Apollo Hospitals to set up hospital in China

The company has tied with Hainan Ecological Smart City Group to build hospital in the Hainan province, where a smart city is being developed in China's largest special economic zone

Apollo Hospital at Bengaluru
Apollo Hospital at Bengaluru
BS B2B Bureau Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jun 21 2016 | 1:09 PM IST
Apollo Hospitals Group has signed an MoU with Hainan Ecological Smart City Group (HESCG), a Chinese industrial park developer and operator, to jointly develop a highly integrated modern health care service facility and systems in the Hainan province, where a smart city is being developed in China's largest special economic zone.
 
The smart city on the island of Hainan will have residential infrastructure for high quality, pollution free community living and the proposed hospital with medical, nursing and paramedical colleges would cater to not only the people of the Hainan province but also attract medical tourists from mainland China and other nations.
 
The collaboration with Apollo Hospitals would begin with the development of a hospital and the colleges and will lead to the development of advanced healthcare IT systems and telemedicine solutions. The MoU is also aimed at expanding to other parts of China and extend into India with suitable model of collaboration which will be discussed post the signing of the MoU.
 
HESCG will provide land, all the investments for the construction, commissioning and equipping the hospital besides all operative expenses, while Apollo Hospitals Group would provide its services for technical consulting, planning and commissioning of the hospital and post completion of the hospital, provide services for the operations and management of the hospital. Apollo Hospitals would also support in building the technical and management personnel, install its patient care clinical protocols and practices.
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First Published: Jun 21 2016 | 1:07 PM IST

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