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Apollo
Gleneagles to be the healthcare hub of SE Asia
EHM
News Bureau - Kolkata
Apollo
Hospitals Group kicked off its first hospital of the eastern
region in Kolkata recently. The 325-bedded multispecialty
Apollo Gleneagles Hospital is being jointly promoted by
the Apollo Hospitals Group and Singapore based Parkway
Group Healthcare. ’Gleneagles’ is the international
brand name of Parkway Group Healthcare.
Built
at investment of Rs 210 crore, the hospital will provide
treatment facilities in over 50 specialties and holds
the promise to become the central healthcare hub for
Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan.
The
hospital will be fully operational in three phases. In
the first phase, the hospital with 100 beds and key medical
facilities has become operational. In the next phase,
the hospital will be upgraded to 245 beds and finally
by January 2003, the hospital will be fully functional
with 325 beds and all the treatment facilities.
The
hospital combines both Apollo’s and Parkway Group
Healthcare’s model of providing quality healthcare
facilities with allegiance to the most stringent world
standards. Dr Prathap Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals
said, “We will set up an Institute College of Nursing
and one more for health technology in the hospital complex.
This should happen in the next couple of years at an investment
of Rs. 5-7 crore.”
Dr
Reddy added that the group in addition to the hospital
plans to set up 2 more Apollo Healthcare & Lifestyle
clinics in the city and at least 10-15 in the eastern
region. The clinics will be set up by its wholly owned
subsidiary Apollo Health & Lifestyle Ltd. |
