As Apollo Hospitals celebrated their 25th anniversary, it’s CEO Dr. Pratap C. Reddy declared a grand vision of ‘touching billion lives’ in which Apollo Hospitals is going to start 250 new hospitals in rural and semi-urban places in India.
Apart from that they are developing Apollo Aragonda Integrated Health City (AAIHC) with an investment of 1000 crores on a 100 acres of land 15 kms north of Chittor which will have an unprecedented facilities to train 25,000 healthcare professionals every year in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) apart from running a medical college and a hospital.
Chennai-Bangalore (CB) Industrial corridor that is under consideration for approval with the central government is likely to attract lot of industries related to automobile, and aeronautical sectors. But considering the healthcare potential of this region (largest medical institution of the country ‘Christian Medical College’ and AAIHC are separated only by about 50 kms) and it is in this context that it is suggested that CCB highway be developed as an exclusive healthcare corridor.
As this corridor includes three different states compared to two in CB corridor, investment and approvals from the central government becomes easier. This corridor could house pharmaceutical & healthcare equipment companies, innovative healthcare educational facilities, exclusive healthcare BPO’s and CPO’s (clinical process outsourcing). Considering the legendary institutions such as VIT University and CMC located in Vellore, such a corridor would ultimately lead to collaborations in stem cell research, cutting edge research in nanotech healthcare and biotechnology etc.
Considering the established road network, with these changes, Vellore and surrounding areas could become a hub for quality medical education and medical tourism.
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