Apollo Hospitals plans to run about 15 hospitals in west Asia and north Africa and a heart hospital in Europe as Indian healthcare chains take baby steps towards lucrative overseas markets.
India’s largest hospital chain is in talks with a Dubai-based business conglomerate for setting up hospitals in west Asian and north African countries on a franchisee basis and has offered to run a heart hospital in Europe on contract.
We shall establish presence in select countries in west Asia and north Africa where Apollo, as the technical partner, shall be responsible for establishing and managing the hospitals, said Raghava Rao, vice-president for international projects at the Hyderabad-based hospital chain. Read more.