‘No frills’ Indian hospitals offer $800 heart surgery

“What if hospitals were run like a mix of Wal-Mart and a low-cost airline? The result might be something like the chain of ‘no-frills’ Narayana Hrudayalaya clinics.  Using pre-fabricated buildings, stripping out air-conditioning and even training visitors to help with post-operative care, the group believes it can cut the cost of heart surgery to an astonishing 800 dollars.  Already famous for his ‘heart factory’ in Bangalore, which does the highest number of cardiac operations in the world, the latest ‘Temple of the Heart’ projects are ultra low-cost facilities. ‘Our target is to build and equip a hospital for six million dollars and build it in six months.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/22/no-frills-indian-hospitals-offer-800-heart-surgery/

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