How one man's passion for service spanned a series of hospitals giving hope of survival and recovery for patients
It’s 5pm on a friday evening at Omega Hospitals, Banjara hills, Hyderabad, India. The lobby is clean and well lit as per international standards. On the wall, hangs a wooden board with an impressive list of doctors and medical experts who offer cancer treatment services. Hordes of cancer patients, eyes filled with hope of survival and recovery are waiting for their turn to meet the doctors. The patient’s attendants are putting out all efforts to ensure their loved ones survive from fatal disease.
According to the National Cancer Registry Programme of the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR), more than 1300 Indians die every day due to cancer. Majority of them from tobacco related head/neck/oral cancers and cervical cancers in women. Most of the patients are from economically poor families.
As of today, Omega Hospitals, headquartered in Hyderabad, serves 400 patients every day.
Dr. Sridhar Peddireddy is the founder CEO of Omega Hospitals, which was established in the year 2010 with 250+ beds specialized in Cancer treatments (Oncology services).
Dr. P Sridhar is an Emerging and a Visionary Leader in Healthcare, With 20+ years of experience in the Healthcare industry, predominantly in Oncology. Dr. P Sridhar has scaled the Omega Hospitals into the second largest Oncology brand in India. It has 3 branches in Hyderabad and one each in Kurnool, Guntur, Karimnagar, Vizag. 4 more branches are expected to start in cities like Warangal, Bhimavaram, Khammam & Dehradun. Before this, he was also associated with Indo-American Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Hyderabad. He was instrumental in developing this centre from 100 bedded to 450 beds in a span of 5 years. For long time before Omega Hospitals was started, Indo-American Cancer Institute & Research Centre was the main service provider in Oncology for a large part of South India.
He is a very generous man and Sri Dharani Foundation is an example of his Generosity. The foundation is intended to serve people in the areas of Education, Health & Green Living. It’s a platform for like-minded people like him who wanted to something for the society.