Look around you. The number of hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centers are multiplying by the day and this boom phase has to be complemented with an equivalent amount of hiring. It's an obvious fact that the demand for skilled technicians, nurses and pertinent support staff has skyrocketed in recent years.
Keeping the hospitals aside, there are nearly 100,000 diagnostic labs scattered all over the country that constitutes an industry worth $5 Billion with a growth rate of 16% with each passing year. With over 60,000 government hospitals and countless other private establishments contributing to the Rs. 4 Trillion market in India, the healthcare and medical sector is the biggest revenue generator as well as top ranking employment provider.
As the bigwig of medical studies such as MBBS is not everyone's cup of tea, students are looking at different branches of the sector to make a career out of it. Nursing has always been a sought-after field and the demand will not be hampered anytime soon.
Laboratory technicians, physiotherapists, and emergency medical person are only a handful of the paramedical profiles that are quite followed in recent times and it is only bound to get better with the healthcare industry looking to prosper in the years to come.