Chairman and Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare Dr Azad Moopen | Photo: Pradeep Kumar TK
Thiruvananthapuram: Aster DM Healthcare will launch advanced healthcare facility at Trivandrum in Kerala. The hospital will be a 550-bed unit and will enclose 5.76 lakh sq. ft built-up area. The company’s investment will be to the tune of over Rs 500 crores for the entire project, with the first phase having a capacity of 350 beds expected to be operational by FY26.
This super-specialty facility will house several centres for clinical excellence that will cater to the functions of Cardiac Sciences, Organ Transplant, Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Oncology, Urology & Nephrology, Gastro Sciences, and Woman & Child wellness. The hospital will offer OPD, IPD, ICU including high dependency units, NICU, PICU, and transplant ICU, day-care support and 24 hours trauma & emergency response services. Robotics and new generation systems would be introduced gradually.
Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, said, “Aster Capital at Thiruvananthapuram has been conceived as a comprehensive facility that will deliver primary to quaternary healthcare to the people of the region. It has been a long-cherished dream of Aster DM Healthcare to be in the capital city to make quality healthcare at an affordable cost accessible to the population. This will increase our footprint not only in Kerala but across India .”