Treatment in India from Ethiopia

Which treatments do patients from Ethiopia seek abroad?

Children's heart disease leads the record. Among Ethiopian children referred abroad from an Addis Ababa hospital between 2022 and 2024, congenital heart disease was the commonest reason, and most of those children went to India. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was the commonest cancer, and stem cell transplantation was among the reasons for referral.

For adults, most cases sent abroad involve heart, bone and lung problems that need technology and skills scarce at home; heart conditions and cancer are particularly hard to treat in Ethiopia, and care is often sought in India. A Ministry of Health directive of 2026 sets approval procedures for referrals abroad: a medical board certificate, and extra documents for transplantation.

Jivo holds hospital estimates for the congenital repairs tetralogy of Fallot repair, ASD closure, VSD closure and Glenn shunt surgery, for the two transplant routes used when a matched sibling is or is not available (matched sibling or family donor and haploidentical), and for chemotherapy, radiation therapy, coronary bypass and hip replacement.

Which Jivo specialists conducted a Masterclass on these treatments?

The congenital heart Jivo Masterclass was conducted by Dr. Aseem R. Srivastava for international doctors on 31 August 2025.

For transplant and childhood cancer, Dr. Dharma Choudhary conducted a Jivo Masterclass on bone marrow transplant for sickle cell disease for international doctors on 7 December 2025. Dr. Arun Singh Danewa conducted one on childhood cancer on 8 March 2026. Dr. Mohit Agarwal conducted one on cancer: myths, facts and advances on 7 September 2025.

On the adult side, Dr. Biswarup Purkayastha conducted a Jivo Masterclass on coronary artery disease on 30 November 2025, and Dr. Rakesh Mahajan one on complex hip arthroplasty on 2 November 2025.

Is there a patient story from Ethiopia?

Vision Loss Treatment in India for a Patient From Ethiopia records a patient whose progressive vision loss came from optic nerve compression that local evaluation could not trace to a cause. Evaluation in India found raised intracranial pressure, a shunt with an adjustable valve relieved the pressure, and visual function stabilised.

Which languages do Ethiopian patients use?

Amharic is the working language of the Federal Government, and Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali and Afar were added as federal working languages in 2020.

How does a patient from Ethiopia start?

The reports go to Jivo on WhatsApp. A named specialist's opinion and the partner hospital's estimate follow. Ethiopia is not on the Indian government's e-visa list, so the visa is a paper application at the Embassy of India in Addis Ababa, with an attendant visa for the companion. Ethiopian Airlines flies Addis Ababa to Delhi non-stop, about 14 flights a week or roughly two a day.

The partner hospital, which is FRRO-registered like every Jivo partner hospital, issues the Visa Invitation Letter, and Jivo arranges it with the hospital for every patient. The process for patients lists every stage.