Apollo Hospitals announces ₹8,600-crore expansion and new smart ambulances

Apollo Hospitals has announced a major expansion and infrastructure initiative in India. The company is undertaking an expansion plan with an estimated total project cost of approximately ₹8,600 crore. This includes ₹1,565 crore for brownfield expansion projects at existing facilities, targeting growth in urban centers such as Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Varanasi, Indore, Guwahati, and Ranchi.

To oversee these developments, Upasana Kamineni Konidela has been appointed as Director – Projects. Her role will focus on the planning and delivery of new hospitals, upgrading existing facilities, and improving patient navigation and clinical space efficiency across the network.

In a separate community-focused initiative, Apollo Speciality Hospitals in Vanagaram, in collaboration with Marsh India and the Billion Hearts Beating Foundation, has launched two advanced life-support smart ambulances. This partnership aims to strengthen emergency medical response and improve access to critical care in the Vanagaram region through enhanced pre-hospital intervention and clinical expertise.