West Africa
Treatment in India for Nigerian patients
Written for Nigerian patients and their families: the route from Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, 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
- Lagos and Abuja both connect to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai in 12–16 hours with one stop in Addis Ababa, Doha, Dubai or Nairobi.
- Usual hospital cities
- Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi NCR
- Languages we work in
- English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin
- Estimates shown in
- Nigerian naira (NGN) and US dollars
- Medical visa
- Indian medical visas are processed through the High Commission of India in Abuja and the Consulate in Lagos, on the strength of the hospital invitation letter. Up to two attendants travel on medical-attendant visas.
Why patients travel
What brings Nigerian patients to India
- Cardiac surgery and transplant capacity is limited at home, and waiting lists for donor work-up are long.
- Oncology patients often need radiotherapy and chemotherapy in one continuous block rather than in interrupted cycles.
- Package pricing in India is frequently a third to a half of the equivalent quote in Europe, on comparable accreditation.
Most requested
Treatments and indicative package costs
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)$5,200–9,800
- Kidney Transplant$13,500–22,000
- Total Knee Replacement$4,200–8,200
- Breast Cancer Treatment$4,200–24,000
- IVF Treatment$2,600–5,200
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 Nigerian naira (NGN).
Back home
Support once you return to Nigeria
- Discharge summary and medication plan written for a Nigerian pharmacy formulary, with generic names listed.
- Teleconsultation with the operating surgeon at two weeks, six weeks and three months, scheduled in West Africa Time.
- Local lab work (INR, creatinine, tacrolimus levels, tumour markers) done at home and read by the Indian team.
Answers
Questions from Nigeria
Next step
Get an estimate for travel from Nigeria
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.