We hope to have 3,000 operational beds in 2-3 yrs: Paras Hospitals founder

'Our Kanpur facility of around 400 beds will be in the investment range of Rs 200 crore', said Nagar

Paras Hospitals started its first 250-bed hospital in Gurugram back in 2006 at a time when the largest hospital in the Millenium city was a 50-bed facility. But after that instead of taking the usual route of expanding across large metros, Paras chose to get into smaller towns and cities, a trend that is expected to accelerate among large hospital chains post pandemic. The founder Dharminder Nagar spoke to Anjuli Bhargava on the changes he sees and expects post pandemic and his own group’s plans. Excerpts :

How have your plans as a hospital chain changed post pandemic ?

Our plans have