Kumaraswamy to undergo heart surgery

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will undergo a surgery to replace one of the blocked valves in his heart at a private super specialty hospital in Bangalore on Thursday. Kumaraswamy,......

Chiefs of two Fortis arms moving out

The chief executive officers (CEOs) of two key arms of India's second-largest private hospital chain, Fortis, are set to move out.While Vishal Bali, the CEO of Fortis Hospitals, has relinquished......

India Inc finds wealth in health

Few outside Visakhapatnam would have heard of Jitendra Das Maganti. But come September, the promoter of the 25-year-old SevenHills Hospitals in the coastal town, is set to enter the who's who list......

Hospital chains eye robust growth

Slowing demand may be forcing India Inc to curtail investment plans, but corporate healthcare chains seem to suffer no such problems. The sector, led by Apollo Hospitals, Fortis Healthcare and......

Healthcare does not promise good returns

Even as more international and national players like Columbia Asia, a Malaysia-based hospital group, and the Havells Group are spreading their presence in the Indian healthcare business, the......