As per the draft National Health Policy 2015, the private hospitals’ market size in Odisha will grow from US$ 750 million currently to around US$ 4 billion by 2020. It was informed by Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) Director Dr Biranchi N Jena here on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters, Jena said the demand for health care management professional would grow exponentially in coming years in India. “Currently, there is a requirement of around 10,000 health and hospital management professionals in India and I can foresee this number shooting up to 100,000 by 2020. In Odisha, the demand for health care and hospital management professionals is expected to growth ten-fold to more than 3000 by 2020,” he added.
He said graduates from any stream, be it science, pharmacy, humanities or commerce, can look forward to assured and well-paying jobs if they were to take up health and hospital post-graduate management course. Notably, IIHMR Bangalore, a premier institution in the area of health management, hospital management, research and training in south India, offers a two years full-time post-graduate course in health and hospital management and admissions are open till June 2015.
