Rainbow Hospitals Explained
Rainbow Hospitals |
Type: | Public |
Founded: | 1999 |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Location: | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Founder: | Ramesh Kancharla |
Key People: | Ramesh Kancharla (Chairman) |
Rainbow Children's Medicare, commonly known as Rainbow Hospitals, is an Indian chain of paediatric hospitals headquartered in Hyderabad.[1] Founded by Dr. Ramesh Kancharla in 1999,[2] the hospital's main focus is paediatric and maternal healthcare services.[3] Rainbow Children's Hospitals' flagship facility is located at Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.[4] The Rainbow Hospital Group currently operates out of 17 hospitals and 3 outpatient clinics – Eight in Hyderabad, four in Bangalore, two each in Delhi, Chennai, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.[5] [4] [6] [7] [8]
Awards
- ICICI Lombard and CNBC-TV18 India Healthcare Award for Best Pediatric Hospital-2018 [9]
- VCCircle Awards 2016 - Best Healthcare company of the year 2016.[10]
- VCCircle Awards 2015 - Best Hospital in Single Specialty services.[11]
Records
- Rainbow Hospitals sets the "Guinness World Record —for the largest gathering of people born prematurely under one roof" on World Prematurity Day held on 17 November 2016[12]
- Rainbow Children's Hospital attains a place in 'Limca book of records - for saving a baby born with 375gms of birth weight.
Notes and References
- Rainbow Childrens Hospital And Perinatal Centre, Practo, accessed at https://www.practo.com/hyderabad/clinic/rainbow-childrens-hospital-and-perinatal-centre-banjara-hills 20 Oct 2014
- HISTORY – TAKING A WALK DOWN THE MEMORY LANE, Rainbow Hospitals, accessed at http://www.rainbowhospitals.in/about-us/history.html 20 Oct 2014
- "Rainbow Hospitals gets Rs.100 crore funding from CDC, Abraaj Group", Livemint, accessed at http://www.livemint.com/Companies/5FdCef7R555CSP0O4PZXEN/Rainbow-Hospitals-gets-100-crore-funding-from-CDC-Abraaj-G.html 20 Oct 2014
- "UAE’s Abraaj and UK’s CDC Invest $17.5m In India’s Rainbow Hospitals", Gulf Business, accessed at http://gulfbusiness.com/2013/08/uaes-abraaj-and-uks-cdc-invest-17-5m-in-indias-rainbow-hospitals/ 20 Oct 2014
- "Rainbow Hospital is raising 250 crore", The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/rainbow-hospital-to-raise-rs250-crore-for-growth/article7747564.ece 11 Oct 2015
- "Rainbow Hospital Expands to Chennai, Vizag", My Digital FC, accessed at http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/rainbows-hospitals-chain-expand-chennai-vizag-686 25 June 2015
- "Hospital chain Rainbow plans to raise Rs60-70 crore fresh equity", Live Mint, accessed at http://www.livemint.com/Companies/9R6IZSXA4RkLh6hKbhKbfL/Hospital-chain-Rainbow-plans-to-raise-Rs6070-crore-fresh-eq.html 25 June 2015
- "PE-backed Rainbow Hospitals creating south-focused paediatric & maternal care chain", VC Circle, accessed at http://www.vccircle.com/news/healthcare-services/2015/04/14/pe-backed-rainbow-hospitals-creating-south-focused-paediatric 14 April 2015
- Web site: India Healthcare Award.
- Web site: VCCircle Awards. vccircle.com. 9 March 2016.
- Web site: VCCircle Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301145801/http://awards.vccircle.com/pastawards/winners2015.html . 2016-03-01 . 9 September 2015 . vccircle.com.
- Web site: Guinness World Record. guinnessworldrecords.com. 20 July 2017.