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NRI to set up 150-bed hospital In Dubai
A non-resident Indian businessman plans to set up a hospital in Dubai which will be positioned as a key general healthcare provider.
A non-resident Indian businessman plans to set up a hospital in Dubai which will be positioned as a key general healthcare provider.
This will be the second hospital in the Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) started by Sunny Varkey, an NRI hailing from Kerala, who also runs a network of top-end schools in the UAE and has recently branched off into setting up state-of-the art hospitals in the emirate.
Welcare World Health Systems, the healthcare consultancy and management arm of Varkey's group, had previously entered into an agreement with DHCC for developing "The City Hospital", a premium 210-bed hospital that will be positioned as a Centre of Excellence in Cardiology and Orthopaedics. The hospital is currently under design by US hospital designer firm Ellerbe Becket and is scheduled to commence operation by mid-2007.
Welcare World has acquired international affiliation of George Washington University Hospital (GWUH), thus ensuring high standards of care throughout its planning and operational stages.
"It is our intention to extend the reputation of Welcare Hospital to Dubai Healthcare City" said Varkey.
"We are determined to create a new paradigm in healthcare planning with advanced technology in collaboration with top-notch institutions in healthcare", said C N Radhakrishnan, Executive Director, Varkey Group.
"Creating strategic international partnerships in the delivery of quality healthcare is indeed the way to go", he added.
