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Caption: Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman and Managing Director, Aster DM Healthcare
and Dr Prabhakar Kore, Chairman of KLE Society, Member of Rajya Sabha from
Karnataka exchanging MOUs. |
Bengaluru: Aster DM
Healthcare is growing its presence in the Karnataka region with the
introduction of two new hospitals. For its fourth hospital, to be named as
Aster KLE Hospital, the Company has entered into an agreement with KLE Society,
which is recognized as a trusted healthcare provider, and runs over 270
institutions across Karnataka and Maharashtra and Delhi. A 25-year lease deed
agreement was signed with Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) Society.
The 600 bedded hospital to be located next to KLE Dental College near
Yeshwantpur on Tumkur NH Highway Road, would be Aster’s 15th hospital in India
and part of its global network of existing 25 hospitals, 115 clinics and 231
pharmacies. The hospital is scheduled to begin operations in April 2024.
Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman and Managing director of Aster DM
Healthcare said, “We are looking forward to the launch of the new hospitals.
The establishment of the third and fourth hospitals in Bangalore cements our
promise to offer path-breaking medical technology and treatment, making quality
healthcare easily accessible to the people in the region. The expansion is also
a part of our efforts to strengthen and diversify our operations in the State
where we already have two operational hospitals.”
Dr Prabhakar Kore, Chairman of KLE Society, Member of Rajya Sabha from
Karnataka said, “It has always been our effort to bridge the gap between modern
facilities of diagnostics and treatment, including super specialty services, at
affordable costs to people in remote areas and places where there is a dearth
of these facilities. KLE Society has a long history of providing transformative
healthcare, education and research and will continue to do so with this association
with Aster DM Healthcare. The launch of the new hospital will be a vital blend
of infrastructural, medical and technological excellence.” “We have received very good reception
towards our existing hospital facilities in Bangalore, enabling us to expand
our footprint with the development of Aster KLE. This project in Yeshwantpur
suburb area is also based on an asset light model similar to Aster CMI and
Aster RV Hospital and is sure to address healthcare concerns of patients in an
around the region” said Mr. Sreenath Reddy, Group CFO, Aster DM Healthcare.
Dr. Harish Pillai, CEO, Aster India said, “Aster KLE Hospital will be
the fourth unit in Bangalore to join the existing13 hospitals across India and
increase our bed capacity to 4643.Currently, we are serving 2 million patients
in India annually and with the added capacity through the two new hospitals in
Bangalore and diversified service offering through the Aster laboratories and
clinics we would be able to extend the best medical practices including diagnostics,
curative, rehabilitation and preventive services to as many patients as
possible. Our world-class facilities at the hospital units in Bangalore are
equipped with cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic competency. The launch of
Aster KLE Hospital is a step further to fulfilling our commitment – We’ll treat
you well. We are committed to more investments in Bangalore and our India
operations will be headquartered in the same city.”
Commenting on introduction of the new hospital, Dr. Nitish Shetty,
CEO, Aster Hospitals, Bangalore, said, “Aster KLE Hospital will be one of the
largest units under the Aster DM Healthcare banner in Bangalore. It will cover
crucial medical specialties under its Centres of Excellence with Cancer Care,
Cardiac Sciences, Neurosciences, Liver Care, Organ transplant, Orthopaedics,
Urology, Nephrology, among others, along with the latest, state-of-the-art
medical technologies and equipments.”
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