a great opportunity for our country to avail.