Healthcare in Ahmedabad
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Healthcare in Ahmedabad is provided through several hospitals and medical colleges - both government and private. Ahmedabad
seeks to become a major player in medical tourism
industry with this solid medical infrastructure. It already has a large number of foreigners and NRIs visiting it for quality and cost effective healthcare.
is the largest hospital in Asia. Civil Hospital is housed in a sprawling 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) area, has 2,800 beds facility where over 13 lakh patients are treated and nearly 80,000 surgeries performed annually. It also has autonomous kidney, cancer, heart, eye, paraplegia, dental and TB hospitals located on the same campus, if all are taken into account, the number of beds goes up to 3,500. A proposal has been drawn up by Gujarat government to seek World Bank aid for a nine-storey 2,000-bed building on Civil Hospital premises, raising its capacity to 4,800 beds - making it the world's largest hospital.
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
seeks to become a major player in medical tourism
Medical tourism
Medical tourism is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain health care...
industry with this solid medical infrastructure. It already has a large number of foreigners and NRIs visiting it for quality and cost effective healthcare.
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital
Opened in 1953, Ahmedabad Civil HospitalAhmedabad Civil Hospital
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, the biggest hospital in Asia, is located in Ahmedabad, India with facilities for specialised diagnostic, therapeutic & rehabilitative patient care. Spread over of land, it houses a number of prestigious institutes and allied hospitals, the Gujarat Medical Council and...
is the largest hospital in Asia. Civil Hospital is housed in a sprawling 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) area, has 2,800 beds facility where over 13 lakh patients are treated and nearly 80,000 surgeries performed annually. It also has autonomous kidney, cancer, heart, eye, paraplegia, dental and TB hospitals located on the same campus, if all are taken into account, the number of beds goes up to 3,500. A proposal has been drawn up by Gujarat government to seek World Bank aid for a nine-storey 2,000-bed building on Civil Hospital premises, raising its capacity to 4,800 beds - making it the world's largest hospital.
Sheth Vadial Sarabhai General Hospital (VS Hospital)
The Vadila Sarabhai (VS) Hospital is one of the oldest in the city. Found in 1931, it provides affordable medical care to its citizens.Other prominent/major hospitals in the city
- Seth L.G. Municipal General Hospital
- Gujarat Research & Medical Institute Rajasthan Hospitals
- Apollo Hospital - SPS Apollo Hospital
- Sterling Hospital
- Krishna Heart & Super Specialty Institute
- SAL hospital
- Dr Jivraj Mehta Hospital and medical research
- Seth C.H. Nagari Eye Hospital
- Sharda Ben Municipal General Hospital
- Bapunagar General Hospital ESI
- Akhandanand Ayurvedic Hospital
- The Gujarat Cancer Society
- Mental Hospital
- Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
- Rajasthan hospital
- Nova Pulse IVF Clinic
- Pulse Women's Hospital