Portea to open 12 more centres

Home medical care service provider Portea Medical planned to open 12 more centres across the country, a top company official said today.
The six-month old company, which has presence in seven cities, was offering health care services by sending doctors, nurses and attendants to serve patients at their doorsteps with an average of 100 visits a day, Co-Founder and Chairman, Ganesh Krishnan told reporters here.
The centre in Coimbatore will be opened next month and 11 more before the end of next fiscal, Ganesh, here to attend in the First Edition of TiEcon Coimbatore-2014, organised by The Indus Entrepreneurs, said.

The company was catering to the needs of three sections--- elderly, chronic disease and post operative requirements. They will be provided within a 20 km radius in and around the city in company vehicles, he said.
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State govts and industrialists need to actively involve

Kochi: State Governments and industrialists need to more actively involve to ensure that the blocks and barriers are removed to ensure that great deal of access is ensured in the international market, according to Kerala Planning Board Vice-Chairman K M Chandrasekar.
"EximTrade has become so important for India. India has to revive multilateral trading system," he said inaugurating a seminar on 'India's Engagement with Free Trade Agreements (FTAs): Opportunities and Challenges'.

"Its also essential that industry take crucial role in fashioning the Government. The links with industry has grown considerably. Industry in Kerala is no longer looking inward. People have lost faith in WTO," he said.