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BHUBANESWAR: A ray of hope beamed on the face of Manisha Pradhan as the airlifting team arrived at the corridor of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on Thursday afternoon to shift her younger brother Amrit Pradhan, who has been battling Covid-19 for over a month, to Chennai-based Apollo Hospital.
After initial procedures that took a couple of hours, the four-member team started preparation to lift the 24-year-old software engineer in an air-ambulance fitted with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) that was waiting for the patient at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), here.
At 5 pm sharp, Amrit was taken in an ambulance from the Covid ward of AIIMS to the airport from where he was airlifted to Chennai. The Odisha government facilitated a special ‘green corridor’ for hassle-free transportation of the critically ill patient. The ambulance reached the airport in a record 12 minutes.
UPDATE:
On April 30, Manipal Hospitals announced that it had completed the acquisition of Columbia Asia Hospitals.]
In the summer of 2020, Ranjan Pai was fighting two battles. On one hand, the chairman of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) was trying to limit the effects of a national lockdown on his hospital chain, Manipal Hospitals. On the other, the 48-year-old billionaire entrepreneur was trying to salvage a big-ticket acquisition that would kickstart his long-held dream of a pan-India hospital chain.
Then in November, Bengaluru-based Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited (MHEPL), which runs Manipal Hospitals, announced it would buy Columbia Asia Hospitals in India for about ₹2,200 crore in cash. That will give the predominantly south India-focussed MHEPL a presence in cities such as Kolkata, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Patiala, and Pune. The combined entity will operate 7,300 beds in 27 hospitals across 15 cities, making it India’s second-largest hospital chain afte
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MUMBAI: Private hospital chains across the country, including the Chennai-based Apollo group and Delhi-based Fortis Healthcare, and Mumbai-based Hinduja Hospital, are discussing modalities to offer foreign-manufactured vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna in India, following the relaxation in government guidelines recently.
“We have had preliminary discussions with Pfizer, and are awaiting clarity on their plans’’, Anil Vinayak, group COO, Fortis Healthcare confirmed, when contacted by TOI.
A final structure will emerge only after the company applies for fast-track approvals here, and is cleared by the Indian regulator.
Amidst huge shortages and rising infections, the government recently fast tracked access to vaccines by allowing foreign-manufactured jabs to be imported, by doing away with bridging trial studies prior to regulatory approval. Vaccines approved by Western regulators including the USFDA, UK’s MHRA & WHO will be granted emergency authoris
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NIIFL invests â¹2,100 cr in Manipal Hospitals The funding comes close on the heels of billionaire entrepreneur Ranjan Pai-led Manipal Hospitals acquiring Columbia Asia Hospitals in India for â¹2,100 crore last November.
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Indiaâs sovereign wealth fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL), on Thursday said that it has invested â¹2,100 crore in Bengaluru-headquartered Manipal Hospitals through its private equity fund NIIF Strategic Opportunities Fund (SOF), its first investment in the Indian healthcare sector.
The deal comes close on the heels of billionaire entrepreneur Ranjan Pai-led Manipal Hospitals acquiring Columbia Asia Hospitals in India for â¹2,100 crore last November, making it the countryâs second-largest hospital chain after Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals.