Apollo aims to hike occupancy

The company is also looking at increasing surgical volumes in specialities in urban centres

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (AHEL) is focusing on increasing its occupancy to improve growth following a decline in the year 2016-17. The hospital has an occupancy of 47 per cent. It plans to increase occupancy to 65 per cent by the end of the current fiscal year, according to senior management.

“The business plan this year is to see how we can improve our occupancy and fill up at least 400 more beds. We have a lot of vacant beds because of the new hospitals. The first plan is to see how we can fill up the new beds and increase