Chittagong Bureau :
The Apollo Hospital Group is planning to expand its operations in Bangladesh and Kolkata in the next few years, a top official of the city facility said recently.
“A Apollo spokesman said presently have a hospital in Dhaka. We have plans to have one more hospital in Chittagong,” Apollo Hospital Advisor , Amalendu Sarker told during his visit in Chittagong recently.
However, it is yet to be decided whether it would be through a tie-up or through some other mechanism, an Indian media report said. .The move is being taken because of increasing number of patients from Bangladesh in our Kolkata facility, spokesman added. The group is also contemplating to have a 200-bed hospital in south Kolkata, she said.The group now has a 510-bedded hospital in the northern part of Kolkata.”Besides, we also have plans to set up a new facility in the North Eastern region, particularly Assam,” sources said.
Mentionable that Amalendu Sarkar came over Chittagong to invite the journos of Chittagong for joining the medical conference held at Kolkata Apollo Hospital recently. 7journos of Chittagong joined the Apollo Hospital conference in Kolkata on August 27 last and back home on Sunday last.
