India projected to need 2.6 billion additional square feet of healthcare space by 2035

The Economic Times reports that real estate consultant CBRE projects India will need 2.6 billion additional square feet of healthcare space by 2035 to accommodate nearly 2.9 million more hospital beds. CBRE puts India at about 1.6 hospital beds per 1,000 people, compared with a global average of 3.3, and identifies several states with low bed density relative to their disease burden.