Gurgaon – The Medical Destination In The Making

Gurgaon, the satellite city of Haryana is one of thethe demand for workforce in the upcoming sector.
hottest cities In India today. It is hot in terms ofMany medical units are also planning on tie-ups with
being the investment zone, which has directlyforeign universities for advanced study and
influenced the real estate development of the city.treatment facilities. This plans if materialized would
With the support of liberal government policies,help people to have better treatment facilities in the
better infrastructure and availability of skilledcountry without going abroad. One of the significant
professionals, Gurgaon is one of the prime cities inprojects in this category is Medicity, promoted by the
India for foreign companies to start theirwell-known heart surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan with a
operations.Major Medical Hub of IndiaThe large scalefew other equity partners. The 1000-crore project
investments in the IT sector, BPOs, retail andwill be a state-of-the-art integrated medical township
hospitality has brought about a boom in Real Estateand will have apart from core hospital units, a market
Gurgaon, consequently speeding up investment in thecomplex and service apartments.There are also a
residential sector to fill up the demand for livingnumber of mega projects in the medical sector which
spaces for the additional workforce in the city.are in the conceptualization stage. There is also a
Moving over from being the IT and BPO hub,new project coming up in Gurgaon which will offer
Gurgaon is contemplating to achieve its nexttelemedicine services to patients at minimal cost.
business-cap of being the Medical hub of India. AndTechno Telemedicine and Telehealthcare, the
with developers vying in to cash on the nextDelhi-based company has conceptualized this project
business opportunity, Gurgaon may well be the nextwhich will link15, 000 medical centers across more
medical destination of the country. A number ofthan ten states. The project, conceptualized on the
projects have already taken off with top developershub and spokes model, will have an Internet hub
such as DLF and Ansal Properties and Infrastructurecentre at Gurgaon, Haryana duly linked to Satellite
(APIL) and construction majors such as Punj LloydMedical Centers (SMCs) spread across the country
among others; and if industry sources are to befor which the Government of Haryana has already
believed, the speed at which all these projects aregranted 20 acres of land. With time and more inflow
on, in the next few years Gurgaon will have anof investments in India, particularly this sector,
estimated 3,000 beds in the premium organizedGurgaon will open up for more opportunities and the
private medical sector.There are also plans to havereal estate sector is sure to touch new dimensions
colleges for post-graduate medical teaching, nursingwith Gurgaon to be fast developing into a one-stop
college and a college for paramedical staff to meetdestination for medical tourism in India.