The Economic Times – Facilitating easy medical access to patients from abroad, healthcare major Prime India today launched the International Wellness Card here. The end-to-end approach in the form of an International Wellness Card will enable patients from abroad to gain access to a host of e-health services, medical tourism educational kits and discounted rates on medical services and products, Ramesh Balasubramanian, Business Head, Medical Tourism, Prime India, told reporters here. The card will be available for patients from 12 countries – Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Botswana, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai — to have medical access to hospitals having ties with Prime India, he said. “We have tie-ups with over 45 hospitals in the country. The card will help patients to have an easy access to medical services in these hospitals. More than just a card, we’ll also electronically store the medical records of our clients, so that they need not carry them around wherever they go,” Balasubramanian said. Prime India has launched two cards in two marketing segments – gold and platinum.