Hindujas seek larger pie of Hospitals in India
In a fresh attempt to grow its hspital business the Hinduja group has signed an agreement with Limitless LLC, part of the Dubai World group.
Hospital news
Five big hospitals to come up in Health City, Visakhapatnam
Plots have been allotted to four big hospital groups including Apollo and CARE in the Health City project coming up at Adarshnagar in Visakhapatnam.
First health institute in Nagaland (India) inaugurated
Nagaland Governor K. Sankaranarayanan congratulated the government and the people at the inaugural function of the Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CISHR) recently.
Wockhardt Hospitals to enter Delhi
The Wockhardt Hospitals group is foraying into Delhi. Its 250 bed facility in Delhi will be operational by 2009.
Largest not-for-profit health system in the US, selects Quidel as flu test supplier
Quidel Corporation a leading provider of rapid point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, announced that Adventist Health System has chosen Quidel as its supplier for rapid point of care influenza test kits.
Apollo to invest INR 2.5 billion for hospital at Navi Mumbai
Healthcare service provider Apollo Hospitals Ltd recently announced it will invest INR 2.5 billion to set up a 400-bed hospital at Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Apollo Hospitals finally comes to Mumbai
Apollo Hospitals Group, in a bid to further expand its healthcare business has firmed up its plans for establishing a presence in Mumbai.
Singapore calls for innovation in healthcare
The Singapore Government will invest US$2 million to encourage the development of ICT applications to improve the cost-efficiency and quality of healthcare services in the island-state.
Eyecare giant Sankara Nethralaya sets up shop in West Bengal
Eyecare major Sankara Nethralaya is setting up a Rs 20-crore hospital at Mukundapur in Kolkata. The decision to enhance its presence in east, comes in the wake of it
Apollo to set up hospital near Pune
The Apollo Hospitals group is reportedly ready to set up an integrated healthcare and wellness destination and a 50-bed multi-speciality hospital at Lavasa hill town near Pune, following an agreement it signed with the Lavasa Corporation.
Aravind Eye Hospital’s new to Contact lenses manufacturing unit
Aravind Eye Hospital’s Aurolab which produces Intra Ocular lens (IOL) and other surgical instruments, is set to get a new manufacturing facility in 1,10,000 sq ft area at Veerapanchan in Tamil Nadu.
MIOT launches Trust for children’s heart surgery
MIOT Hospitals is launching a trust called Children’s Heart Internationale MIOT (CHIME) in Chennai.
Cataracts causes blindness in rural China
There exists a non-profit charity called “Project Vision”, working in China, which aims to treat cataract sufferers in rural China. “Project Vision” aims to establish 100 “eye centers” over the next few years, staffed by qualified Chinese eye doctors who would be trained to perform cataract surgeries.
