Columbia Asia to expand operations across Asia and India by 2020
Bangalore– Columbia Asia, a leading hospital chain in Asia, is all set to expand operations across Asia and India by 2020, utilizing the 210 million USD fund which Columbia Asia had raised in March 2018.
In its India operations, they have built 1-3 hospitals per year since its inception in 2005. The matured hospitals see more than 20,000 patients in a month and contributes to over $2 million in revenue. Of all the 12 hospitals, the Sarjapur hospital in Bangalore is the newest 10-storey facility with state-of-the art equipment, well-trained, qualified and capable medical professionals. In the development pipeline, the second hospital in Pune is slated to open in 2020 and would be larger than the Sarjapur Road facility in Bangalore.
“We know that our model of care works well in India and we will continue our expansion plans to serve the people of India even better,” said Dr. Kelvin Loh, Group Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Asia.
“At Columbia Asia, we strive in providing effective healthcare at excellent value and to be the preferred choice for families and businesses. Our mission is to provide effective and affordable care in a clean and caring environment. We also have the flexibility to tailor each hospital’s expansion plan and medical program mix based on specific and localized demand/supply dynamics,” said Dr. Nanda Kumar Jairam, Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Asia India.
Columbia Asia presently has 30 medical facilities (about 2,600 beds) in 4 countries – namely Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, serving more than 2.5 million outpatients yearly in fields of orthopedics, internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics & gynecology, which cover the medical needs in these countries.
About Columbia Asia
Columbia Asia is an international private healthcare company founded by an American entrepreneur, Daniel Baty in 1996. From the outset, Columbia Asia envisioned to provide quality, affordable healthcare services easily accessed by people wherever they live – driven by our vision statement, a passion for making people better. Today, Columbia Asia is one of the largest and fastest growing hospital groups in Asia. It currently has 12 hospitals in Malaysia, 12 in India, 2 in Vietnam and 3 in Indonesia.
As PR received on September 25, 2018/PRNewswire
