Narayana Health
Narayana Health (formerly known as Narayana Hrudyalaya) is an Indian chain of multi-speciality hospitals, heart centres, and primary care facilities with its headquarters in Bengaluru, India. It was founded by Dr. Devi Shetty in the year 2000. Narayana Health has its presence across major Indian cities Bangalore, Delhi, Gurugram, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mumbai, Mysore etc. with an international subsidiary in the Cayman Islands. The facilities offer medical care in over 30 medical specialities and three of its hospitals – Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, and Health City Cayman Islands – are JCI (Joint Commission International) accredited. History. Dr.  Devi Shetty founded Narayana Hrudalaya (NH) in the year 2000 with a 280-bed heart hospital in Bangalore. In 2013, Narayana Hrudyalaya officially changed its identity to Narayana Health. It now operates several hospitals and heart centres across India, making it the second largest hospital network in India (based on operational bed count). Since 2014, the group operates Health City Cayman Islands in Grand Caymen. Dr. Emmanuel Rupert was made the MD & Group CEO in the place of Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvansha following the latter's resignation in January 2019. The company has built a track record of providing good quality  services at an affordable cost, especially in cardiology. From 2016 onwards, NH has increased its presence in New Delhi, Gurugram and Mumbai, by opening premium multi speciality hospitals, in order to boost margins. In 2022, NH announced that it is looking to set up a 1000-bed advanced speciality hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. Listing. Narayana Hrudyalaya was listed on the BSE and the NSE on 6 January 2016. Upon debut, the company was valued at over US$1 billion.