Healthcare in Ahmedabad is provided through several hospitals and medical colleges - both government and private. Ahmedabad seeks to become a major player in medical tourism industry with this solid medical infrastructure. It already has a large number of foreigners and NRIs visiting it for quality and cost effective healthcare.
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Opened in 1953, Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is the largest hospital in Asia.[1] Civil Hospital is housed in a sprawling 110-acre (0.45 km2) area, has 2,800 beds facility where over 13 lakh patients are treated and nearly 80,000 surgeries performed annually. It also has autonomous kidney, cancer, heart, eye, paraplegia, dental and TB hospitals located on the same campus, if all are taken into account, the number of beds goes up to 3,500. A proposal has been drawn up by Gujarat government to seek World Bank aid for a nine-storey 2,000-bed building on Civil Hospital premises, raising its capacity to 4,800 beds - making it the world's largest hospital.
The Vadila Sarabhai (VS) Hospital is one of the oldest in the city. Found in 1931, it provides affordable medical care to its citizens.