Mumbai, India is a place for world class hospitals both in private as well as government sector. They attract more than 100,000 overseas patients a year according to survey conducted by KPMG. The reasons for their visit are quality of qualified staff, affordability, quality of care, service, less waiting time and excellent facilities.

In recent Years Mumbai has witnessed a huge interest in hospital investment. Big names in healthcare industry are taking the opportunity to invest in Mumbai hospitals. This is mainly because of the demand from overseas patients.

Recent up coming hospitals in Mumbai include:

1,000 room speciality hospital near Sahara international airport.

Cancer hospital is coming up near BMC’s (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) developed by Vizag based heathcare company.

Two tertiary hospitals are been built by Award winning Apollo hospitals.

Heart hospitalis being built by cardiac surgeon late Dr Nitu Mandke.

“There is a huge market potential in Mumbai hospitals as the composition of the city changes. The suburb is where the action is and real-estate costs are more flexible,”observes Apollo Group.

Medical Tourism is the future for Indian healthcare is at 15 billion Rupees at the moment and growing at the rate of 30-35% a year. The reason for such a massive growth being the quality of doctors and medical equipment at a fraction of UK or US price.

Hospitals in India charge $ 6,500 for a heart surgery while a hospital in America charges up to $ 75,000. Indian hospitals will make around $ 5 billion dollars in revenue if they manage to attract 1 million medical tourists.