325-bedded KIMS Manavata Hospital to come up in Nashik

Hyderabad-based Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Manavata Health Care to set up a Multispeciality hospital – KIMS Manavata Hospital at Nashik in Maharashtra with a total bed capacity of 325 Beds. KIMS will hold a 51 per cent stake and Manavata Health Care will hold a 49 per cent stake in the proposed project, KIMS said in a release here.

Dr Raj Nagarkar, Managing Director of Manavata Health Care and a legendary Oncological surgeon, with a vast experience of 21 years, has performed more than 45,000 plus cancer surgeries. He received his surgical oncology training from the prestigious Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai followed by MRCS at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

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The Oncological surgeon is heading HCG Manavata Cancer Centre, which is a 275-bed comprehensive cancer centre. The new Hospital is expected to go live tentatively by March 2024 and be scaled up to full capacity over a period of time.

A definitive agreement towards the transaction will be signed in due course, the release said. KIMS Hospitals Managing Director Dr Bhaskara Rao said " We are immensely proud that we are entering Maharashtra by opening our new hospital in Nashik, a holy city with a rich cultural heritage. We are honoured to partner with Dr Raj Nagarkar, who is a legend in the surgical oncology stream.

We are confident that with this association, we will be able to bring our affordable quality care model to Nashik". With Dr. Raj's on-ground experience combined with our state-of-the-art medical infrastructure and our focus on affordable quality care, we will provide citizens of Nashik and surrounding places, with the best of healthcare, he added.

Dr. Raj Nagarkar said we are extremely delighted that our partnership with KIMS Hospitals will give us an added impetus to provide quality multi-speciality care at affordable prices. We will work together to make KIMS Manavata, the destination of choice for patients seeking help, he added.

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