Fortis extends its cardiac expertise in Sri Lanka

Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd., a subsidiary of Fortis Healthcare Ltd., has taken over operations and management of the Cardiac Centre at Oasis Hospitals Ltd.

Colombo, Sri Lanka. With this initiative, Fortis Healthcare, India’s fastest growing hospital network has expanded its presence in Sri Lanka adding to the existing facilities in India and other countries.

Oasis Hospitals is presently a 170 bedded facility and the plan is to provide tertiary level treatment and care in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery with the support of Fortis Malar. The rechristened “Fortis Oasis Cardiac Centre” will be one of the best cardiac centres in Sri Lanka. The Centre will have top notch cardiologists and cardiac surgeons of Colombo and India. Moreover high end support in clinical excellence, and experts from Fortis Malar Hospital will also be operating out of the centre. The centre will be fully equipped to cover all aspects of cardiac care ranging from prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitated cardiac care.  

Oasis Hospital offers comprehensive medical services with special focus on Oncology, Opthalmology, General Medicine, Paediatric and Gynecology. Additionally, the hospital offers complete diagnostic services like Radiology and laboratories and has well-equipped operation theatres.

Commenting on the new affiliation Fortis Healthcare Ltd. Zonal Director Krish Ramesh said: “We are happy to expand our presence in Sri Lanka and in partnering with Oasis Hospital. This addition is in line with our strategic objectives to expand our reach and provide access to quality healthcare to communities at affordable costs.”

Fortis will leverage its tertiary care expertise to enhance the cardiac programmes at Fortis Oasis Cardiac Centre. In addition, Fortis will implement systems and processes, designed to bring about high levels of clinical quality and deliver compassionate patient care.

Oasis Hospitals Ltd., Chairperson K. M. Edirisinghe said: “We are happy to join hands with Fortis Healthcare in an effort to improve the quality and width of medical care being provided in Colombo and offer quality care. As a front runner in heart care, Fortis will bring in superior quality care and offer best in class treatment in cardiac sciences.”

Fortis Malar Hospital (formerly known as Malar Hospital), Chennai, India was acquired by Fortis Healthcare Limited in early 2008, is established as one of the largest corporate hospitals in Chennai providing quality super specialty and multi specialty healthcare services. Fortis Malar Hospital, with 170 beds, focuses on providing comprehensive medical care in the areas of Cardiology, Cardiac surgery, Neurology, Neuro surgery, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Gynecology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, General medicine and all other support specialties.

Fortis Healthcare Limited is committed to clinical excellence and patient-centric healthcare, which is manifest in hospital design, patient services, medical programmes and the compassionate approach of medical and non-medical hospital staff. Fortis commissioned its first hospital in 2001 at Mohali, near Chandigarh, and has expanded its operations to become a network with around 8500 bed capacity across 55 hospitals. The Fortis network has a large number of international accreditations, including four JCI (Joint Commission International) and seven NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals) certifications. The network’s capability covers multi-speciality hospitals and super-speciality centres that provide tertiary and quaternary healthcare to patients in the major medical specialities.

Oasis Hospitals Ltd., one of the largest private hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka enjoys a strategic location. The hospital was set up in 1999, to offer comprehensive medical services and over the past two decades it has served the surrounding communities and built up its expertise in several specialities.