Wockhardt plans unit in Hubli
Business Standard Reporter-Chennai
Hubli November 28, 2006
(photo:wockhardtin.com)
The Wockhardt group plans to set up its branch in Hubli next year. According to Jayaranganath, the Wolkhardt group had set up super speciality units in different cities in the country.
He said the Wolkhardt Hospital, situated on Banneraghatta road in Bangalore, would conduct heart operations on poor children free of cost.
The hospital had launched a scheme to help the poor children suffering from heart ailment.
He said normally a cardiac surgery would cost Rs 90,000 and the hospital would do it free of cost on the poor children. For the economically weaker section, it would charge only Rs 20,000, he said. The state and the Central governments would subsidise the remaining amount.
He appealed to the parents of the children suffering from heart ailment not to panic and asked them to contact the children’s unit at Wockhardt.
Jayaranganath revealed that eight children among every 1,000 had heart-related problems and two of them had severe ailment.
Business Standard Reporter-Chennai
Hubli November 28, 2006
(photo:wockhardtin.com)The Wockhardt group plans to set up its branch in Hubli next year. According to Jayaranganath, the Wolkhardt group had set up super speciality units in different cities in the country.
He said the Wolkhardt Hospital, situated on Banneraghatta road in Bangalore, would conduct heart operations on poor children free of cost.
The hospital had launched a scheme to help the poor children suffering from heart ailment.
He said normally a cardiac surgery would cost Rs 90,000 and the hospital would do it free of cost on the poor children. For the economically weaker section, it would charge only Rs 20,000, he said. The state and the Central governments would subsidise the remaining amount.
He appealed to the parents of the children suffering from heart ailment not to panic and asked them to contact the children’s unit at Wockhardt.
Jayaranganath revealed that eight children among every 1,000 had heart-related problems and two of them had severe ailment.
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