East Africa
Treatment in India for Ethiopian patients
Written for Ethiopian patients and their families: the route from Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Bahir Dar, the visa process at the Indian mission nearest you, which hospital cities most patients use, and what follow-up looks like once you are back home.
- Flights
- Addis Ababa has direct flights to Delhi and Mumbai in about 6.5 hours — the fastest route to India from the Horn of Africa.
- Usual hospital cities
- Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai
- Languages we work in
- Amharic, Oromo, English
- Estimates shown in
- Ethiopian birr (ETB) and US dollars
- Medical visa
- The Embassy of India in Addis Ababa issues medical visas. Amharic interpretation is arranged for the full admission.
Why patients travel
What brings Ethiopian patients to India
- Transplant and bone-marrow programmes are not yet widely available at home.
- Direct short flights make paediatric cardiac surgery feasible for young children and one parent.
- Foreign-currency planning is easier when the estimate is itemised and fixed in writing before travel.
Most requested
Treatments and indicative package costs
- Liver Transplant$32,000–48,000
- Kidney Transplant$13,500–22,000
- Bone Marrow Transplant$18,000–42,000
- Paediatric Congenital Heart Surgery$5,500–14,500
- Spinal Fusion Surgery$5,200–14,000
Indicative hospital package ranges in US dollars, not quotations. Your estimate is issued by the hospital after it reads your reports, and can be shown to you in Ethiopian birr (ETB).
Back home
Support once you return to Ethiopia
- Immunosuppression schedule and drug-level monitoring plan for your nephrologist in Addis Ababa.
- Amharic-language medication chart for the family, checked against the English summary.
- Escalation line to the transplant coordinator in India for the first 12 months.
Answers
Questions from Ethiopia
Next step
Get an estimate for travel from Ethiopia
Send your reports and we will return a written opinion and an itemised package estimate from accredited hospitals in India. A named case manager replies within 24 hours, every day of the week.