Pune-based preventive healthcare firm Indus Health has entered the southern market by tying up with Apollo Hospitals to set up its 55th centre in Hyderabad today.
The firm currently has a tie-up with 15-odd hospitals, providing specially designed healthcare packages through 55 centres. It offers four packages to suit different age groups, with a uniform price tag of between Rs 3,000 and Rs 17,000 across its network.
The package best suited for people above 40 years covers 21 different tests related to cardiac, hypertension, diabetes and cancer symptoms, including CT scan of heart.
“We already have a tie-up with Apollo Group in Ahmedabad. We now decided to extend the association to Hyderabad,” Amol Naikawadi, Joint Managing Director, Indus Health, told media persons here.
Apollo Hospital Hyderabad is a 350-bed multi-speciality hospital with over 50 specialities and super-specialities.
Amol said the company had been expanding its reach, as awareness amongst people for early detection of diseases was on the rise. Last year, the firm sold its preventive healthcare packages to 60,000 people, with the number of clients growing at 25 per cent every year. About 70 per cent of its customers are aged above 40 years.
“We now plan to add 30 more centres, a majority in the southern and western States, in the next 12 to 18 months. We will also be tying up with new hospitals as we expand our network,” he said.
Amol said the firm was being able to provide comprehensive healthcare packages at lower rates compared to hospitals because of its tie-ups with different healthcare institutions. “We get special rates from our partner hospitals because of our reach and these we pass on to our clients,” he added.
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