THE presence of world-class medical facilities can trigger many other spin-offs, says Fiji’s leading businessman Dilip Khatri.
Mr Khatri, the managing director of Jack’s Group and also the chairman of the Vision Group conglomerate, said one of the first industries to benefit from such facilities would be the tourism sector.
Speaking at the Pacific Specialist Healthcare (PSH Hospitals) corporate social night and “know your hospital” event, Mr Khatri said the concept of creating retirement and holiday homes was not being able to realise its full potential in Nadi and Fiji particularly due to the lack of world-class and state-of-the art private hospitals and medical facilities.
All this is about to change following the set-up of PSH Hospitals which is a 130-bed state-of the-art speciality hospital with cutting edge medical equipment and a pool of 90 highly trained specialists.
“From what I have seen during my tour of the hospital, I can say this is what Fiji needed and I commend the founder of PSH for his passion and vision for Fiji,” Mr Khatri said.
“I am very impressed and I see that the owner Parvish Kumar is doing all this from his heart and it’s not driven by any financial aspirations but pure passion.
This makes world-class medical services accessible not only for the people of Fiji but the greater Pacific community and tourists as well.”
Echoing similar sentiments, the past president of Fiji College of General Practitioners (FCGP) Dr Ram Raju says the only reason Fiji could not capitalise on sports tourism and medical tourism segments was because of the lack of such facilities in the country.
“With PSH Hospitals now strategically located right opposite our international airport, I am sure we will be able to attract international sporting events to Fiji including the HSBC Rugby Sevens Series,” Dr Raju said.
He said the only thing lacking in Nadi now was the presence of a world-class multi-purpose stadium that could attract international sporting events and musical concerts.
Source: The Fiji Times
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