The Hindu Business Line : Narayana Hrudayalaya to invest Rs 100 cr in ‘city clinics’

Apollo Hospitals, Manipal Hospital and Sagar have done it. Now, cardiac care major Narayana Hrudayalaya also plans to get closer to its patients by opening diagnostic clinics in residential areas.

The city-based major says it will start 100 multi-specialty diagnostic centres-cum-clinics across the country. The total investment would be around Rs 100 crore, estimated at Rs 1 crore for each clinic.

Centre in State capitals

It plans to have one centre in each State capital. The investment would be funded through the family-owned Narayana Hrudayalaya P Ltd.

The hospital said the move would bring its facilities to within the cities as its hospitals are mostly on the outskirts. They would benefit post-surgery patients and offer preventive care.

The first two diagnostic clinics have been opened in Bangalore, where the main hospital is located on Hosur Road 30-40 km from most parts of the city. A third is due to open soon and the group plans to have a chain of 10 clinics in Bangalore over the coming months.

Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya, was cited in a release as saying, “With [the launch of] city centres, we have come closer towards accessibility in every part of the city. We plan to replicate this model across the country and set up such centres in every State capital to begin with.”

According to Mr Abhay P. Singavi, Operational Head, Narayana Hrudayalaya Diagnostic Centre, “This will ensure that we keep patient-discomfort arising out of travel at a minimum.”

Apart from cardiology and paediatric healthcare services, the city centres will focus on preventive care in gynaecology, dentistry, ophthalmology, nephrology and orthopaedics.

RURAL HEALTH TIE-UP

It has tied up with Bangalore NGO, Yuva Bengaluru, under the National Rural Health Mission programme to treat students of government and aided schools free of charge.

Through the tie-up, Narayana Hrudayalaya can coordinate to hold health camps and focus on slum-dwelling children, the hospital said. The first child patient, Gayathri, aged 11, was treated for atrial septal defect commonly known as ‘hole in the heart’.

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