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Apollo Hospitals to start medical college in West Bengal
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 26 April, 2008 09:22:00
 
The Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals is to set up a medical college with a 350-bed
hospital on the outskirts of the West Bengal capital.
Apollo Hospitals managing director Preetha Reddy told reporters: "We discussed
the plan for the medical college at a meeting with Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharya on Friday evening. He has promised to extend all possible help,
including arranging for a 25-acre plot if we fail to arrange for it ourselves."
The hospital authorities are eyeing the outskirts of Kolkata to set up the
medical college. "This Rs.700-million project will be operational by 2011,"
Reddy added. There will be a 350-bed hospital on the campus of the medical
college.
"We are also planning to set up 100-bed hospitals in West Bengal towns. We will
start with Siliguri, Burdwan and Kharagpur towns," said Reddy.