Medical tourism marketing in Kannur

• A market and specialty plan that picks two or three countries and services matching patient demand there and your clinical strengths
• International patient pages in Arabic and English covering doctors, any accreditation you hold, the treatment journey, estimates, travel and stay
• Search campaigns aimed at treatment searches from the chosen GCC and other markets
• Reply templates for estimates, medical report requests and visa support letters, with estimates always presented as estimates
• Brochures and presentations for facilitators, embassies and corporate partners
• Monthly reporting on enquiries by country, specialty and channel, including how many enquirers shared medical reports

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   Capability review. We meet your international desk and key specialists to confirm what you can offer patients from abroad, including interpreters, visa support letters, accommodation tie-ups and teleconsultation follow-up.
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   Market plan. We choose two or three markets and specialties based on your strengths and the international enquiries you already receive, rather than advertising everywhere.
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   Build. International pages, the WhatsApp set-up and reply templates go live before any ad spend, so the first enquiries are handled well.
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   Campaigns and review. We run Arabic and English campaigns in the chosen markets and review each month which countries send serious enquiries, moving budget accordingly.

Kannur has Government Medical College Kannur at Pariyaram, about 25 km north of the city, the District Hospital in town and private hospitals such as Aster MIMS at Chala, along with clinics, labs and dental practices around Thavakkara and Fort Road. The Malabar Cancer Centre is at Thalassery, and the city takes patients from across the district up to the Karnataka border in the eastern hills. Many Kannur families have Gulf connections, and the city also serves patients from the hilly east of the district around Iritty and Taliparamba who often come in by bus; people search in Malayalam and English and trust doctors they hear about through family and community networks.

We run medical tourism marketing by specialty, because multispecialty hospitals and fertility and IVF clinics in Kannur are searched for in different ways:

• Multispecialty hospital marketing in KannurKannur's private hospitals compete with the Government Medical College at Pariyaram and, for planned surgery, with Kozhikode and, for some families in the north of the district, Mangaluru, so each department needs its own page with its consultants and facilities.
• Fertility and IVF clinic marketing in KannurKannur International Airport at Mattannur has direct flights to several Gulf cities, so Gulf-based couples from the district can fly in close to home for consultations and treatment cycles, and a fertility clinic that plans around short leave and explains timelines clearly is easier to choose.
• Cancer centre marketing in KannurFamilies in Kannur often weigh treatment close to home against months of travel for chemotherapy or radiotherapy, so a cancer service in Kannur city should state plainly which treatments, screening and follow-up it offers on site, factually and without any suggestion of cure.
• Dialysis centre marketing in KannurPatients from hill towns such as Iritty and Alakode face long bus journeys for every session, so a Kannur centre that publishes its early-morning or evening shifts and explains how to join its list is easier for families to plan around.

International pages and the WhatsApp enquiry process usually take four to eight weeks to set up properly. Serious international enquiries often take several months to turn into admissions, because families compare options, arrange visas and plan travel around work and school holidays. Medical tourism marketing is usually a monthly retainer, with ad spend in each market paid by you directly to Google and Meta. Scope depends on the number of markets, languages and specialties, how many international pages and videos are needed, and whether we support your international desk with templates and training. Any arrangement you have with medical tourism facilitators is separate from our fee, and because the NMC's October 2026 guidelines restrict commissions and per-patient payments connected with procuring patients, check facilitator contracts with your legal adviser. See how our pricing works.

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From Kannur, our office opposite Aster Medcity is about 270 km, six to seven hours by road. The train from Ernakulam takes about six hours and is usually easier than the drive. Patients here often search by landmark, such as Thavakkara, Caltex junction and Thana, so local pages and your Google Business Profile have to use those names.

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Can our hospital or clinic in Kannur attract international patients if it is not a large tertiary hospital?

Yes, if it offers something worth travelling for, such as a planned procedure, an ayurveda programme or dental work that fits a short visit, and can answer enquiries quickly in English or Arabic. Many enquiries come from Malayali families in the Gulf arranging care for parents near their home town, which can favour hospitals outside the big cities. We assess this honestly in the audit before you spend anything on campaigns.

Which visa do international patients need to come to India for treatment?

India offers medical and e-medical visas for patients, attendant visas for companions, and a separate Ayush visa for treatment under ayurveda and other Indian systems of medicine. Eligible countries, documents and rules change, so your international desk should always point patients to the official Indian visa portal or the nearest Indian mission. We write that guidance into your pages and reply templates.

Do you work with medical tourism facilitators or replace them?

We work alongside them. Facilitators bring patients from markets where you have no direct presence, while your own pages and campaigns bring direct enquiries, so we prepare facilitator materials and track the two sources separately. How you contract with facilitators is your decision, but the NMC's October 2026 advertising guidelines bar doctors from paying or receiving commissions or referral fees connected with procuring patients, so check any per-patient commission arrangement with your legal adviser.