Gurgaon - The Medical Destination In The Making

Gurgaon, the satellite city of Haryana is one of theworkforce in the upcoming sector. Many medical units
hottest cities In India today. It is hot in terms ofare also planning on tie-ups with foreign universities
being the investment zone, which has directlyfor advanced study and treatment facilities. This plans
influenced the real estate development of the city.if materialized would help people to have better
With the support of liberal government policies,treatment facilities in the country without going
better infrastructure and availability of skilledabroad. One of the significant projects in this
professionals, Gurgaon is one of the prime cities incategory is Medicity, promoted by the well-known
India for foreign companies to start their operations.heart surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan with a few other
Major Medical Hub of Indiaequity partners. The 1000-crore project will be a
The large scale investments in the IT sector, BPOs,state-of-the-art integrated medical township and will
retail and hospitality has brought about a boom inhave apart from core hospital units, a market
Real Estate Gurgaon, consequently speeding upcomplex and service apartments.
investment in the residential sector to fill up theThere are also a number of mega projects in the
demand for living spaces for the additional workforcemedical sector which are in the conceptualization
in the city. Moving over from being the IT and BPOstage. There is also a new project coming up in
hub, Gurgaon is contemplating to achieve its nextGurgaon which will offer telemedicine services to
business-cap of being the Medical hub of India. Andpatients at minimal cost. Techno Telemedicine and
with developers vying in to cash on the nextTelehealthcare, the Delhi-based company has
business opportunity, Gurgaon may well be the nextconceptualized this project which will link15, 000
medical destination of the country. A number ofmedical centers across more than ten states. The
projects have already taken off with top developersproject, conceptualized on the hub and spokes
such as DLF and Ansal Properties and Infrastructuremodel, will have an Internet hub centre at Gurgaon,
(APIL) and construction majors such as Punj LloydHaryana duly linked to Satellite Medical Centers
among others; and if industry sources are to be(SMCs) spread across the country for which the
believed, the speed at which all these projects areGovernment of Haryana has already granted 20
on, in the next few years Gurgaon will have anacres of land. With time and more inflow of
estimated 3,000 beds in the premium organizedinvestments in India, particularly this sector, Gurgaon
private medical sector.will open up for more opportunities and the real
There are also plans to have colleges forestate sector is sure to touch new dimensions with
post-graduate medical teaching, nursing college and aGurgaon to be fast developing into a one-stop
college for paramedical staff to meet the demand fordestination for medical tourism in India.