s part of its focus on specialty care, Apollo Hospitals is coming up with standalone oncology centres. Apollo is looking at having standalone centres in tier I cities, while in tier II they will part of the hospitals.
After launching sugar clinics, dental, dialysis and knee clinics, now Apollo will be focusing on oncology. “Oncology accounts for 12 per cent of the in-patient revenues of the group. The incidence of cancer is also growing at 14 per cent in India. In revenue terms Apollo is the largest in oncology care and we are looking at standalone centres for comprehensive treatment,” said Krishnan Akhileswaran, group CFO, Apollo Hospitals.
Apollo has eight oncology centres that offer surgical, medical and radiological treatment for cancer. But most of them are part of multi-specialty centres. The new centres would be 70-80 bed facilities.
Source: http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/apollo-set-standalone-oncology-units-694
After launching sugar clinics, dental, dialysis and knee clinics, now Apollo will be focusing on oncology. “Oncology accounts for 12 per cent of the in-patient revenues of the group. The incidence of cancer is also growing at 14 per cent in India. In revenue terms Apollo is the largest in oncology care and we are looking at standalone centres for comprehensive treatment,” said Krishnan Akhileswaran, group CFO, Apollo Hospitals.
Apollo has eight oncology centres that offer surgical, medical and radiological treatment for cancer. But most of them are part of multi-specialty centres. The new centres would be 70-80 bed facilities.
Source: http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/apollo-set-standalone-oncology-units-694
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