Apollo Hospitals bets on expansion, clinical edge to maintain lead
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd (AHEL), the country’s largest listed hospital chain by beds, is betting on its planned capacity expansion as well as its clinical programmes and expertise to maintain its lead in an increasingly competitive private healthcare market, its top management said.The hospital chain, which commissioned four hospitals in Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Delhi in FY26, plans to add about 1,500 beds in the next 12-18 months. This includes beds in the new hospitals as well as existing ones.“We think capacity is a strategically important lever… it will place us as the largest player substantially in terms of bed capacity.
But beyond that, if you look at the growth that we've seen reported, that is not a one-time growth or demand generation,” Dr Madhu Sasidhar, chief executive officer of the hospitals division, told Mint.“We put a lot of work into clinical programme development, clinical differentiation—everything from recruitment to putting together teams and the infrastructure that they need. It has been a multi-year effort,” he added.Apollo Hospitals currently has 10,970 beds across 78 hospitals.
In FY26, its hospitals business reported revenue of ₹12,555 crore, up 13% from the previous year.Its diagnostics and retail health business grew 20% to ₹1,865 crore, while the omnichannel pharmacy business, Apollo HealthCo, saw revenue grow 19% to ₹10,808 crore. The overall business grew 16% to ₹25,229 crore.The company sees growing synergies between its diagnostics and primary care business and the hospitals one.
“There is a substantial amount of hospital-generated revenue that goes to the diagnostics business. And as they continue to invest more in high-end diagnostics and
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