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Pune outranks other cities on health parameters, says Housing.com report
When it comes to health infrastructure, Pune is the most equipped city in India, offering 3.5 hospital beds per 1,000 people, shows a recent report by leading online real estate portal Housing.com.
This is much higher when compared to India’s national average — in the public healthcare system, there is only half a bed and 1.4 beds available, if we count public plus private hospital beds available per 1,000 people in India, shows a report by the Elara Technologies-owned online realty firm.
The report titled ‘State of Healthcare in India – Indian cities through the lens of healthcare’ ranks health infrastructure in the country’s most urbanised eight cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai (MMR) and Pune through its Housing.com’s City Health Card. The top-ranked city Pune also scored significantly high on parameters such as ease of living, water quality and also performance and sustainable initiatives taken by its local government.
These rankings are benchmarked against parameters such as number of hospital beds, air quality, water quality, sanitation, liveability index, etc.
With nearly 3.2 hospital beds per 1,000 people, Ahmedabad is ranked second in the list while India’s Silicon Valley Bengaluru is ranked third, despite a high number of hospital beds per 1,000 people and its top ranking in the ease of living index, as parameters such as air quality, water quality and availability, and municipal performance index pull down the city’s rank.
The Delhi-National Capital Region, which covers the national Capital, Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, was ranked the lowest in the list, primarily because of the region’s poor scores on air and water quality, sanitation and performance of municipal bodies.
“The density of hospitals is lower in Ghaziabad and Greater Noida regions compared to Gurugram, Noida and Faridabad which also have higher levels of service sectors, warehousing and manufacturing activity,” says the report.
India’s financial capital Mumbai and its metropolitan region— also the largest residential real estate market in the country with a transactional value of $2.5 billion in the first quarter of 2021 —- were ranked fourth on the Housing.com City Health Card, with parameters such as the number of beds, air quality, and liveability pulling its overall score down.
Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata occupy the fifth, sixth and seventh positions, respectively.
Even with the addition of private hospital beds, India remains in deficit
Healthcare spending
The report that provides a perspective on nations’ preparedness in terms of providing health services to its people, also states that India is among the countries with the least public health spending and high out-of-pocket expenditure.
According to the report, India spent only 3.5% of its GDP on healthcare in 2018, as compared to developed countries like the US, the UK, Japan, Germany, and Canada which spent nearly 10–18% of their GDP on healthcare. This spending includes both the public healthcare spending and out-of-pocket expenses.
“It is a matter of great concern that despite an impressive economic growth trajectory and healthcare initiatives, India continues to underperform compared to other countries,” the report said.
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. India also has the lowest number of doctors (0.86) per 1,000 people; other major economies have between 2-4 doctors per 1,000 people.
“As quality housing remains integral to health, states should come up with more reformative measures to ensure a larger number of its citizens are able to afford housing, which acts as a preventive measure against health risks. Though developing better healthcare infrastructure will require a well thought-out medium-term plan, and would take some time to build, states could immediately launch measures in the form of stamp duty reductions to provide their citizens better protection against health hazards in the form of affordable housing and better community living which has easy access to all amenities,” said Mani Rangarajan, Group COO, Housing.com, Makaan.com & PropTiger.com.
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