Health & hospitality sectors eye Guntur

The health and hospitality sector is all set for a ramp up in Guntur district. Cardiac super-specialty establishment Ramesh Hospitals is constructing a 10-storied hospital at Guntur and Apollo Hospitals is planning to start its venture soon. The hospitality sector is also making its mark in the new capital region with star hotels making a beeline to establish their businesses. ITC Hotels is going to start its star hotel soon in Guntur.

There are 61 hotels in Guntur city and only a handful are star hotels. Besides ITC Hotels, AP Hoteliers Association has planned to start a catering training institute and hotel management college in Guntur or in the new capital, according to land availability.

APHA president M Srinivasababu has said that APHA is going to establish its State office in the new capital in Tullur with a meeting hall and 10 rest houses. He asserted on the need of the cooperation of the government towards development of hospitality industry in the new capital and said that APHA would bring the issue to the notice of the government seeking special packages for hotel industry with subsidies. He predicted bright future to the hotel industry in the coming years as big hoteliers are interested to start hotels.

Health sector is planning to make good use of the new capital. Ramesh Hospital is going to start its hospital in a ten-storied building in Guntur by the New Year. The hospital is under progress in the heart of city near the famous Hindu College.

Guntur has been renowned for medical treatment. The present government general hospital was started on June 22, 1848. In 1897, the first women’s hospital, American Evangelical Lutheran Mission Hospital, with 50 beds, was started in Kothapeta by Dr Anna Sarah Kugler. In 1954, the Government Medical College was established.

But later, being attracted to the development of Hyderabad, health sector concentrated expansion in and around Hyderabad and now Guntur city is going to witness a huge expansion of health sector in view of new capital.

According to Apollo Hospitals, it is going to start three hospitals in the Seemandhra region in Visakhapatnam with 250 beds, Nellore with 200 beds and in new capital with 350 beds. It is also planning to start its hospital on Guntur-Vijayawada road at Guntur. Recently, Endolife started its super-specialty hospital in Kothapeta.