Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), has initiated the process for setting up a world class hospital as a part of the social infrastructure to be put in place in the first phase of the project. For this hospital project, GIFT has invited bids from national as well as international players and the project will be awarded to the winning bidder by the end of this month.
In response to the tender floated by the company, hospitals such as Hinduja Hospital, Sterling Hospital, Faith Healthcare, Columbia Asia, Medanta and other chains have shown interest for development of Hospital in GIFT City. Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued for development of minimum 200 beds state-of-the-art Hospital in GIFT City in July 2013.
Explaining the project’s focus on providing healthcare in the first phase, Ramakant Jha, Managing Director, GIFT City informed that the ultra-modern hospital with design to meet international standards will be equipped to provide full range of in-patient and out-patient services.
“Being a social facility, allotment of development rights for the hospital in GIFT City will be made at Rs 250 per square feet of BUA. GIFT City has earmarked a maximum of up to 50,000 sq m of Built up Area (BUA) for this hospital,” GIFT City when fully developed will generate 5 lakh direct and equal numbers of indirect jobs.
GIFT City is expected to generate five lakh direct and equal numbers of indirect jobs. The healthcare sector in Gujarat is all set to grow multi-fold and become one of the biggest employment generators.
EH News Bureau