Career in Healthcare Industry

By the health care industry growing at a rate oftwo decades - at an annual cost of Rs 50,000 crore -
nearly 15 per cent every year, the sector, which isto meet its healthcare needs. It is estimated that
today not just associated with doctors but haseach additional bed has the possible to create five
grown to include other areas as well, can offer adirect and 25 indirect jobs. Modern- day hospitals
wide mixture of career options for youngsters. Andwhich offer state- of- the- art facilities require highly
with the growth rate expected to almost twice overtrained staff to run such services, and hence the
in the next couple of years, it will be a core industryneed for health care india.
to watch out for.Sensing the opening in this sector, several institutes
The liberalisation and entry of professional players inare offering courses and training programmes in
the healthcare industry has not just better the qualityhealthcare management. A PG course would cover
of health check services but has brought in newsubjects such as principles of management, hospital
career opportunities for graduates in medicine andplanning and design, which are likely to meet the
allied fields. With hospitals rapidly increasing in everynecessities of the industry. With medical tourism
other corner of the city, the demand for skilled staffbeing the catchphrase, the situation prospects in
is way high than the supply. In the National Capitalhealthcare management are limitless. India is one of
Region alone, over 15 new hospitals are coming up inthe favoured destinations for healthcare treatments
the next five years, which would translate intobecause of its world- class conveniences at
thousands of new employment. A recent study byaffordable rates. Government and private hospitals
consultants Ernst & Young and KPMG says Indiatoo have many career openings.
needs to add one lakh beds every year for the next