Apollo Hospitals to add cancer care facility to Navi Mumbai project.

The hospital network Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (AHEL) is expected to infuse an additional investment of around Rs. 87 crore for its upcoming Navi Mumbai facility which includes investment to add cancer care facility to the project under development. The setting up of cancer facility in the facility is as part of the company's strategy of covering oncology services through hospitals across the country.

While earlier the company was planning to set up a super speciality hospital with capacity of 350 beds with an investment of around Rs. 350 crore, the estimated project cost has been increased to Rs. 437.4 crore, by the end of third quarter of the current fiscal year. The number of beds would remain at 350, for the project.

A part of this additional investment would be towards adding cancer care facility in the Navi Mumbai facility, said company officials recently. A senior company official also said that while the company already runs cancer speciality centres, there is a renewed focus on the sector and the healthcare service major would be looking at spreading its cancer care presence across the country, said a senior official of AHEL.

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