After cardiac care, Dr. Devi Shetty set to expand cancer care network aggressively.

After firmly establishing himself in the cardiac care, Dr. Devi Shetty, the founder chairman of Bangalore-based healthcare chain - Narayana Healthcare - is now turning towards cancer care to aggressively expand the scope of his operations. Narayana Healthcare, the JP Morgan and Pinebridge (earlier AIG) backed healthcare chain with as much as 5,000 beds across India, is aligning with the likes of Biocon's CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw as well as one of the co-founder's of Infosys - K Dinesh - to expand the cancer care network.

Dr. Shetty speaking to Business Standard said that they are looking to set up a string of cancer care centres with 50-10 beds across cities and towns starting with Mysore and Ahmedabad in the near future. This follows the setting up of one of India's largest centre for cancer care in Bangalore with 1,400 beds supported by the investment of Mazumdar-Shaw. It is understood that Narayana Healthcare is looking to almost double the number of beds under cancer care over a period of time.

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