Valuated at $200 million, it is reportedly UAE’s largest private healthcare facility
Indian entrepreneur, Dr BR Shetty has launched a unveiling the largest private sector hospital in UAE. Valuated at $200 million, NMC Royal Hospital at Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi, would be multispeciality, multicultural hospital with a total built in capacity of 500 beds is ready to serve as a quaternary care, referral centre hospital.
His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak al Nahayan, the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development inaugurated the NMC Royal Hospital at a grand event attended by over 1,000 dignitaries, medical professionals and media. Dr Shetty, Executive Vice Chairman & CEO of NMC Healthcare, said, “The opening of the hospital brings long-awaited state-of-the-art medical services, healthcare facilities and emergency care to the residents of Abu Dhabi and the UAE at large.”
“I would like to extend my gratitude to the rulers, the regulators and my international investors for always providing their invaluable support and helping to take UAE healthcare to the next level. With a stable and proactive government at the helm in India, there is no time better than now to increase investments into India and continue my humble contributions back to my motherland,” concluded Dr Shetty.
Dr Shetty also owns hospitals in Egypt, India and Nepal. In India, his healthcare foray started with the acquisition of SUT Hospital in Trivandrum followed by the Beemapally Hospital, Leela Ravi Hospital and CMC Hospital all three in Trivandrum, Kerala, the Shree Narayana Hospital in Raipur, Chhattisgarh and the Grande Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.