Aster enters in pact to run 100 bedded tertiary care hospital in Karnataka

Hospital chain Aster DM Healthcare on Tuesday said it has entered into an agreement with Vritika Hospitals & Bharathi Education Trust for operating and managing (O&M) of 100 bedded G. Madegowda Super Specialty Hospital at Mandya, Karnataka.

Aster said the agreement to run Madegowda hospital is part of the hospital chain's asset light model undertaken to add upto 500 – 700 beds in India.

“As part of our strategy to take advanced quality healthcare at an affordable cost to the doorsteps of people, Aster is taking over the operations and management of the G. Madegowda Super Specialty Hospital in Mandya," said Dr. Azad Moopen, founder chairman & managing director of Aster. "This model has been tried and tested by Aster in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh already and is found to be helpful to provide tertiary care to the Tier 2 & 3 suburban cities,” Moopen added.

The G. Madegowda Super Specialty Hospital offers a wide range of services from critical care to cardiology, oncology, orthopaedics, neurology and other specialized centres of sports medicine, family medicine and many more.