West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the 2,000-bed Adani Arogya Mandir at the Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub in New Town, Kolkata. The project, to be executed by the Adani Foundation, will entail an investment of more than ₹4,000 crore.
At the ceremony, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani announced plans to invest more than ₹1 lakh crore in West Bengal by 2035 across sectors including ports, logistics, renewable energy, power generation, power transmission and distribution, roads and bridges, green cement and hyperscale data centres.
Spread across 51.75 acres, the Adani Arogya Mandir is envisioned as a world-class academic medical centre and comprehensive healthcare ecosystem for eastern India. It is expected to cater to more than 2 lakh inpatients and over 20 lakh outpatients annually and generate approximately 10,000 jobs across the healthcare ecosystem.
The multi-speciality hospital will include step-down and transitional care facilities, as well as a Meditel and Vishram Gruh providing accommodation for relatives of patients. Of the 2,000 beds, 1,000 will cater to economically weaker sections eligible under state and central health insurance schemes.
The campus will also have a medical college with an annual intake of 150 undergraduate, more than 100 postgraduate and over 40 super-specialist students. A College of Nursing and an institution for allied healthcare and paramedical education are also planned.
The hospital’s first phase will focus on cancer care, providing advanced tertiary and highly specialised healthcare services.
A research ecosystem covering genomics, precision medicine, biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence, clinical trials and molecular and applied biomedical sciences will form another part of the project.
The Adani Foundation has engaged Mayo Clinic Global Consulting in the US and Singapore’s SingHealth to bring expertise in clinical care, academic medicine, digital health, quality, workforce development and innovation.
Adani said the wider investment roadmap would cover infrastructure and energy projects across the state. Drawing a parallel with Mundra in Gujarat, which became the Group’s foundation for mega-projects, he described Bengal as the Group’s karmabhoomi in the East.
“The Adani Arogya Mandir will be a world-class, not-for-profit medical institution that will have 2,000 beds — with a thousand beds catering to economically weaker sections of society, eligible under State and Central health insurance schemes,” Adani said.
Adhikari said the project would develop beyond a hospital campus into an integrated healthcare city.
“The hospital will give a big boost to medical tourism. This is historic, meaningful and an auspicious day for us,” the Chief Minister said.
Alongside its healthcare and infrastructure initiatives, the Adani Group signed MoUs with the West Bengal government for the restoration of the historic Writers’ Building and for promoting the art and spirit of Kolkata’s Durga Puja globally through Adani Pujo Preview.
The group also announced support for the revitalisation of Kumartuli Ghat.
The second phase of the Arogya Mandir project is planned to include Centers of Excellence across various specialties and super-specialties.
