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Indian firm announces medical college for Turkeyen
An Indian company behind a major 10,000 mega-farm in Canje, Berbice, has announced plans to start construction soon on a medical college at Turkeyen.
However, the Guyana Office for Investments (GO-Invest) says it is not aware of the project.
A press release, purportedly from Dilip Kawad, General Manager of the D Y Patil Group, also disclosed that it is the plan to also introduce other colleges in a later phase which will include engineering, allied
D. Y. Patil Medical College Hospital at Kadamwadi, Kolhapur
health and a Masters in Business Administration.
While the press release did not have leave any local numbers, the company said that it is the largest private educator in India, have been established since 1983 with its activities spanning the fields of education, healthcare, agriculture and sports.
“They have over 180 institutes of learning encompassed in three universities based out of the cities of Navi Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur in India. The group runs three medical colleges and hospitals with a bed strength capacity of over 6,000 beds and provides affordable healthcare and medical attention to scores of people.”
The Indian company also said that its D Y Patil International Cricket Stadium at Navi, Mumbai, is rated as one of the six best stadiums in the world and is the finest sporting facility in India.
It also runs several international schools in India and abroad.
D Y Patil said that it has recognized the need for a first class medical college in the Caribbean, and decided to establish its University in Guyana because of “its interest to build a strong link with Guyana and to offer Guyanese a medical education without the need to leave their home country if they so choose.”
The group will engage a Guyanese construction firm to build the facility and will employ Guyanese. “The first batch of students will begin their courses in early 2015. In addition, the group will utilize local faculty for some of the courses and will engage other Guyanese in gainful employment during construction and later for its operations at the University, this facility will be a net foreign exchange earner.”
One of D. Y. Patil’s main principals, Dr. Ajeenka DY Patil, is the current Honorary Consul for Guyana in India. The group is also involved in that mega-farm in Berbice which involves 10,000 acres of land.
Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, has said that the group will be looking initially to grow rice, soya, corn and cassava. The projects being undertaken by the group would include dairy processing, rice milling and processing, fisheries and poultry, fruit and vegetables and sugar cane production with ethanol and power.
In its website, D Y Patil said that the farm project is located at Canje Basin, between the West Bank of the Corentyne River and the Canje Creek.
The investment proposes to create directly over 15,000 new jobs when fully realized.
Attempts to contact Health Minister, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, for a comment on the medical college proved futile.
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