C K Birla Group is all set to invest Rs 270 crore for modernising and setting up new hospitals in the country.
The company is planning to open a new 250-bed hospital in Jaipur with an investment of Rs 190 crore. The hospital will be called ‘Rukmani Birla Hospital & Research Institute’ and is expected to be opened in 2015.
The company is also planning to commence work for modernisation of its two existing hospitals -- The Calcutta Medical Research Institute and B M Birla Heart Research -- in Kolkata, at an estimated cost of Rs 60-80 crore.
With the proposed modernisation, the combined capacity of both hospitals will increase from the present 600 beds to 700-750 beds.
Once C K Birla commissions all the projects, it plans to set up another hospital in West Bengal, but the location is yet to be finalised.