Understanding real healthcare demand in your catchment requires more than census data—it demands observation, interpretation, and validation. For doctor-investors in India’s Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, learning to read local signals—like pharmacy sales, school van routes, clinic traffic, and diagnostic backlogs—can reveal unmet needs and specialty opportunities before commissioning costly studies....
For most Tier-2 Indian cities like Nagpur, Lucknow, or Coimbatore, a 150-bed hospital strikes the ideal balance of capital efficiency, operational viability, and scalability. This guide breaks down why bed count isn't a vanity metric and provides a 4-factor framework for decision-making: catchment analysis (disease burden, patient outflows, competition), the...
Discover the top financial pitfalls that doom hospital projects in Tier-2 cities like Indore and Jaipur. Learn actionable strategies to avoid underestimating working capital, ignoring contingencies, and more for successful healthcare ventures in India
Hospital architecture and planning mistakes often remain invisible until operations begin—when long patient routes, inefficient layouts, and delayed clinical response start impacting care quality and profitability. This article breaks down common hospital construction and planning errors, explains how poor layout design affects patient flow and staff efficiency, and shows how...