Healthcare & Hospitality

Indian healthcare is experiencing a new wave of opportunity. Providers are reinventing existing delivery models to bring healthcare closer to the patient. The following emerging trends are changing the course of the industry: The change in the government’s role from provider to payer has expanded the financial risk protection coverage to the marginalized. Indian healthcare delivery system is categorized into two major components - public and private. The Government, i.e. public healthcare system comprises limited secondary and tertiary care institutions in key cities and focuses on providing basic healthcare facilities in the form of Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in rural areas. The private sector provides majority of secondary, tertiary and quaternary care institutions with a major concentration in metros, tier I and tier II cities. India's competitive advantage lies in its large pool of well-trained medical professionals. India is also cost competitive compared to its peers in Asia and Western countries. The cost of surgery in India is about one-tenth of that in the US or Western Europe. The healthcare market can increase three fold to Rs 8.6 trillion (US$ 133.44 billion) by 2022. India is experiencing 22-25 per cent growth in medical tourism and the industry is expected to double its size from present (April 2017) US$ 3 billion to US$ 6 billion by 2018. Medical tourist arrivals in India increased to 1.07 million in January 2018 from 0.98 million in January 2017. There is a significant scope for enhancing healthcare services considering that healthcare spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is rising. Rural India, which accounts for over 70 per cent of the population, is set to emerge as a potential demand source. In 2017, the Government of India has provided grant-in-aid for setting up of AYUSH educational institutions in States and Union Territories

The hospital and diagnostic centers attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth US$ 4.99 billion between April 2000 and December 2017, according to data released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Some of the recent investments in the Indian healthcare industry are as follows

• ● India and Cuba have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation in the areas of health and medicine, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
• ● Fortis Healthcare has approved the de-merger of its hospital business with Manipal Hospital Enterprises. TPG and Dr. Ranjan Pal could invest Rs.3,900/- crore (US$ 602.41 million) in Manipal Hospital Enterprise.

There are a number of major players in the education industry in India

• ● Apollo Munich
• ● Fortis Healthcare Limited
• ● Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
• ● Religare Healthcare Company limited.
• ● Piramal Enterprises Limited.
• ● Wockhardt Limited
• ● Cipla Limited
• ● Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
• ● Sun Pharma
• ● Lupin Pharmaceuticals

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