Ramaiah Memorial Hospital of Bengaluru wants to foray into Calcutta by setting up a hospital to bridge the gap in demand and supply of affordable, accessible, quality healthcare in the east.

It promises to treat patients at a cost that is 20 to 25 per cent lower compared to other private facilities.

Ramaiah, which runs a 500-bed multi-super-speciality quaternary care hospital and an 850-bed Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital in Bengaluru, would extend its collaboration with Mount Sinai Health System of New York to Calcutta.

“We are seriously looking at setting up a hospital in Calcutta, Assam and other parts of the northeastern region. There is a lot of need gap there for quality quaternary healthcare,” said M.R. Jayaram, chairman, Gokula Education Foundation, which owns and runs Ramaiah Memorial Hospital and Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital.

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