• Mrs.A.Vijaya Shree
• Dr.K.Rajeswari

Change- adapt- improve is inevitable in healthcare service. In fact, healthcare is changing at a rapid pace to accommodate changes happening around including needs of consumers, technology and regulatory framework. To sustain any change for the better, we need to adapt accordingly and improve. Infrastructure is an umbrella term covering many activities relating to social, economic and physical overhead capital, that are responsible for creating conducive environment for productive activities in different sectors of an economy. The social infrastructure of a country is very important as it not only presents the human face of economic growth process but represents the very essence of it. A key component of the ecosystem of the healthcare industry is having the requisite physical facilities and infrastructure which are critical to the delivery of quality healthcare services. Indian Healthcare industry is growing at a tremendous pace owing to its strengthening coverage, services and increasing expenditure by public as well private players and its size is expected to touch US$ 160 billion by 2017 and US$ 280 billion by 2020. India is a land full of opportunities for players in the medical devices industry. The country has also become one of the leading destinations for high-end diagnostic services with tremendous capital investment for advanced diagnostic facilities, thus catering to a greater proportion of population.. Inadequacies and failures of Government in health sector on the one hand have given rise to the private health sector and on the other hand the demand pull factors have led to rapid growth of the private sector in provision of healthcare services. Unlike in top cities having a well linked chain of private hospitals, the rural and semi-urban areas suffer from abysmal facilities in health care. The institutions falling within the ambit of the private health sector are hospitals ranging from small nursing homes with fewer than five beds to large corporate hospitals and medical colleges, physiotherapy and diagnostic centres, blood banks and the like. In addition the private health sector includes the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industries that are predominantly multinational. The rapidly evolving single specialty centres like Fortis Health care and Apollo hospitals emerge as single specialty chains across a gamut of sub specialties backed by specialized infrastructure and medical personnel's focused on providing quality care to the consumer. Sivakasi, which is famous for fireworks and printing, in Virudhunagar District is prone to Asthma, TB and heart problems and they are prevalent among 90 per cent of the workers of fireworks, matches and printing industries. The hospitals in Sivakasi houses state-of-the-art equipments makes use of the best technology in the medical field and is well supported by a highly enthusiastic, qualified and well-experienced medical team to address the above issues. A Case study of three Private hospitals in Sivakasi was made which made substantial improvements in technology investments, new treatment protocols and practices, which in turn result in improved outcomes. This paper makes quantitative examination of the degree to which sampled hospitals are improving in quality and efficiency over time. Physical infrastructure is analyzed on aspects like space availability, equipments, ambulance facility, intensive care unit, pharmacy and basic facilities like water supply and power supply.

Hospitals, Healthcare, Infrastructure.

"Health Infrastructure In Rural India With Reference To Hospitals In Sivakasi, Tamilnadu – Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.580-585, February-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802098.pdf

"Health Infrastructure In Rural India With Reference To Hospitals In Sivakasi, Tamilnadu – Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp580-585, February-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802098.pdf