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| Geography | |
| Location | Kolkata,West Bengal,India |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private hospital |
| Funding | For-profit hospital |
| Type | General |
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| Standards | NABH |
| Emergency department | Yes (Trauma center) |
| Beds | 1,200 |
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| Website | Official website |
AMRI Hospitals is afor-profitprivatehospital chain which is headquartered in the city ofKolkata,West Bengal,India. In September 2023,Manipal Hospitals acquired a majority stake (84%) in thecompany.[1]
With hospitals accredited byNABH, the company has 3 units in Kolkata (Dhakuria,Salt Lake andMukundapur), 1 clinic in Kolkata (Southern Avenue) and 1 unit inBhubaneshwar in the Indian State ofOdisha. It had also opened a health center in Dhaka for its Bangladeshi patients.[2]
The Emami Group invested in hospitals with Shrachi Group through an invitation from Shrachi Group's Shrawan Kumar Todi, a family friend. TheGovernment of West Bengal handed control of an polyclinic in Dhakuria to AMRI Hospitals in the early 90s.[3]
AMRI Hospitals was co-founded by theEmami Group and Shrachi Group in 1996, two of Kolkata's developing groups, in a partnership with theGovernment of West Bengal to expand health coverage options for consumers.[4] It was a centre for training students from the Institute of Radiology and Medical Imaging. The hospital chain was/isISO 9001:2000 certified.[5]
In 2006, AMRI Hospitals acquired Suraksha Hospitals, and renamed it as AMRI Hospitals,Salt Lake. After 2 years, the hospital was merged to leverage operational synergies by forming AMRI Hospitals.[6] The Emami group acquired 32% stake of Shrachi Group in AMRI Hospitals in the year 2014.[7]
In September 2023,Manipal Hospitals announced that it had acquired 80% of AMRI Hospitals for ₹2400 crores.[8] On May 15, 2024, AMRI Hospitals was absorbed and integrated into the 'Manipal' brand.[9]
The specialties at AMRI Hospitals include Aesthetic, Reconstructive &Plastic Surgery, Blood Bank &Transfusion Medicine,Cardiac Sciences, Dentistry &Maxillo Facial Surgery, Dermatology,Dietetics and Nutrition, Emergency Critical Care &Trauma Management,Endocrinology & Diabetology,ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Gastro Sciences, General andMinimally Invasive Surgery, Internal Medicine,IVF, Neuro Sciences, Nuclear Medicine &PET-CT, Obstetrics & Gynaecology,Onco Sciences,Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement, Paediatrics &Neonatology,Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry,Pulmonology & Chest Medicine, Radiology &Interventional Radiology,Rheumatology, Urology &Nephrology.[10]
On 24 October 2013, theSupreme Court of India ordered AMRI Hospitals to pay compensation for medical negligence at their hospital in Kolkata that led to the death of Anuradha Saha, a US-based child psychologist, on 28 May 1998. The court described the standard of medical care at the hospital as "abysmal",[11] and wrote that the court's decision was intended as a "deterrent and a reminder" to the medical community.[12][13] The compensation, which with interest came to Rs. 11.41 crore (US$1.86 million in 2013), was the highest ever awarded by an Indian court for medical negligence.[14]
A fire at the hospital occurred atDhakuria inSouth Kolkata in the early morning of 9 December 2011.[4] The fire was due to a short circuit in the electrical system. It is reported that 95 people, including members of the staff, died due toasphyxiation. Six board members were then released on bail after a temporary arrest.[15] The Dhakuria Unit of AMRI Hospitals reopened operations two years later after it received clearance in November 2013.[16]
