Pune ranks first, Delhi at bottom in health infrastructure: Report

NEW DELHI: As per a report by Housing.com, Pune ranked first and Delhi-NCR at the bottom among eight major cities measured on the parameters of health infrastructure including number of beds, air-water quality and sanitation. Housing.com released its report on Wednesday, May 12, titled ‘State of Healthcare in India’.

The report ranked the health infrastructure in the country’s most urbanised cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune. The rankings are analysed on the basis of various parameters such as number of hospital beds per 1000 people, air quality, water quality, sanitation, liveability index.

The report mentioned that when it comes to health infrastructure, Pune is the most equipped city in India which offers 3.5 hospital beds per 1000 people. This number is higher than the national average. It added that India has the lowest number of doctors (0.86) per 1000 people, while other major economies have between 2-4 doctors per 1000 people.

With almost 3.2 hospital beds per 1000 people, Ahmedabad is ranked second in the list and Bengaluru is the third in list despite its top ranking in the ease of living index. MMR ranks fourth in the list with parameters such as number of beds, air quality and liveability pulling its ranking down. Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata are ranked at fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.