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March 31, 2008

GMR Infrastructure - DIAL ties up with Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for medical facilities at Delhi Airport | INRnews

New Delhi, India, March 31, 2008 - GMR Infrastructure Ltd has informed BSE that Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL), subsidiary of the Company has selected Indraprastha Apollo Hospital to provide medical facilities in line with its commitment to providing superior medical facilities to air passengers and employees at Indira Gandhi International (I.G.I) Airport.

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March 27, 2008

Additional FSI for hospitals will bring down healthcare cost in Tamil Nadu | INRnews

Chennai, India, March 27, 2008 -  "The Government of Tamil Nadu should hike the Floor Space Index (FSI) for hospitals and healthcare institutions from the current 1.5 to 5 to bring down the rising healthcare cost, increase number of beds and healthcare talent pool of the State," urged Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, CII National Committee on Healthcare & Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group. "The relaxation in FSI will allow hospitals and institutions create more infrastructure in the same premises. They do not have to invest as much as 40-50% of the project cost in acquiring new lands. Instead they can invest directly in healthcare equipments or human resources and reduce healthcare cost," he pointed out.

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March 14, 2008

Now 24x7 telemedicine services for residents of select Mantri Developers homes | INRnews

New Delhi, India, March 14, 2008 - For the first time in India, Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd. has tied up with Apollo Hospitals Ltd. to provide quality health care services 24 x 7 through Telemedicine to residents of select Mantri homes, using contemporary state of the art technology. Residents will now be able to harness the power of interconnectivity to obtain instant diagnosis from an expert panel of doctors associated with Apollo Hospitals. This historic service will be first introduced in Mantri Espana, a Super Luxury residential complex located at Sarjapur, Outer Ring Road, Bangalore.

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January 29, 2008

Unity Infraprojects wins Rs 125 crore contract | INRnews

Hyderabad, India, January 29, 2008 - Unity Infraprojects Ltd has announced that the Company has received the "Notification of Award" through the Hospitals Services Consultancy Corporation on behalf of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, for "Construction of Speciality Hospital and Accident (Trauma) & Emergency Hospital for upgradation of Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad". The Contract Value is Rs 125.90 crores to be completed in a period of 15 months.

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January 22, 2008

Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd. plans regional specialty ICU hospitals | INRnews

Mumbai, India, January 22, 2008 - Wockhardt Hospitals Limited, one of the largest private healthcare services companies in India, plans to develop a network of regional specialty ICU hospitals, which deepen and complement the penetration of the superspecialty hospitals through their referrals of patients in need of advanced tertiary care. The regional specialty ICU hospitals act as referral centres for the super-specialty hospitals for advanced and tertiary procedures, but are also self-sustaining and strategically located to fulfil market demand for basic tertiary care in the case of regional ICU hospitals and higher secondary care in the case of higher secondary care hospitals.

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Wockhardt Hospitals plans Rs 5.69 bn investments in hospital projects | INRnews

Mumbai, India, January 22, 2008 - Wockhardt Hospitals Limited, the only private hospital group in India, associate of Harvard Medical International ("HMI"), a self supporting not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard Medical School, has chalked out an ambitious growth strategy with an investment of Rs 5.69 billion in expanding, developing and constructing both greenfield and brownfield expansion plans.

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November 19, 2007

Columbia Asia and DLF form alliance to develop hospitals in India | INRnews

New Delhi, India, November 19, 2007 - The international headquarters of the Columbia Asia Group of Hospitals, based in Kuala Lumpur, has announced that its Indian subsidiary, Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt Ltd, has entered into an agreement that forms an alliance for the development of hospitals with DLF Home Developers Ltd (DLFH).

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Chettinad Health City opened at Kelambakkam, Chennai | INRnews

Chennai, India, November 19, 2007 - The first phase of the Rs. 500 Crore Chettinad Health City (CHC) at Kelambakkam, Chennai was inaugurated by Dr. Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu last week.

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November 14, 2007

Kamal Nath stresses public-private partnership for healthcare infrastructure | INRnews

New Delhi, India, November 14, 2007 - Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, has stressed on developing new infrastructure for the healthcare sector in view of the tremendous opportunities that are available for public-private partnership. Speaking at the 4th India Health Summit “Healthcare Engagement: Strategies and partnerships” here today, the Minister said: “Large windows of opportunities are opening up. To give just one example, Indian medical tourism was estimated at $350 million in 2006 and this has the potential to grow into a $2 billion industry by 2012”.

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September 22, 2007

Lavasa Corporation and Apollo Hospitals to Develop World-Class Healthcare Centre at Lavasa near Pune | INRnews

Pune, India, September 21, 2007 - Lavasa Corporation Ltd. today signed an agreement with the Apollo Hospitals Group, a world-class healthcare organization that manages over 42 hospitals in India and abroad, to set up an integrated Healthcare and Wellness destination at the Lavasa Hill town near Pune. The services will be spread over 200 acres of land. Initially, the plan is to establish a multi specialty hospital with a capacity of 50 beds which will be ready by 2009. Eventually the services shall extend to wellness services, rejuvenation, long-term care, research and development and others.

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August 25, 2007

S S Lootah Group zeroes in on India for infrastructure projects | INRnews

Dubai, UAE, August 25, 2007 - The UAE-based multi-billion dollar business conglomerate, S. S. Lootah Group, which has varied investment interests across a broad spectrum of industries in the UAE, Asia, Africa and Europe, has zeroed in on Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Energy, Information Technology and Health sectors in India and has identified potential partners after a four day visit to India.

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August 24, 2007

Nokia CEO opens healthcare center in Sriperumbudur SEZ in Chennai | INRnews

Chennai, India, August 24, 2007 - Mr. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO, Nokia Corporation, the world leader in mobile communications, today laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art healthcare centre at the Nokia Telecom SEZ Park in Sriperumbudur, Chennai. Also present on the occasion were Mr. David Cheung, Vice President & Operations & Logistics, Nokia Asia Pacific, Mr. Sachin Saxena, Director, Operations, Nokia India and Mr. D Shivakumar, Vice President & Country General Manager, Nokia India.

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August 14, 2007

Vedanta Group to set up Cancer Hospital in Raipur, Chhattisgarh | INRnews

Raipur, India, August 14, 2007 - The promises made to the people and the state of Chhattisgarh by Vedanta chairman, Anil Agarwal one year ago on the occasion of signing a MoU between the State Government of Chhattisgarh and Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO), for setting up a 1200 MW coal based power project have all been met.

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Fortis HealthWorld signs rural retail outlet in Mandi Ahmedgarh | INRnews

Mumbai, India, August 14, 2007 - Fortis HealthWorld, the one stop healthcare retail chain today initiated its plans to reach rural India by signing their first FHWL health stores in Mandi Ahmedgarh. This store is the first of many such stores that FHWL will open in rural India through its tie up with Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar, a unit of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd.

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