‘A Strong Presence In A City Like Mumbai Has Various Advantages'
Express Healthcare|Express Healthcare (Vol.12, No.5) May, 2018

While a lot of industry experts feel that venturing into B-towns, Tier II and III cities can be a profitable bet to healthcare providers, Wockhardt hospitals opts to focus more on metros, especially Mumbai. Zahabiya Khorakiwala, MD, Wockhardt Hospitals in a free-wheeling conversation with Raelene Kambli explains the strategy and benefits behind Wockhardt focus on metros cities such as Mumbai

Raelene Kambli
‘A Strong Presence In A City Like Mumbai Has Various Advantages'

What are the core principles that you follow at Wockhardt? 

We strongly believe in the principal of quality and collaboration. All our efforts are put in providing quality care to our patients and all this is done with a collaborative approach among doctors, nurses, paramedic and the support staff. We believe in staying ahead in terms of skills and focus on constant upgradation of our knowledge. Our goal at Wockhardt Hospitals is to set clinical benchmarks in quality and contemporary treatments in the tertiary and quaternary care space.

Tell us about Wockhardt Hospitals's current strengths? 

Focus on Quality and Patient Care – With 2,600 number of employees, we at WHL practice highest quality standard to deliver superior clinical care. We have ensured that all our hospitals are NABH accredited and also the group’s flagship Hopsital the “New Age Wockhardt Hospitals” at Mumbai Central has received the coveted JCI accreditation within first three and half years of its operation.

Group of Hospitals – Being a group of seven superspeciality tertiary & quaternary care hospitals hospitals has its own merits such as – 

Exchange of best practices, 

Patients transfer/mobility, 

Doctors/Consultant expertise sharing

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