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Hospitals and Medicals schools are numerous in Perinthalmanna and they are not proportional to the local population. A large number of outsiders visit the town regular for health related issues.
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The medical revolution
In this town of about 50,000 population, there are about 400 doctors practicing their profession. There are 4 major tertiary care hospitals which have the most modern facilities at affordable costs. It costs around Rs. 20,000 for an angioplasty. The orthopedics wing in one of the hospitals is considered to be among the best in the country and joint replacements are done at similar rates.
Medical Tourism
It has already developed to be known as a medical town with people near and far relying on the major hospitals for treatment. A good number of Arab nationals also visit this place with their families for treatment. Apart from the private run hospitals, there is a MES medical college which admits students for MBBS and BDS courses. There is a Taluk hospital situated at the heart of the town which acts as a relief to the poor sections of society. The progress achieved by Perinthalmanna in such a short period of about 25 years can be attributed to the hospital industry.
Expatriate Indians
The flow of money from the gulf countries started with a large number of people from this region finding jobs abroad, especially in the gulf countries, earning money, and sending it to their families here. Some of those who had enough education were fortunate enough to land highly paid jobs abroad. The investment of such NRI money in various forms of business resulted in employing the local population here and thus contributing largely to the alleviation of unemployment. Two major tertiary hospitals, which have an international face, were ventures of NRIs. The setting up of a whole chain of hospitals across all classes of medicine, were triggered by the start of these two major tertiary care hospitals.