Indian Cardian Hospital plans health city in Mexico that will also cater US patients.

by patgarcia | November 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm

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India is well known for having excellent heart surgeons, Narayana Hrudayalaya hospitals give hope in many "inoperable" heart conditions and will open this clinic in times of crisis so it will save Americans a 20 hour journey to India, treatment will be closer and less costly for the benefit of many.

"Our next project will be a health city in Mexico. We may tie up with some American hospitals for this project," said Devi Shetty, eminent cardiologist and chairman of the Narayana Hrudayalaya group of hospitals.

Shetty was addressing a news conference here to announce the setting up of a health city - a multispecialty hospital with research facilities - in Hyderabad on the lines of the group's famous facility in Bangalore.

"The health city in Mexico will be a 3,000 to 5,000-bed facility and we are looking for joint ventures," he said adding that the government of Mexico had requested the group to set up a large health facility.

Sources said the health city would come up either in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico or at Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico.

Shetty said the proposed health city would also cater to the requirements of patients from America.