Coimbatore ahead of metros: Study

Coimbatore: The textile city of Coimbatore, a tier-two city in the western part of Tamil Nadu, has surpassed even metros like New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru, besides Gurgaon in terms of a 'quality of life' index, according 'Numbeo.com', a survey site and a database of user-contributed data about major cities.  

The regions covered under the 'Quality of Life Index 2017' survey include Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Under the Asia category, Coimbatore ranks 19th, though still ranking below other tier-II Indian cities like Mangaluru, which has been placed in the 2nd position, Pune ranked 11th, besides state capital Hyderabad placed in the 14th slot in quality of life markers.

Coimbatore scores 117.59 in terms of 'quality of life index', 51.61 for 'purchasing power index', 63.25 in 'safety index', 72.73 for 'healthcare index', 23.46 under 'cost of living index', 9.81 in 'property price to income ratio', 51.69 in 'traffic commute time index', 63.89 in 'pollution index' and 38.38.3 for 'climate index', says the survey.  

Healthcare industry in Coimbatore is definitely growing at a rapid pace because of the access to many facilities we have. "We get maximum support from the government to provide the best possible treatment in both corporate and government healthcare sectors; private hospitals are no doubt doing great and we at government hospital are trying to catch up with the pace of private hospitals," says the dean of the Coimbatore Medical college hospital, Dr Edwin Joe.

"At government hospital we have a little of all the medical equipments and we keep motivating our doctors to provide the best treatment available in our capacity. If we keep going this way I am sure government hospitals will scale up very soon," he added.