<p>"We plan to invest Rs 250-crore to complete the projects in Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore. This investment will be done over the next financial year," Fortis Hospital's Chief Executive Officer, Vishal Bali said.<br /><br />With this investment, Fortis plans to set up two new multi-speciality hospital projects in Kolkata and Bangalore, besides expanding its existing facility in Mumbai, Bali said.<br /><br />The Kolkata and Mumbai multi-speciality projects, will have 414 beds and 300 beds capacity respectively, while the Bangalore facility will have 120 beds, he said.<br /><br />Fortis also have plans to set up a separate oncology division in Mumbai in 2010, Bali said, adding that the Mumbai facility will have a bed-strength of 120.<br />In Bangalore, where Fortis is currently headquartered, will have an additional 200 beds at its existing hospital at Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore, the company said.<br /><br />On the completion of expansion projects, the total bed capacity in Bangalore will be 1,000 by 2011, which will include 120 intensive care unit beds, Bali said. <br />Fortis, which acquired Wockhardt’s 10 hospitals in August this year for an estimated Rs 909-crore, presently have a network of 39 hospitals, with total bed capacity of 5,180 across 12 cities.<br /><br />Post the Wockhardt acquisition, Fortis had strengthened its operations in the areas of cardiac surgery, neuro sciences, minimal access surgery, renal and liver transplants, Bali said. </p>
<p>"We plan to invest Rs 250-crore to complete the projects in Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore. This investment will be done over the next financial year," Fortis Hospital's Chief Executive Officer, Vishal Bali said.<br /><br />With this investment, Fortis plans to set up two new multi-speciality hospital projects in Kolkata and Bangalore, besides expanding its existing facility in Mumbai, Bali said.<br /><br />The Kolkata and Mumbai multi-speciality projects, will have 414 beds and 300 beds capacity respectively, while the Bangalore facility will have 120 beds, he said.<br /><br />Fortis also have plans to set up a separate oncology division in Mumbai in 2010, Bali said, adding that the Mumbai facility will have a bed-strength of 120.<br />In Bangalore, where Fortis is currently headquartered, will have an additional 200 beds at its existing hospital at Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore, the company said.<br /><br />On the completion of expansion projects, the total bed capacity in Bangalore will be 1,000 by 2011, which will include 120 intensive care unit beds, Bali said. <br />Fortis, which acquired Wockhardt’s 10 hospitals in August this year for an estimated Rs 909-crore, presently have a network of 39 hospitals, with total bed capacity of 5,180 across 12 cities.<br /><br />Post the Wockhardt acquisition, Fortis had strengthened its operations in the areas of cardiac surgery, neuro sciences, minimal access surgery, renal and liver transplants, Bali said. </p>
