The healthcare segment is gaining greater importance in the Hinduja Group, said Mr Ashok P. Hinduja, unveiling the Group's plans for a network of “boutique” hospitals. The Group has ear-marked Rs 2,500 crore over a two-year period to grow its hosp... >> more

Max Healthcare is planning to add more beds at its hospitals by end-March 2012.The company plans to add another 600 operational beds to increase the beds to 1,700. These additional beds will be added in the existing hospitals which have been opene... >> more

While it is expanding its current 200 beds hospital to 400 beds in Ahmedabad, Apollo Group of Hospitals is now planning to set up an acute heart hospital as well in the city. To be set up for a rough investment of Rs 15 crore, the new facility wil... >> more

Bangalore-based Nova Medical Centres today said it has formed a joint venture with Spanish reproductive medicine firm, IVI with plans to set up 25 clinics in India and Middle East by 2014 at an investment of up to Rs 250 crore.The JV -- Nova IVI F... >> more

Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) is entering into a joint venture with Ascension Health to build the Cayman Health City. Ascension Health is the largest not-for-profit hospital chain in the USA, managing over 17,000 beds.The NH group is in the process of... >> more

Global private equity firm Advent International will invest $105 million (Rs 512 crore) equity capital in Hyderabad-based Care Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital chain in south India. According to a press release, Advent will invest the fund by ... >> more

Gerresheimer AG, a German supplier of pharma and healthcare products has acquired 70 per cent stake in the Indian bottles maker Neutral Glass & Allied Industries Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Post acquisition, the promoters of Neutral Glass ... >> more

Stem cell service provider LifeCell will ramp up its presence in the Asian markets in the next few months.The company primarily preserves stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood and cord tissue. It has 100 collection centres across India. Li... >> more

In a first for Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (NHH) , the healthcare group will set up a medical college in Ahmedabad as part of its upcoming 'Health City' in eastern parts of the city. At a project cost of Rs 100 crore for the first phase, NHH is... >> more

NephroPlus, a kidney care chain, has announced its foray into Karnataka. The company provides services like haemodialysis and kidney transplants. The company has opened its clinic in Ramamurthy Nagar, Bangalore, by partnering Koshy's Hospital whic... >> more