Global Hospitals and Health City, formerly Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Sankara Hospital, is looking to position itself as an organ transplant centre of excellence.
“We want to develop niche specialities in organ transplant, particularly liver transplant, which are not easily available in other hospitals. Our hospital has all capabilities in terms of trained manpower and necessary equipment. We have done 100 liver transplants with an over 80 per cent success rate, in about two years,” said Dr Uma Nambiar, CEO of Global Hospitals and Health City, which acquired Sankara Hospital in 2007 for Rs 257 crore.
The hospital says its forte lies in paediatric liver transplant and live donor programme, while most players stick to cadaveric donation. Apollo Hospitals and government hospitals are the big players in the city for liver transplants.
Global market
Global Hospitals is also eyeing the international market for liver transplants. It has tied up with the Oman government for this and is exploring associations in West Asia and Far-East.
The hospital is developing a database on the pathology of liver diseases in the country. The most common causes are alcoholism, congenital and viral hepatitis.
Health City also does kidney transplants; it recently performed a lung and heart transplant, which will be developed in future.
The 250-bed multi-specialty Health City hospital, in Shozhinganallur, is now expanding, as it has “crossed 80 per cent capacity utilisation.” It will add 100 beds this year. A cancer institute is also coming up inside the hospital.
A smaller clinic in Adyar, Chennai will be operational next month.
Global Hospitals and Health City is part of the Global Hospitals network. Hyderabad-based Global Hospitals has facilities across Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Vellore.
It is looking to adopt a hub-and-spoke model with one large multi-speciality facility backed by smaller feeding centres.