First it was Peerless Hospital that came up at the southern extreme of the EM Bypass when there was no road bridge over the railway tracks near the Baghajatin station. Then came the Ruby Hospital at a more agreeable location, at the point where the Rashbehari connector meets the Bypass.
Few years down the line, the Rabindra Nath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences at Mukundapur, popularly known as the Devi Shetty Hospital, opened its gates.
As if the three hospitals in close proximity are not enough, there will be 7 more before this decade gets over. The biggest among all will be the 1000-bed Neotia Elbit Healthciti at Chakgaria close to where the Big Bazaar is on EM Bypass.
There are more. Across Rabindra Nath Tagore hospital on Mukundapur Road is fast coming up Sankara Netralaya’s 60-bed Kolkata hospital. And then there is PN Memorial’s 750-bed Neon Hospital, apart from those by the Armenian Church, the Wockhardt Group, and others (see list below; image courtesy).
There could be many reasons why so many hospitals are locating within a short stretch of just 2.5 km between Ruby Hospital and Garia connector. But what is good is that the health hub will ensure a steady need of a large number of health professionals and workers.
And yes the demand for decent housing at nearby places will remain strong to accommodate not only those who work at the hospitals, but also the floating population of relatives who accompany patients from faraway places for treatment there.
If that is true, it will not be long before some smart businessmen build service apartments in the adjoining areas to cater to the housing demand.
As they say, business pulls business. The saying is truer in cases like the health hub above, or giant factories like Tata Motors’ Singur plant.
[Collated from TT news report]
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