Deepak Parekh-backed Nephro Care flags off B'desh healthcare venture with PROBE, despite unrest

The social and political unrest in Bangladesh notwithstanding, Deepak Parekh-backed Kolkata-headquartered multi-speciality healthcare provider in East India, Nephro Care India Limited (NCIL), flagged off its Bangladesh venture jointly with PROBE Bangladesh, a leading diagnostic chain in Bengal, Tripura and Bangladesh.

- RITWIK MUKHERJEE

Although this may not be the best time to launch this venture, the two healthcare providers decided to roll out this initiative, which had been hanging fire for quite some time now.

As part of the new joint initiative, Nephro Care would offer high-end diagnostic and other healthcare facilities through PROBE to patients in Bangladesh.

PROBE has its wings evenly spread all across Bangladesh, said the doctor-turned-entrepreneur Dr Pratim Sengupta (photo), founder of Nephro Care India Pvt Ltd.

"Yes, there are political problems in the neighboring country at this point in time. But that does not mean everything should come to a halt. That doesn't mean one should sit idle and do nothing. Healthcare facilities are of utmost importance and that should not stop in any circumstances," said Dr Sengupta.

Nephro Care, Vivacity and PROBE will work in tandem to strengthen its healthcare operations in Bangladesh and take it to a meaningful level.

The ultimate objective is to ensure that the patients from the neighboring country do not have to travel to India for every little problem and get themselves treated in their own country," said Biplab Sengupta, Director, Vivacity Hospital.

Nephro Care was founded in the year 2014 by one of the leading nephrologists in India, Dr. Pratim Sengupta, in Kolkata, with the objective of providing comprehensive medical services for renal patients.