Bangalore 18 May 2006: In a strategic move to strengthen its position as the leading provider of cardiac care across the country, Wockhardt Hospitals today announced the launch of India’s largest and most comprehensive heart-care program with the key focus on personalized patient care, fortified by leading and highly acclaimed cardiac surgeons and cardiologists with demonstrated potential for improving medical outcomes.

Introducing the new cardiac team of Wockhardt Hospitals, Bangalore, Mr. Vishal Bali, Chief Executive Officer, said, “It is extremely important for a medical institution to continuously strengthen the expertise of its doctors and thereby deliver better treatment to patients. A larger full time team of cardiologists ensures that a proper medical attention is available to patients all the time. Wockhardt has strengthened its existing high profile team to ten full time cardiologists and four leading cardiac surgeons including eminent names in the industry such as Dr. Sanjay Pai and Dr. Dev Anand among others. This consolidation of clinical talent the makes Wockhardt team of heart specialists amongst the best in the country”

From routine diagnostic care to implantation of life-saving devices, surgical procedures and heart transplants these cardiologists and cardiac surgeons will offer the complete spectrum of heart care by way of highly specialized treatments “Association with top end clinicians is very important for success in a medical institution and plays a vital role in establishing a comprehensive heart care program.” adds Vishal Bali “This hospital will serve as a model of how patients receive the best personalized heart care”

Vishal Bali also announced the commissioning of the group’s National Pediatric Heart Program, under which Wockhardt’s new facility at Bannerghatta Road will also function as the Group’s national pediatric heart disease referral centre. The program aims at providing world class pediatric healthcare delivery standards by giving families easy access to pediatric cardiac services ranging from cardiac diagnosis studies to interventional cardiac procedures such as cardiac catheterization and open-heart surgery.

The flagship heart hospital of the Wockhardt Hospitals Group on Cunningham road will continue operations and will complement the new super-specialty hospital. Though the group is branching out into multiple specialties, cardiac care will continue to be our driving specialty Bali said.

“At the Wockhardt Hospitals patients will have access to the most complete cardiovascular patient care, both in terms of clinical expertise as well as technological support that is available anywhere in a single facility. This level of care and technology is unique and provides a very patient-friendly experience,” Bali added.

The commissioning of the new hospital will give Wockhardt Hospitals a leadership position as the largest provider of cardiac health care services in the country.


Wockhardt Hospitals Group currently runs a cluster of super-specialty hospitals in Mumbai dedicated to cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, ophthalmology and minimal access surgery. It runs heart hospitals in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Nagpur and a super specialty kidney hospital in Kolkata. The group hospital in Mumbai is the first super specialty hospital in South Asia to receive the JCI accreditation for quality focused healthcare organizations. Wockhardt hospitals will unveil a new generation super specialty hospital in Bangalore. Wockhardt Hospitals is a treatment destination for patients from UK, US and other European Countries besides South Asia, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa. Wockhardt Hospitals is the first hospital group in South Asia to be recognized by the American Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in its worldwide network of participating hospitals and has recently been empanelled by CIGNA.