The 280 bedded hospital in Jaipur is the group’s first initiative in North India
Manipal Health Enterprises, the healthcare arm of the Manipal Education and Medical Group, announced its foray into Rajasthan through S K Soni Hospital in Jaipur. This significant expansion of footprint by Manipal Hospitals is in line with its extensive growth plans which the group is now aggressively implementing. This also marks the entry of Manipal Health Enterprises into North India. The new venture will be renamed as “Soni Manipal Hospital”. The group plans to invest Rs 100 crore in Rajasthan towards healthcare.
“Manipal Hospitals” with over 6 decades of expertise in healthcare delivery across its present network of 15 hospitals, with over 5000 beds and touching the lives of over 2million patients annually will now bring to Rajasthan the best of healthcare services at secondary and tertiary level. The “Soni Manipal Hospital” will now offer a healthy combination of wellness, prevention and curative care to patients in the city of Jaipur as well as to the other nearby districts of Rajasthan.
Established in 2004, the 280 bed S K Soni Hospital is one of Rajasthan’s largest multi-specialty hospitals in the private sector with super specialisations in Comprehensive cancer Care, Neurosurgery, Joint Replacement, Cardiology amongst others. It is equipped with the best in technology including 64 Slice CT, 1.5 T MRI and Linac. Manipal Hospitals will further enhance the capabilities in the hospital through its People, Process and Technology expertize enabling delivery of best in class healthcare to people of Rajasthan.
According to Mr. Swami Swaminathan – Executive Chairman of Manipal Health Enterprises “This development is a part of our ongoing growth strategy to expand footprints in India and identified countries of Middle East, Africa and ASEAN. We are presently executing on this growth strategy by adding to our capacity. This development is coming soon after the recent acquisition of an operational hospital and also building a new one in Kuala Lumpur. As the Group expands, we will continue to focus on providing “Accessible and Affordable” healthcare to the communities we serve while living up to our values of Patient Centricity, Clinical Excellence and Ethical Values”. He also added that “enhancing Medical Tourism in Rajasthan will be another area where we will look for opportunities”.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Rajen Padukone – Managing Director & CEO of Manipal Health Enterprises said “Manipal is a well-established name in Jaipur, with the presence of Manipal University, Jaipur. This is Manipal Hospitals first healthcare foray into North India. With our presence in Jaipur through Soni Manipal Hospital, we will provide quality healthcare to the people of this historic city and its neighboring regions. In our endeavour to become the most preferred Healthcare Provider among patients in Jaipur we bring the best of healthcare practices and benchmarks as already established by Manipal Hospitals across its network.”