NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Business News

Fortis to give Punjab its first cancer hospital

Fortis Health Care Limited has submitted a detailed plan to the Punjab government to set up a Cancer Institute and Research Centre on a plot close to the company

GE Healthcare, Gujarat Imaging expand facilities

GE Healthcare and Gujarat Imaging Centre (GIC), which launched the State

KLE Society bags Kolhapur health city project

Belgaum-based Karnataka Legal Education (KLE) Society has bagged the INR 500 crore

HIMSS AsiaPac 08, 20 – 23 May 2008, Hong Kong

[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in conjunction with CHIK Services, organised AsiaPac08 at the Hong Kong

CBaySystems to invest $25 mn and up headcount in country

With a view to rapidly ramp up operations and expand its footprint in the country, CBaySystems, has drawn up a US$ 25 mn capex plan over the next two years.

Telemedicine soon across Maharashtra

Project planned with ISRO should have started in June last year; now, initial phase will connect via satellite premier medical colleges and hospitals to patients at eight or nine district hospitals.

New experiments in government hospitals

Madhya Pradesh government hospitals are being enabled to keep pace with the changing times. With a view to implementing the action plan prepared for this purpose, the State Health Committee has sanctioned INR seven crore 60 lakh 63 thousand.

AyurVAID to set up hospitals in tier II cities, metros

Kerala-based AyurVAID hospitals will be setting up six hospitals in the coming year in tier II cities and metros, with an equity investment of INR 4.5 crore, provided by a non-profit venture fund Acumen, US.

Lilavati plans another 300-bed hospital in Mumbai

Medical care provider Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre is planning to set up another 300-bed hospital in Mumbai at an approximate cost of INR 200 crore.

Global Hospitals expanding in Karnataka

The hub and spoke model is increasingly being adopted to deliver high-end healthcare in smaller cities and one of the newest hospital chains to use this expansion route is the Global Hospital.

Pioneering Cardiac Care : Dr. T S Kler, utive Director – Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre

Interview

Reinventing Wellness – Manipal Cure & Care

[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Manipal Cure and Care was presented the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Product/Services this year