In the recent concall, Dr. Kancharla says that an occupancy of 55% is what they aim for at the Company level, considering the facilities of ICU, Isolation wards etc have to be kept restricted and they cannot keep child patients where the women patients are kept.
It is understandable from logistics point of view.
Now my question is, if I know out of 100 beds, I am only looking to use 55-60 beds on an average then why should I keep 100 beds at all? I can use the space to accomodate 80 beds, per se, leaving me with more area and better patient service. This way I save on capex and maintenance as well.
He also says that cannibalisation and competition from smaller sized hospitals is also there. So shouldn’t this also prompt them to not have too many beds in a single facility?
Looking for guidance on these aspects, as Hospital space is not that well known to me!
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