NEW DELHI, May 12:
Pune is ranked first while Delhi-NCR is at the lowest position among eight major cities in health infrastructure-related parameters, including number of hospitals beds, air-water quality and sanitation, according to a report by Housing.Com.
The real estate portal, which is owned by US-based News Corp and its Australian group firm REA, on Wednesday released its report titled ‘State of Healthcare in India’.
The report ranks health infrastructure in India’s most urbanised eight cities Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR) and Pune on the basis of Housing.Com’s City Health Card.
Pune tops among Indian cities in health infrastructure audit
Pune tops among Indian cities in health infrastructure audit
IANS / Updated: May 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
The Delhi-National Capital Region was ranked the lowest in the list, Mumbai ranked fourth
As the second wave of COVID-19 cripples the Indian healthcare system with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen supply, a report by
Housing.com shows that when it comes to health infrastructure, Pune is the most equipped city in India, although, with just 3.5 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
This in fact is much higher when compared to India’s national average 1.4 available beds per 1,000 people, including both public and private sector hospitals, showed the report by the Elara Technologies-owned online realty firm.
Pune ranks first, Delhi-NCR at bottom among top 8 cities on health infra parameters: Report
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The real estate portal, which is owned by US-based News Corp and its Australian group firm REA, on Wednesday released its report titled State of Healthcare in India .
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For the City Health Card methodology, hospitals with more than 100 beds were considered. The data for each hospital have been taken from government sources and/ or official hospitals websites.
Pune is ranked first while Delhi-NCR is at the lowest position among eight major cities in health infrastructure-related parameters, including number of hospitals beds, air-water quality and sanitation, according to a report by Housing.com.
Pune is ranked first while Delhi-NCR is at the lowest position among eight major cities in health infrastructure-related parameters, including number of hospitals beds, air-water quality and sanitation, according to a report by Housing.com. The real estate portal, which is owned by US-based News Corp and its Australian group firm REA, on Wednesday released its report titled State of Healthcare in India . The report ranks health infrastructure in India s most urbanised eight cities Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR) and Pune on the basis of Housing.com s City Health Card. These rankings are benchmarked against parameters such as number of hospital beds per 1,000 people, air quality, water quality, sanitation, liveability index and 40 per cent weightage has been given to number of hospital beds.
69 percent of hospital beds in India are concentrated in urban areas : Report
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Not only does India sit at the bottom of the chart on healthcare spending among top 10 major economies covered in the analysis, it also has the lowest number of beds available at its public hospitals - when it comes to public healthcare, there is only half a bed available per 1,000 people in India.
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File Photo: A Covid-19 patient seen getting treatment on the floor of the casualty ward of Ranchi s RIMS hospital earlier this month due to shortage of beds
Pune is the most equipped city in India in terms of health infrastructure offering 3.5 hospital beds per 1,000 people, according to a recent report by online real estate portal Housing.com.