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The Big

Leap

Vikram Vuppala, Founder and CEO, NephroPlus, talks

about acquisition of DaVita Care India and re-defining

dialysis care in India

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ephroPlus, India’s largest

dialysis provider network,

has recently acquired Da-

Vita Care India’s network of

22 centres. With this mega

acquisition, NephroPlus which had 154

centres currently, located in 93 cities, will

now have a presence in 18 states of India

with 176 centres across 97 cities. It plans to

make its mark globally as well for which it

is looking at more acquisitions in the next

few years.

You have recently announced the acquisi-

tion of DaVita Care India. Why was it the

right fit for an acquisition and how does it

strengthen NephroPlus’s market presence?

Over the last eight years of its presence,

NephroPlus has been redefining dialy-

1. Vikram Vuppala sis care in India. Before we commenced

operations, there had been no semblance

of a professional dialysis service provider

that had a large professional network

offering standardised clinical protocols,

cross infection prevention frameworks and

clinical outcome measurements in terms

of ICU admissions, mortality rate, KT/V,

anaemia management and cross infections.

Besides emerging as the largest dialysis

network in India, we have been recognised

for setting new benchmarks in dialysis care

and ensuring zero cross infections across

the network. We also publish our clinical

outcomes in various national and interna-

tional nephrology conferences every year.

With the acquisition of DaVita Care, we

have reaffirmed our strong commitment to

redefining the dialysis delivery eco-system

in India and abroad. Coming to your ques-

tion on Davita Care being the right acquisi-

BY RITA DUTTA