The choice to send patients to India is purely based on financial, rather than political reasons. Even with the higher airfares, it often turns up significantly

The choice to send patients to India is purely based on financial, rather than political reasons. Even with the higher airfares, it often turns up significantly cheaper to send patients there. Of course in outlier cases where its thought that there is a higher chance of survival in Aus/NZ, patients are sent there instead. Australia and New Zealand only deny medical visas for people in the Fiji government and military (and their family).