Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

Apollo Hospitals is likely to add 500 beds by the end of this fiscal, taking the total bed strength of the group to over 9,000. In next 24 months the entity is on the track of adding 2,000 beds. Presently, Apollo Hospitals has a capacity of over 8,500 beds across 54 hospitals within and outside India.

The company is also mulling setting up three medical colleges in the next five years as part of the plans to expand its medical education venture. The Chennai-headquartered healthcare chain is already running 11 nursing and hospital management colleges. It has 1,200 pharmacies and over 100 diagnostic clinics across the country.

Recently, Apollo Hospitals introduced a ‘movement disorder clinic’ in Chennai. This clinic is located in the Apollo Hospitals centre in the city, which will provide diagnosis and treatment for patients ailing with chronic disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, secondary tremor and Tourette’s syndrome.