| Gurgaon, the satellite city of Haryana is one of the | | | | workforce in the upcoming sector. Many medical units |
| hottest cities In India today. It is hot in terms of | | | | are also planning on tie-ups with foreign universities |
| being the investment zone, which has directly | | | | for 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 skilled | | | | abroad. One of the significant projects in this |
| professionals, Gurgaon is one of the prime cities in | | | | category 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 India | | | | equity 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 in | | | | have apart from core hospital units, a market |
| Real Estate Gurgaon, consequently speeding up | | | | complex and service apartments. |
| investment in the residential sector to fill up the | | | | There are also a number of mega projects in the |
| demand for living spaces for the additional workforce | | | | medical sector which are in the conceptualization |
| in the city. Moving over from being the IT and BPO | | | | stage. There is also a new project coming up in |
| hub, Gurgaon is contemplating to achieve its next | | | | Gurgaon which will offer telemedicine services to |
| business-cap of being the Medical hub of India. And | | | | patients at minimal cost. Techno Telemedicine and |
| with developers vying in to cash on the next | | | | Telehealthcare, the Delhi-based company has |
| business opportunity, Gurgaon may well be the next | | | | conceptualized this project which will link15, 000 |
| medical destination of the country. A number of | | | | medical centers across more than ten states. The |
| projects have already taken off with top developers | | | | project, conceptualized on the hub and spokes |
| such as DLF and Ansal Properties and Infrastructure | | | | model, will have an Internet hub centre at Gurgaon, |
| (APIL) and construction majors such as Punj Lloyd | | | | Haryana 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 are | | | | Government of Haryana has already granted 20 |
| on, in the next few years Gurgaon will have an | | | | acres of land. With time and more inflow of |
| estimated 3,000 beds in the premium organized | | | | investments 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 for | | | | estate sector is sure to touch new dimensions with |
| post-graduate medical teaching, nursing college and a | | | | Gurgaon to be fast developing into a one-stop |
| college for paramedical staff to meet the demand for | | | | destination for medical tourism in India. |