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New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Sakra World Hospital to build 500-bed facility valued at Rs 1000 crore in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: Sakra World Hospital has appointed Tandem Healthcare, a healthcare-focused EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) company, to design and build its second hospital in North Bengaluru. Spanning 6.8 lakh sq ft, this 500-bed facility is valued at Rs 1,000 crore. Sakra World Hospital, a 100% FDI hospital in India, is run by Japanese firms Secom and Toyota Tsusho. The new Sakra World Hospital in Bengaluru will deliver healthcare through advanced clinical programs, including a Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Program with LINAC, MR-LINAC, Gamma Knife, Brachytherapy, and nuclear medicine, alongside specialized Interventional Neuro & Rehab, Cardiology, and Mother & Child Programs with a premium C-Suite, the hospital said. 'We are thrilled to partner with Tandem Healthcare to bring our vision of a world-class healthcare facility to life,' said Yuichi Nagano, Managing Director, Sakra World Hospital. The new facility complements Sakra's existing 350-bed tertiary care centre in Marathahalli, advancing the group's goal to expand by over 1,000 beds in Bengaluru in the coming years.
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Business Standard
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Sakra appoints Tandem Healthcare to build new 500-bed hospital in Bengaluru
Bengaluru-based Sakra World Hospital on Tuesday announced the appointment of Tandem Healthcare, a leading healthcare-focused EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) firm, to design and build its second state-of-the-art hospital—a 500-bed facility spanning 6.8 lakh square feet. The new facility complements Sakra's existing 350-bed tertiary care centre in Marathahalli, advancing the group's goal to expand by over 1,000 beds in Bengaluru in the coming years. 'This facility is a strategic leap forward—not just in scale, but in how healthcare is imagined and delivered. It reinforces our commitment to building infrastructure that advances clinical excellence and puts the patient experience at the centre,' said Lovekesh Phasu, Group Chief Operating Officer, Sakra World Hospital. This new facility in North Bengaluru will be a one-of-a-kind green biophilic hospital, incorporating garden lounges, green balconies, planters, an arrival canopy, and serene lake views to create a healing environment inspired by nature. It is set to be completed and operational within 30 months. Sakra, competing with Manipal and Fortis, is launching a ₹1,000 crore facility in Bengaluru. Backed by Secom Medical System and Toyota Tsusho, the G+9 tower will showcase Indo-Japanese architecture, combining tradition with innovation. Moreover, the hospital will deliver cutting-edge healthcare through advanced clinical programmes, including a Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Programme with LINAC, MR-LINAC, Gamma Knife, Brachytherapy, and state-of-the-art nuclear medicine, alongside specialised Interventional Neuro & Rehab, Cardiology, and Mother & Child Programmes with a premium C-Suite.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
American Shared Hospital Services Announces First Quarter Financial Results Conference Call
Call Scheduled for May 15th at 12:00 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Shared Hospital Services (NYSE American: AMS) (the "Company"), a leading provider of stereotactic radiosurgery equipment and advanced radiation therapy cancer treatment services through its leasing and direct patient care services segments, today announced that the Company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2025 financial results on May 15th at 12:00 pm ET. The first quarter 2025 financial results press release will be issued before the market opens on May 15th. Teleconference and Webcast Information To participate, domestic callers may dial 1-844-413-3972 and international callers may dial 1-412-317-5776 at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call and ask to join the American Shared Hospital Services call. A simultaneous webcast of the call may be accessed through the Company's website, or directly: A replay of the call will be available at 1-877-344-7529 or 1-412-317-0088, access code 3776647, through May 22, 2025. The call will also be available for replay on the Company's website at About American Shared Hospital Services (NYSE American: AMS) American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) is a leading provider of turnkey solutions to cancer treatment centers, health systems, and cancer networks in North and South America. The company works closely with its partners to develop and grow their cancer service lines and provide integrated cancer care to patients in a convenient local setting close to home. For centers under health system partnerships, the Company and its health system partners share in the capital investment cost and profitability of the operations based on their respective ownership interests. For more information, please visit: Safe Harbor Statement This press release may be deemed to contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and future plans of American Shared Hospital Services including statements regarding the expected continued growth of the Company and the expansion of the Company's Gamma Knife, proton therapy and advanced radiation therapy cancer treatment services businesses, which involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the risks of economic and market conditions, the risks of variability of financial results between quarters, the risks of the Gamma Knife, proton therapy and advanced radiation therapy cancer treatment services businesses, the risks of changes to CMS reimbursement rates or reimbursement methodology, the risks of the timing, financing, and operations of the Company's Gamma Knife, proton therapy, and advanced radiation therapy cancer treatment services businesses, the risk of expanding within or into new markets, the risk that the integration or continued operation of acquired businesses could adversely affect financial results and the risk that current and future acquisitions may negatively affect the Company's financial position. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial condition, results of operations and future plans of American Shared Hospital Services is included in the filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Contacts:American Shared Hospital ServicesRay Stachowiak, Executive Chairman and CEOrstachowiak@ Investor RelationsKirin Smith, PresidentPCG Advisory, in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Inside young dad's tragic battle with invisible brain condition AVM: 'It started with a headache on the job site'
A young dad has opened up about his harrowing battle with a rare and relentless brain condition that has left him facing constant seizures, strokes, vision loss - and the heart-wrenching questions from daughter: 'Daddy, are you going to die?' Jack Palmer was just in his early twenties when he first realised something was seriously wrong. He was on the roof of a job site, working as a carpentry apprentice, when an excruciating headache struck. Within minutes, he couldn't remember the names of the people working beside him. It was the beginning of a brutal and exhausting journey with AVM (arteriovenous malformation) - a rare, life-threatening condition that causes abnormal tangles of blood vessels in the brain, leading to dangerous bleeds and seizures. Jack was told he would need Gamma Knife surgery, a type of targeted radiation treatment, so he underwent the procedure and waited. In his late twenties, Jack experienced a second brain bleed. 'That one was way worse,' he told FEMAIL. 'I was left in excruciating pain for quite a long time. I developed really serious epilepsy from it as well, which unfortunately has controlled my life since then. Completely destroyed it, to be honest.' Seizures came hard and fast - sometimes out of nowhere. One moment he'd be driving home from work, the next he'd be waking up in the middle of the road. 'I felt a bit funny and pulled over, and next minute I woke up in the middle of the road. A car driving past woke me up. A fantastic old gentleman gave me a hand and called the ambulance. It was terrifying.' Each seizure brings a sudden and overwhelming sense of panic. 'You almost feel like you're not there - like it's a dream. You go extremely lightheaded, dizzy, and next minute you wake up in hospital.' Jack tried to fight back. He launched his own lawn and gardening business after his health forced him out of full-time work as a carpenter - but then came another seizure in late 2024, this time behind the wheel. He lost his licence and, with that, his livelihood. 'It was very dependent on being able to drive,' he said. 'I had to shut my business down. That was heartbreaking. You put everything into building something up and then your health just rips it away.' Trying to find work without a licence, while facing unpredictable seizures, proved almost impossible. A follow-up MRI revealed a Gamma Knife procedure hadn't been effective, and Jack had his third brain bleed in mid-April. 'I eventually got a job, but then was told the treatment didn't work. Then I had another stroke and lost my vision. It's just been one blow after another,' he said. This most recent incident, just a week and a half ago, caused permanent damage to Jack's vision. 'I've lost my periphery vision in both eyes,' he explained. 'I can't see anything to the side. If I was to just sit here and look straight in front of me, I'm basically trying to make out what's to the side of me - and there's just nothing there. 'It's not blurry, it's not a bright light, it's just nothing at all.' He's now struggling to focus, dealing with nerve damage, and trying to accept the possibility that his vision may never return. Despite the never-ending setbacks, Jack pushes on for his partner Emily and their daughter - even as the emotional toll grows heavier. 'My daughter is seven now,' he said. 'She's starting to understand what's going on. After my latest incident, I walked into her room and she was crying. She asked me, "Daddy, are you going to die?".' He paused, clearly still shaken. 'Trying to comfort your daughter when you're going in and out of hospital… and all but lying to her face to keep her feeling safe - it was a horrible experience. Just awful.' Through all the hospital visits, surgeries, and seizures, Jack's family and friends have been supportive - but the cost of the disease has left them stretched thin. 'The medical costs are a massive thing. You're out of work, paying for prescriptions every week, constant doctor visits. It doesn't stop,' he said. 'There's no weekly cost I can even give you. The cost is this: we've never had money left over to do anything but pay bills.' Jack now awaits news of what comes next - but the options aren't comforting. 'Open brain surgery, radiation, gluing the AVM - they're all on the table. But there's not a lot of circulation in the brain, so you have to wait for the blood to clear before they can even see what's going on,' he said. There are no guarantees. No clear end. Just more waiting, more scans, more uncertainty. Beyond the physical and financial challenges, Jack grapples with the emotional burden of his condition. 'You're doing everything you can to be the best person you can… and you just keep getting knocked down,' he said. 'You feel horrible - not being able to give your daughter the life she deserves. Watching your partner live through this constant stress, never knowing what's next. You feel like they could have had a better life without all this. 'And you get to a point where everyone around you has been amazing - I'm so grateful for my friends and family - but I feel like I've just run out of help. I don't want to keep asking.' Still, Jack refuses to give up. With every stroke, every seizure, every setback - he fights to get back up. 'I mean, it's been going on so long now it almost feels like normal life,' he said. 'But it has broken me. Time and time again.' A GoFundMe campaign has been established to assist Jack and his family during this challenging time. The funds will go toward ongoing medical care, therapy, and living expenses while Jack recovers. 'Jack is a fighter - anyone who knows him will tell you that,' the campaign states. 'But even the strongest need help.'
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Witney woman battling nine brain tumours
"My daughter collected me from the hospital, and we just held each other and cried."Lucy Marshall survived melanoma but says she was "devastated" when she discovered the cancer had metastasized into nine brain mother-of-two, who is 65, and from Witney, Oxfordshire, had an MRI scan when she began experiencing confusion and difficulty has since had surgery and her remaining tumours are stable, but has learned to "cherish every moment" with loved ones and "to focus on what really matters". Lucy was living a "busy and fulfilling life" with her daughters, Izobel and Eliza, but in February 2021 it became clear something was wrong."I tried to take a meter reading, but I kept mixing up the numbers," she explains."Then I was at work when I suddenly couldn't string a sentence together."She adds: "After an MRI at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, I was given the devastating news. I had survived melanoma in 2017, only for it to return and spread to my brain."The scan revealed three metastasized brain tumours, and further tests uncovered six removed a tumour above her left ear in March 2021, and she underwent Gamma Knife radiotherapy at a specialist hospital in London, which uses focused radiation to treat tumours. But complications arose during her treatments, including meningitis, severe colitis, covid pneumonitis, and having to be put into an induced coma following a medical emergency at home. 'Long road' "There were moments when I didn't think I would make it," she says."My daughters had to watch me fight for my life, and that was the hardest part. "I remember waking up in the ICU, surrounded by my family, and feeling so grateful to still be here. "But it's been a long road. I've had to learn to live with the uncertainty of my condition and the ongoing challenges it brings."Lucy now takes medication for epilepsy following a severe seizure after her surgery, and experiences headaches, nausea, and fatigue. But she walked 10,000 steps a day throughout February in aid of the Brain Tumour Research charity after she "realised how underfunded brain tumour research is"."This experience has completely changed my outlook on life," she says. Carol Robertson, national events manager at the charity, said: "Stories like Lucy's highlight the urgent need for more funding into researching brain tumours.. we are incredibly grateful to Lucy for her efforts in raising awareness and funds." Brain tumour statistics About 12,000 people are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour each yearBrain tumours kill more children than leukaemia, more women under 35 than breast cancer, and more men under 70 than prostate cancerJust under 13% of those diagnosed survive beyond five years compared with an average of 54% across all cancersOne percent of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to brain tumours since records began in 2002Source: Brain Tumour Research You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
