Fortis Healthcare (FORHEALT) is into healthcare services. It currently has a network of 11 hospitals primarily in North India and 16 satellite and heart command centers, including one heart command center in Afghanistan. These hospitals include multi-specialty hospitals as well as super-specialty centers providing tertiary and quaternary healthcare to patients in areas such as cardiac care, orthopedics, neurosciences, oncology, renal care, gastroenterology and mother and child care. Established in 1996, Fortis Healthcare is one of the largest private healthcare companies in India promoted by Ranbaxy Laboratories.
Based in Delhi, FORHEALT is engaged in providing the latest in internationally recognized medical care to patients. It has built a tele-medicine network which connects each of its facilities in order to provide expert care to each patient. It also provides services covering ICU management, ER management, OPD management, radiology and pathology reporting. To boost its business, the company acquired Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center in September 2005.