Fortis Healthcare opens next generation hospital in Gurgaon

Fortis Healthcare, country’s largest hospital chain has opened its next generation hospital, the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Fortis Memorial) in Gurgaon. It plans to open this hospital with full functions by January 2013. The new hospital will provide facilities such as 3 T Digital MRI, 256 Slice CT Scan, Advanced Brain Suite, Cath-Lab, Digital Mammography, e-ICU and Fibre Scan.

The company has invested Rs 450 crore in building the 450 beds hospital, which could be ramped up to 1,000 beds facility. It will spend another Rs 160 crore on expansions, mainly for increasing the number of beds in the second phase, which is expected to start in next three-four years.