Global Hospital, Hyderabad

Global Hospital, Banjara Hills owned by Ravindranath GE Medical Associates Private Limited was started in 1998. Today, this multi-speciality Hospital is focusing on tertiary and multi-organ transplantation, and has grown from 50 to 200 beds in a span of one decade, with 250-300 patients visit to the OPD everyday.

Significant Achievements in the Last One Year

The Hospital claims that for the first time in the country, simultaneous heart and kidney transplant for the same patient and the liver for another patient was performed successfully all on the same day at Global Hospital, Hyderabad by a team of specialists. "Normally transplantation of one organ itself is a major challenging procedure. Two organs in the same patient is much more complicated and needs high degree of skills and post operative management. A rare feat of three major and complicated surgeries was performed simultaneously on the same day at Global Hospitals," beams Dr K Ravindranath, Chairman, Global Hospital. Stem-cell research laboratory worth Rs 1.5 crore has been developed by the Hospital.

USP

The Hospital has been focusing on tertiary care with specialities like gastroenterology, cardiology, nephrology and urology and has created a name for itself as a pioneer in the field of multi-organ transplantation (heart, liver, kidney, bone marrow).

New Initiatives

"By 2009, we would have a total strength of over 2,000 beds across different locations in India" - Dr K Ravindranath Chairman Global Hospital, Hyderabad

Global Hospitals is working on a strategy of networking itself with various towns, cities and taluk headquarters so that the healthcare services are available for all. "We have taken over 350 bedded Aware Hospital, a cancer and neurology Hospital in Hyderabad. A massive investment of Rs 75 crore in this Hospital has been done for medical equipment and renovation. We would offer cancer, trauma, neurology and other super specialties catering to the middle class community," declares Dr Ravindranath. At Bangalore the Group has taken over Vijayanagar Hospital and Divakar Hospital now known as Vijayanagar Global Hospitals and Divakar Global Hospitals. With Divakar Global, the Group has entered into women care opening the doors of the Group to women health. "We intend establishing a separate subsidiary which will own 10 to 15 women hospitals under the global banner in Karnataka to start with. The model will later be extended to other parts of the country," states Dr Ravindranath. The Group has also taken over Divyasree Hospitals at Anantpur and has plans of taking over existing Hospitals in Ramanagaram in Karnataka, Warangal (100 bed extendable to 150 beds) and Madanapalle (100 beds extendable to 250 beds) in Andhra Pradesh. There is a capital expenditure of Rs 2-5 crore in each one of these hospitals besides renovation costs.

Adoption of New Technology

Recently, the Hospital replaced its spiral CT with 64 slice CT scanner to do coronary CT and soon plans to add PET-CT and Image guided radio therapy. It has taken a radiologist with coronary CT exposure and training a cardiologist to sub-specialise in coronary CT.

Quantum of Investment

The Hospital is working on necessary software for interdepartmental systems wherein all the hospitals will be interlinked so that the database of any patient will be available in any hospital of the Group. Rs 3 crore have been earmarked for IT and Rs 15 crore for infrastructure and medical technology by the Group.

Long-term Fiscal Viability for New Hospitals

"Due to having many hospital in the Group we will be able to negotiate and get best prices for large volume purchase of medical equipment and this will reduce costs further. The value we get we will pass on to the patient," states Dr Ravindranath.

Long-term Vision

As part of its expansion plans in metros, the Group will be having hospitals in Chennai, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar and Mumbai. "By the year 2009, we would be having a total bed strength of over 2,000 beds across different locations in India and our plans are to grow to a total bed strength of 5,000," adds Dr Ravindranath.