Apollo Hospitals Group and Hainan Ecological Smart City Group (HESCG), a Chinese industrial park development & operations company from the Hainan province of China have signed an MoU to jointly develop a highly integrated modern health care service facility and systems in the Hainan province.
The agreement was signed today by Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals and Yang Chunzhi, Managing Director, HESCG in the presence of KT Rama Rao, Minister for IT & Urban Development, Telangana. A ‘Smart City’ is being developed in the Hainan Province, which is one of China’s largest Special Economic Zones.
Liu Cigui, Governor of the Hainan Province, and Prathap C Reddy, founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, also participated in the event. The “Smart City” on the island of Hainan, will have residential infrastructure for community living and the proposed hospital with medical, nursing and paramedical colleges would cater to not only the people of the Hainan province but also attract medical tourists from mainland China and other nations.
The collaboration will lead to the development of advanced healthcare IT systems and telemedicine solutions. The MoU is also aimed at expanding to other parts of China and into India with suitable model of collaboration, a press release said.
HESCG will provide land, all the investments for the construction, commissioning and equipping the hospital besides all operative expenses, while Apollo Hospitals Group would provide its services for technical consulting, planning and commissioning of the hospital.