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FEMME ONLY: The Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, and the Fortis Healthcare Ltd Managing Director, Mr Shivinder Mohan Singh, at the inauguration of all women hospital `Fortis La Femme' in the Capital on Wednesday. — Ramesh Sharma

New Delhi March 28 Fortis Healthcare launched its first `La Femme' a boutique hospital for women. The 50-bed, Rs 30-crore hospital that Fortis will manage for Sunrise Medicare, will offer obstetrics, gynaecology, neonatal care and even cosmetic surgery.

"It's a clear opportunity not just for birthing but for women related healthcare, bringing high end quality healthcare to women in north India. In the future we look to replicate this model in the rest of the country," said Mr Shivinder Mohan Singh, Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare.

The centre was inaugurated by Ms Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, who stressed on the urgent need to address issues of female infanticide, sex ratio and other gender related health issues.

"One crore girls have been killed in-utero in the last twenty years," said the Minister.

Sunrise Medicare had in the past partnered with Apollo Hospitals, for the chain of boutique birthing centres called the Cradle. The Cradle in Delhi has now been renamed Fortis's La Femme.

Fortis and Sunrise Medicare did not announce a time-plan but hope to launch a few more boutique hospitals.

According to Mr Shivinder Mohan Singh, Fortis, which is planning an IPO to raise between Rs 700-800 crore for its expansion plans which includes a medicity, will in the future expand through a combination of hub and spoke model, where medicities, tertiary care hospital and boutique hospitals will be linked in terms of services available. The company will look at growth in the form of hospitals that they will own and run, mergers and acquisitions and hospitals that they will manage.

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