In recognition of its groundbreaking work to prevent debilitating blindness and provide affordable, world-class eye care to the poor, the Aravind Eye Care System, based in Tamil Nadu, India, has won the 2008 Gates Award for Global Health. The US$ 1 million Gates Award – the world’s largest prize for international health – honors extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries.
Mauritius-based firm Healthcare Investment (HIL) is picking up around 8.5% stake in Apollo Health Street (AHS), the healthcare BPO arm of India
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and the UNAIDS, the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, are launching an unique partnership to halt and reverse the HIV epidemic in India.
The organised retail health sector in Gujarat seems to be hotting up. After pharmacy and wellness chains of Apollo and Reliance, now Hyderabad-based MedPlus Health Services Pvt Ltd, one of the fastest growing chain of health network, is marking its foray into Gujarat by launching its pharmacies in Ahmedabad.
Trivitron’s Medical Technology Park (MTP) is all set to commence construction in Chennai; MTP to create employment for 1000 people by 2011; signs JVs with Aloka, Brandon and Bio-systems for the MTP.
The 53-nation Commonwealth launches world’s first international e-health initiative across countries and continents recently in an attempt to harness its members’ evidentially extraordinary appetite for hi-tech with health-friendly governance.
Veeda Oncology, the subsidiary of one of the leading Global CRO
Private equity (PE) giant Texas Pacific Group (TPG)-controlled Parkway Hospital in Singapore is leading the race to acquire 25-30% stake in Bangalore-headquartered Manipal Hospital for over INR 500 crore, sources said.
The government plans to invest INR 750 crore to develop health centres in partnership with health majors such as Apollo Group and trauma care centres like Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), Hyderabad. And nearly 140 trauma care centres will be developed along the 6,500 km long north-south and east-west corridors of the four to six lane express highway.
Techmagnate, a fast growing Internet firm of India, has bagged prestigious order of developing and managing the complete web portal on medical tourism for All India Medical Tourism Company.
