<p>Indo-Japanese healthcare joint venture Sakra World Hospital is looking to invest an estimated Rs 500 crore to set up two more specialty hospitals in Bangalore and Chennai.</p>.<p> <br /><br />Both hospitals will have upto 300 beds each, sources familiar with the development said.The upcoming hospitals will require investments in the range of Rs 235 crore-Rs 245 crore, sources said. The JV is understood to be scouting for roughly 4 acres of land in Bangalore for its second hospital in the city, sources said. “About 180 of the 600 new beds being added will be ICU-focussed,” sources said.<br /><br />The new hospitals, which will integrate the best practices of India and Japan, will benefit from the hospital management training, diagnostic services, clinical best practices and nursing expertise provided by Secom Hospitals on the lines of the Bangalore venture.<br /><br />The flagship hospital in Bangalore started operations in January this year on investments of roughly Rs 240 crore and operates 300 beds.<br /><br />The hospital is operated under a joint venture agreement between Kirloskar Group, Toyota Tsusho, a metals trading affiliate of the Toyota Group, and hospital management group Secom Hospitals of Japan.<br /><br />It has been integrating the best clinical process and hospital practices from Secom, the quality measures and management methodologies of Toyota Tsusho, and the technical expertise of the Kirloskar group.<br /><br /> It specialises in offering healthcare and recuperation facilities for bone, joint, brain, kidney and heart ailments and marked the Kirloskar Group’s foray into healthcare.<br /><br />The JV has been planning to expand its operations to an eventual 20,000 beds nationwide even as the current hospital is emerging as a hub for medical tourism with numerous patients from Pakistan the Middle East and Africa on its roster.</p>
<p>Indo-Japanese healthcare joint venture Sakra World Hospital is looking to invest an estimated Rs 500 crore to set up two more specialty hospitals in Bangalore and Chennai.</p>.<p> <br /><br />Both hospitals will have upto 300 beds each, sources familiar with the development said.The upcoming hospitals will require investments in the range of Rs 235 crore-Rs 245 crore, sources said. The JV is understood to be scouting for roughly 4 acres of land in Bangalore for its second hospital in the city, sources said. “About 180 of the 600 new beds being added will be ICU-focussed,” sources said.<br /><br />The new hospitals, which will integrate the best practices of India and Japan, will benefit from the hospital management training, diagnostic services, clinical best practices and nursing expertise provided by Secom Hospitals on the lines of the Bangalore venture.<br /><br />The flagship hospital in Bangalore started operations in January this year on investments of roughly Rs 240 crore and operates 300 beds.<br /><br />The hospital is operated under a joint venture agreement between Kirloskar Group, Toyota Tsusho, a metals trading affiliate of the Toyota Group, and hospital management group Secom Hospitals of Japan.<br /><br />It has been integrating the best clinical process and hospital practices from Secom, the quality measures and management methodologies of Toyota Tsusho, and the technical expertise of the Kirloskar group.<br /><br /> It specialises in offering healthcare and recuperation facilities for bone, joint, brain, kidney and heart ailments and marked the Kirloskar Group’s foray into healthcare.<br /><br />The JV has been planning to expand its operations to an eventual 20,000 beds nationwide even as the current hospital is emerging as a hub for medical tourism with numerous patients from Pakistan the Middle East and Africa on its roster.</p>
