Apollo Hospitals to add 5-10 hospitals over next 5 years, says Prathap C. Reddy

Apollo Hospitals plans to add five to 10 new hospitals over the next five years as part of its expansion strategy, Founder and Chairman Dr Prathap C. Reddy said on Tuesday, as the healthcare major looks to strengthen its presence across India.

Speaking at the launch of Apollo’s ‘Always Open. Always Here.’ initiative in Delhi, Reddy said the group would continue expanding its hospital network while making healthcare more accessible to patients.

“I’ll put up another five, ten hospitals in the next five years,” Reddy said, adding that Apollo would continue to expand its presence across the country.

The expansion comes as Apollo Hospitals looks to add more than 5,800 beds over the next five years. In its June quarter earnings report, the company said four new hospitals in Indore, Dwarka, Delhi Proton Centre and Ranchi, along with 148 additional beds at its existing Indore and Guwahati facilities, account for around 1,200 of the planned additions.

Reddy said Apollo’s focus would remain on bringing advanced healthcare and technology to India while strengthening the country’s position as a global healthcare destination.

Launches ‘Always Open. Always Here.’ initiative

Apollo has launched its ‘Always Open. Always Here.’ initiative, under which routine healthcare services—including outpatient consultations, diagnostics, preventive health checks, follow-ups and scheduled procedures—will be made available on Sundays, subject to hospital-specific schedules.

Reddy said the initiative was aimed at addressing the time constraints that often prevent people from seeking timely medical care.

“There is no bad time. There’s no, you know, that it will occur exactly between 10 and 5, and all the hospitals are open. All the doctors are available. It can occur anytime,” he said, referring to medical emergencies and health conditions.

Apollo’s emergency, critical care and inpatient services are already available 24x7. The new initiative extends access to routine and planned care across all seven days of the week.

Reddy, who founded Apollo Hospitals in 1983, also highlighted the group’s efforts to introduce advanced medical technology in India and reduce the need for patients to travel overseas for treatment.

For the June quarter of FY27, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise reported a 34.2% year-on-year increase in consolidated profit attributable to owners to ₹581 crore, compared with ₹433 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations rose 20.6% to ₹7,044 crore, while EBITDA increased 28.2% to ₹1,092 crore. EBITDA margin improved to around 15.5% from 14.6% a year earlier.