Apollo Lines Up Overseas Hospital Management Deals Across Global Markets

Its international expansion strategy also includes opportunities in Iraq, Tanzania, and Indonesia.

Apollo Hospitals has announced plans to expand its international presence through hospital management and operations contracts, with several overseas agreements in the pipeline.

According to Apollo’s Managing Director, Suneeta Reddy, the company is pursuing an asset-light expansion strategy by managing hospitals in international markets rather than making substantial investments in hospital infrastructure.

“So what we are doing is we are growing through managing hospitals, and that is a strong growth trajectory that you can expect to see from Apollo,” Reddy said.

Reddy further added that Apollo has set up overseas offices to support its international patient services, with growing demand from markets such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nigeria and Tanzania.

The company also plans to establish an office in West Asia.

“We have several operations management contracts in the pipeline,” she added.

The company has been operating a multi-specialty hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh, since 2022 under a Brand, Operations and Management Agreement (BOMA).

Its international expansion strategy also includes opportunities in Iraq, Tanzania, and Indonesia.

Additionally, the leading hospital chain plans to add approximately 4,200 beds over the next five years, taking its total capacity to around 14000.

The hospital group also reported 37% year-on-year growth in revenue from international patient services in Q2 FY27.

Attributing the growth to rising demand from overseas markets, Reddy said, “We believe that the 37% increase in international patient revenue is significant and something that we can take forward through our hospitals in the metro cities.”

Krishnan Akhileswaran, Group CFO of Apollo Hospitals, said, “Aided again by a good bounce-back from Bangladesh, as well as a lot of patients coming from other countries like those in Africa, we also now have people coming from Europe and other locations close by, as well as neighbouring countries.”

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