Manhattan, New York-based Global investment firm KKR announced a commitment of approximately $200 million to deepen its presence in India's rapidly growing medical devices industry. This investment is being channeled primarily through Healthium MedTech, KKR's India-based medical device platform, which it had acquired last year for roughly $840 million. Key...
Public Hospitals in India Introduce Robotic Surgery Options
Robotic surgery, once confined to major private hospitals in India, is now available in some public health sector hospitals, as demand rises and more affordable options become available. The Regional Cancer Center in Kerala received $7 million in funding to establish the state's first robotic surgery facility in a public...
Bariatric Surgery Combats Rising Obesity Rates in India
India suffers from the double burden of rising obesity and diabetes. The country has at least 65 million diabetes patients, and about 80 percent of those cases are correlated with obesity. The rise of India’s middle class in the past two decades has ushered a penchant for unhealthy processed food and snacks...