Narayana Hrudayalaya to set up health city in Ahmedabad

Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 16:00 IST
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Ahmedabad: Narayana Hrudayalaya, a heart hospital chain in the country, signed an agreement with the Gujarat government to set up a 5,000-bed health city here, a statement issued here said Monday. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Narayana Hrudayalaya and the Gujarat government, the health city will come up on a 37-acre area in Monogram Mills in Bapunagar, Ahmedabad. Under the agreement, Narayana Hrudayalaya Health City plans to invest 4.8 billion and will begin operations with a 1,000-bed heart hospital. This will be followed by cancer, kidney, neurosurgery and women & child welfare hospitals of 1,000-beds each in subsequent phases. The facility would also include a nursing college and paramedical training centres to raise skilled manpower for this mega project. "Solutions are not solutions until they are affordable. This health city will bring us a step closer to our vision of making world-class healthcare services and cutting-edge medical technologies available at affordable costs to the common man," Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, said in a statement. "The project would also generate direct employment for 2,000 people and indirect employment for 5,000 more people in the state," Shetty said.
Source: IANS