Whole Healthcare Magazine

ndia has made striking progress in health
Istandards in the post-independence era, but
apparently, the industrial revolution
brought colossal social changes that impacted
on Indian healthcare. The rapid and unplanned
growth of cities carried opportunities for
transmission of infections, increased injuries
through perilous factories, thus death rates rose
rapidly and social supports crumbled with
increasing population mobility.
Necessity spawns innovation, and at Indian
hospitals, innovation is resulting not from a
grand design but from constant
experimentation and adaptation. Regardless of
the pressing demand and constrained supply, a
few Indian hospitals have devised ways of
providing world-class healthcare
affordably—and to scale. These hospitals as
Leaders — having taken the lead in improving
quality to global standards and in enhancing
patient and healthcare worker safety — and
they have targeted the all-inclusive socioeconomic
strata of Indian society, as well as
medical “tourists”. Some of these hospitals
such as the Manipal Hospitals Group’s flagship
in Bangalore—have recorded equivalent rather
better outcomes than the international
standards for medical complications.
Manipal Hospitals is the brand name for the
network of hospitals under Manipal Health
Enterprises Pvt Ltd (MHE). It is one of India’s
leading hospital networks, providing multispecialty
care to both Indian and international
patients. With more than 7,000 operational
beds across its network of hospitals and its
experienced team of medical professionals, it is
committed to providing quality and affordable
health care.
A Wondrous Journey of
Manipal Hospitals
The seeds of origin of Manipal
Hospitals were sown from The
Manipal Group, a pioneer in higher
education services with a 60-year-old legacy
of excellence. And its roots can be drawn back
from 1953 when the founder of the Manipal
Education and Medical Group (MEMG), Dr.
T.M.A. Pai, established the Kasturba Medical
College in Manipal, Karnataka.
Manipal Hospitals as an entity came into
existence in 1991 with the launch of a 650-bed
flagship hospital at Old Airport Road,
Bangalore. Today, it is amongst the most
respected and foremost hospital names in the
country, admired for its core values of clinical
excellence, patient-centricity, and ethical
practices with a network of 16 hospitals.
Manipal Hospitals is ISO 9001:2000,
AAHRPP, NABH, NABL certified pioneer in
the Indian healthcare industry for over 6
decades and has been delivering state-of-the-art
healthcare services that are curative and
preventive in nature, to both national and
international patient’s world over. Driven by
clinical superiority and ethical practices,
Manipal Hospitals provides path-breaking
medical services and technologies in this new
age of healthcare. It is present in 7 Indian cities
and has an international presence through two
locations in Klang, Malaysia and Lagos,
Nigeria. Manipal Hospitals received many
awards and accreditations in the healthcare
sector across India and is the leading hospitals