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AyurVAID Hospitals opens 30-bed unit with in-patient facility in Bangalore

September 23rd, 2008

Bangalore, Karnataka, IND, 2008-09-22 15:18:15 (IndiaPRwire.com): AyurVAID Hospitals, a new generation hospital chain pioneering rigorous, process and documentation driven, classical Kerala Ayurveda medical services, today announced the formal opening of its hospital in Bangalore with in-patient facilities. It is Bangalore’s first facility of this scale, format and size.Bangalore’s first ever Ayurvedic medicare facility of it’s kind, the hospital with 30 beds, and all modern amenities, offers the full range of Ayurveda out-patient and in-patient medical services for treatment of serious medical conditions. The hospital is located off the Koramangala IntermediateRing Road towards its intersection with Old Airport Road, proximate to Dell.

Announcing the foray into Bangalore, Rajiv Vasudevan, CEO, AyurVAID Hospitals said, “There are many reasons why the entry of AyurVAID into the Bangalore market is a notable event. It is for the first time that a full fledged Ayurveda hospital in this scale and format has been set up outside of Kerala. With an outstanding team of physicians, includingtwoM.Ds in Panchakarma, complemented by a well trained nursing team, the AyurVAID Hospital in Bangalore shall offer gentle yet effective solutions for chronic illnesses and lifestyle disorders commonly found in Bangalore today. AyurVAID Hospital shall serve a growing section of society who wish to go beyond symptomatic relief andfor agentle medical solution that addresses the root cause of the illness for a long lasting solution. AyurVAID will serve to fill a significant gap in the medical services available to the people of this dynamic and vibrant city of Bangalore”.

Ganesh Subramaniam, CFO, AyurVAID Hospitals added “With several leading medical insurance third party administrators (TPAs) having accreditedAyurVAID Hospital, Bangalore, as a network hospital, medical insurance policy holders can avail of cashless facility for inpatientAyurveda medical care, subject to the underlying terms of their insurance policy.”

AyurVAID has many firsts that distinguish it – It adopts a rigorous, standardized and documentation-driven approach; it has a unique medical services model that appropriately integrates classical Kerala Ayurveda medical practice with contemporary medical science, and it is the first Ayurvedic hospital to be empanelled by leading TPAs as a network hospital thus making cashless hospitalization possible. Besides the rigorous 5-year education programs that include detailed study of the classical Ayurveda medical science, as well as essentials of modern medicine, surgery and pharmacology that Ayurvedic physicians undergo, AyurVAID further trains its’ professionals in its unique approach and business model.

Kerala’s Ayurvaid planned to set up 40 hospitals across India

September 2nd, 2008

BANGALORE:  The Ayurvaid hospital Managing Director Rajiv Vasudevan said that after establishing two hospitals in Kerala, Ayurvaid hospitals has now finalized a national roll-out initiative, planning to have 40 Ayurveda hospitals integrated with modern medicine across the country.

He also said that, at present the Ayurvaid has a 15-bed hospital in Kochi & 60-bed one in Aluva & third one- a 25-bed facility is all set to be opened here. The few more hospitals are planned in the first phase over the next six- eight months it is also informed by Rajiv Vasudevan.

“We are looking at a mix of metros, tier-II cities and perhaps one tier-III city (for opening the five hospitals)”, Vasudevan told PTI here. “The goal is to have 40 hospitals (both company-owned and company-managed) in four years”.

Two-third of the proposed 40 hospitals would be 15-bed ones and the remaining 50-bed ones. “We will focus on bottom of the pyramid with 60 per cent of its capacity focused on poor patients”, he said.

Ayurvaid has received a Rs 4.5 crore funding from Acumen, one of the world’s largest fund for social ventures, with the latter picking up a minority state in the Ayurvaid, a division of Kerala First Health services Pvt Ltd.

He said that, this money is sufficient for expansion plans in the first phase, indicating that funds for the bigger roll-out thereafter would not be a problem. “There is active interest by a lot of people in the sector”, he said, also noting that establishing Ayurveda hospitals is not capital-intensive.