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Fortis Healthcare Establishes Presence in Bhiwani

Consolidates network to 45 hospitals with 6,600 beds

Shivinder Mohan Singh

Fortis Healthcare Limited, India's fastest growing chain of hospitals, announced addition of a 175-bed hospital in Bhiwani, Haryana to its network of hospitals. The hospital will operate as Fortis MK, Hospital and will be managed by Fortis under an O&M arrangement.

Fortis MK Hospital is a super specialty hospital, spread over a total area of 7.5 acres of land, and shall focus on high-end care in the areas of cardiac sciences, neuro sciences, orthopaedics, along with a full range of multi-specialty services. The hospital complex also houses residential quarters for key doctors and staff and is located on the Delhi-Bhiwani highway. In addition, it has a provision for a helipad in order to receive and fly out emergency patients to and from the hospital.

The hospital will be fully equipped with advanced radiology equipment and a cath lab. With five high-tech operation theaters, the hospital is well poised to cater to the emergency and critical care needs of residents of surrounding areas including the districts of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Hisar, Rewari, Mahendergarh in Haryana and Churu, Jhunjhunu and Pilani in Rajasthan. The hospital has been set up by Sri Hari Health and Education Foundation (SHHEF) and shall commence IPD services by March 2010.

Fortis will leverage its experience to ensure deployment of best suited technology in the hospital and set up quality systems and processes. With its well established brand equity and distinctive patient centric operating system, Fortis will ensure high quality compassionate care at affordable costs.

Commenting on the announcement, Shivinder Mohan Singh, Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare, said, "We are pleased to bring high quality healthcare to the people of Bhiwani and the surrounding regions. This tie-up further reinforces 'our commitment to create 'accessibility' of 'quality' services at 'affordable' costs by taking our standardised healthcare delivery model to tier II/III cities."

Anand Kumar, Chairman SHHEF, said, "The changing healthcare scenario requires modern and professional management by a group with domain expertise in the sector. We are proud to have tied up with Fortis to operate and manage our hospital. We believe that with their commitment, the hospital will become a preferred healthcare destination in the city and region".

The announcement is in line with Fortis's plans of going deeper into smaller cities to make quality care at affordable rates more easily accessible to a large population base.

Fortis Healthcare has recently concluded its acquisition of 10 Wockhardt hospitals including two under construction at Kolkata and Bengaluru. With another five green field hospitals under various stages of construction (including a state of the art flagship facility at Gurgaon, the soon to be commissioned hospital at Shalimar Bagh and two hospitals in Ludhiana), Fortis shall become a over 6,600-bed strong network over the next 18-24 months.

EH News Bureau