Mental Health in India A WAKE-UP CALL
Dr Samir Parikh, Director, Department of Mental Health & Behavioural Science, Fortis healthcare The World Health Organisation has estimated that […]
Leveraging Mobility to Empower Customers
Varun Sood, CIO, Fortis Healthcare, in conversation with Shahid Akhter, ENN, discusses the innovative ways to leverage IT technology in […]
Technology-driven Healthcare Must Be India’s Focus
Fortis Healthcare utive Chairman Malvinder Mohan Singh said India has to focus on technology-driven healthcare services as setting up a physical infrastructure proves […]
Fortis to Come Up with eICUs
Fortis Healthcare, along with GE Healthcare, is planning to bring intensive care units with the entire hospital chain under its […]
International Finance Corporation to invest into Religare Laboratories
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, is investing up to $30 million […]
Super Religare Laboratories to raise $50m more in PE funding
Avigo Capital and Sabre Capital-backed diagnostics firm Super Religare Laboratories (SRL), which recently withdrew its IPO is raising $50 million(~Rs […]
Fortis Healthcare signs agreement with Burundi
Fortis Healthcare has signed an agreement with ‘Foundation Buntu’, a non profit organisation registered under the Government of Republic Of Burundi. Through this tie-up, Fortis Healthcare would serve patients who require care and treatment in Neurosciences, Oncology, Orthopedics & Cardiac Sciences, informed Fortis.
Private firms to open medical colleges
Private sector healthcare companies have been allowed by the Medical Council of India to start medical colleges to address the shortage in the number of seats.
“Today, corporate hospitals also recognise the utility of research” : Dr. Upendra Kaul, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre
Fortis Healthcare announced its plan to focus on its academics and research programme with the objective of fostering and facilitating academics and clinical research enterprise across Fortis network of hospitals.
Fortis expanding Escorts as separate unit
Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare is expanding its flagship cardiac hospital brand Escorts Heart Institutes’ as a separate unit within its newly acquired hospitals.
Fortis takes over management of Apollo Modi Hospital in Kota
Medical services provider Fortis Healthcare recently said it is taking over the operational and management control of Apollo Modi Hospital in Kota.
Fortis ties up with International Oncology
Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare has tied up with International Oncology, a US-based company formed by a group of Indian doctors working overseas. As per the tie-up, a team of about 12 doctors from International Oncology has started offering cancer care treatment, including radiation therapy, medical oncology, surgical oncology and bone marrow transplant at Fortis’ Noida hospital.
Fortis, Apollo put expansion on fast track
Fortis Healthcare and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise are buying existing their presence in the world’s second most populous nation, where at least 70 percent citizens do not have access to medicine. According to some official sources, Fortis may sign at least four strategic deals including signing management contract with one hospital and acquisition of some hospitals plots.
