Reliance Industries plans huge in basic healthcare infrastructure

This one would surely not call for any opposition, even though it is integrated with the retail business. If implemented, Reliance Industries could bring about a sea change in the basic healthcare infrastructure of the country.

It plans to invest Rs. 25,000 crore by 2015 to setup 1500 primary healthcare centres in B and C class towns, which will also have facilities required by the locals to sell their goods.

The healthcare model would be most likely to be based on the existing primary healthcare centres of the government, which is universally known for poor service standards in rural areas.

The venture raises certain questions as to whether it fits into the corporate responsibility or there is some business into it. Probably, owing to opposition in retail, Reliance wants to divert the attention to the social benefits through this venture.

Also, this might also not be in direct confultation with ADAG’s Reliance Health, since latter wants to set up big hospitals and pharmacy chain rather than catering to the basic strata of the society. source