Gurgaon – The Medical Destination In The Making

Gurgaon, the satellite city of Haryana is one of theupcoming sector. Many medical units are also planning
hottest cities In India today. It is hot in terms of beingon tie-ups with foreign universities for advanced study
the investment zone, which has directly influenced theand treatment facilities. This plans if materialized would
real estate development of the city. With the supporthelp people to have better treatment facilities in the
of liberal government policies, better infrastructure andcountry without going abroad. One of the significant
availability of skilled professionals, Gurgaon is one ofprojects in this category is Medicity, promoted by the
the prime cities in India for foreign companies to startwell-known heart surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan with a
their operations.Major Medical Hub of IndiaThe largefew other equity partners. The 1000-crore project will
scale investments in the IT sector, BPOs, retail andbe a state-of-the-art integrated medical township and
hospitality has brought about a boom in Real Estatewill 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 living spacesnumber of mega projects in the medical sector which
for the additional workforce in the city. Moving overare in the conceptualization stage. There is also a new
from being the IT and BPO hub, Gurgaon isproject coming up in Gurgaon which will offer
contemplating to achieve its next business-cap oftelemedicine services to patients at minimal cost.
being the Medical hub of India. And with developersTechno Telemedicine and Telehealthcare, the
vying in to cash on the next business opportunity,Delhi-based company has conceptualized this project
Gurgaon may well be the next medical destination ofwhich will link15, 000 medical centers across more than
the country. A number of projects have already takenten states. The project, conceptualized on the hub and
off with top developers such as DLF and Ansalspokes model, will have an Internet hub centre at
Properties and Infrastructure (APIL) and constructionGurgaon, Haryana duly linked to Satellite Medical
majors such as Punj Lloyd among others; and ifCenters (SMCs) spread across the country for which
industry sources are to be believed, the speed atthe Government of Haryana has already granted 20
which all these projects are on, in the next few yearsacres of land. With time and more inflow of
Gurgaon will have an estimated 3,000 beds in theinvestments in India, particularly this sector, Gurgaon will
premium organized private medical sector.There areopen up for more opportunities and the real estate
also plans to have colleges for post-graduate medicalsector is sure to touch new dimensions with Gurgaon
teaching, nursing college and a college for paramedicalto be fast developing into a one-stop destination for
staff to meet the demand for workforce in themedical tourism in India.