To promote medical tourism in Haryana, the State government has decided to accord the status of industry to health sector projects with investments of or above Rs 100 crore.
“The government has decided to give the status of industry to the projects with investments of Rs 100 crore or more in health sector,” said the Haryana Health Minister, Mr Rao Narender Singh.
The State government is also exploring possibilities of developing Haryana as a centre of medical tourism and necessary provisions have been made in the new Industrial and Investment Policy 2011, Mr Singh said.
The Minister was addressing a gathering after launching ‘The 3D Lapcon' – a conference where the 3D laparoscopy camera was used for the first time in any surgical conference in India.
“Gurgaon has potential for medical tourism because it has all the health care facilities needed for treatment of chronic diseases and it is close to the Indira Gandhi International Airport,” the Minister said.
Mr Singh said the Centre had chosen Haryana for setting up a Pharma Industrial Park and Bio-technology Park where facilities of research and development would be available.
He said that the process has been initiated and the park would be set up on ‘Global Economic Corridor' along the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway.
Besides, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-2, an extension of AIIMS Delhi, is being set up at Barsa in Jhajjar district, the Minister said.
There are about 700 specialist doctors who are post-graduates and the State government has decided to utilise their services in the general hospitals at district and at sub-division levels, he added.