Jupiter Hospitals that runs a 200-bed hospital in Thane will launch its first hotel, Fortune Park Lakecity, very soon. The group has signed Fortune Park Hotels to manage and market of the hotel. Jupiter Hospital is looking for similar hospital/hotel projects in Southern India. The ten-storey Fortune Park Lakecity will have 94 rooms, 58 in the first phase. It will have four categories of rooms including standard, fortune clubroom, executive suite and deluxe suite, a multi-cuisine vegetarian restaurant ‘Rainbow’, banquet, boardroom and a private dining room. In the second phase Fortune Deli, a lounge; health club; swimming pool; gymnasium and health super market will be operational. The hotel will also have a spa, which will be developed as phase three.
Dr Ajay Thakker of Jupiter Hospitals says, “Everybody speaks about promoting health tourism in India but hardly any one thinks about the infrastructure to support it. India has the best of medical services but it has to be backed up by good infrastructure and accommodation for patients. So we thought of building a hotel within the hospital premises.” The hospital will account for 25-30 per cent of the hotel’s business. Apart from the hospital clientele, the hotel will cater to business and corporate client since this area is surrounded by many businesses. It will also introduce a new concept, Health Super Market, selling health and sports equipment and drinks.
As part of its expansion plans, Wockhardt Hospitals (WHL) is planning to open four new super speciality hospitals in the next three years after clearing its debt by selling ten hospitals with 1900 beds to Fortis Healthcare. WHL still has ten super speciality hospitals with 1200 beds. It is planning to open four new hospitals with a total of 1000 beds in the next three years in Mumbai, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Patana. Fortis now has 39 hospitals across India, including 6 in Bangalore, 4 in Mumbai and 3 in Kolkatta.
Following the terrorist bomb blast that killed nine people at the German Bakery in Pune, a restaurant frequented by overseas tourists, tourists have been advised to take maximum precautions, while travelling from, to or in any Indian city. Pune is a medical tourism destination for surgery, cosmetic surgery and dentistry. The US, the UK and Australia have issued travel advisories to their citizens to maintain a high level of vigilance, be aware of local events, and take the appropriate steps to bolster their personal security, as no city in India can now be regarded as safe.
Euthenic Group wants to promote medical tourism in Orissa and set up a 1000 bed-super speciality hospital in the state. After completion of the private-public project in 2013, the American group will hand over the hospital to the state government. The company argues that the state can earn foreign exchange through medical tourism. The health ministry has asked the company to submit a detailed project report to the state government as early as possible.
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