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The flagship hospital of the Apollo Hospitals group, opened in 1983 in central Chennai. It is a large multi-specialty hospital with centres for heart, cancer, neurosciences, orthopaedics and organ transplantation, and its cancer programme includes the Apollo Proton Cancer Centre nearby.

Apollo Chennai has a dedicated international patients department that helps with treatment estimates, appointments and airport transfers, and its interpreter service covers Swahili.

FMRI is the flagship hospital of the Fortis Healthcare group, opened in 2013 in Gurugram. It has around 300 beds and concentrates on complex, quaternary care: cardiac sciences, neurosciences, oncology and bone-marrow transplant, kidney and liver transplant, orthopaedics, paediatrics and robotic surgery.

The hospital has an international patient services desk for estimates, visa support, interpreters and transfers.

Apollo’s New Delhi hospital in Sarita Vihar, south-east Delhi, close to the airport and to the Indian visa and embassy district. It was the first hospital in India to receive JCI accreditation (2005) and has around 700 beds across cardiac sciences, oncology, neurosciences, transplant, paediatrics and women’s health.

The hospital runs an international patient office with multilingual staff and assistance for visa letters, estimates and accommodation.

Max Saket is the flagship of the Max Healthcare network, located in south Delhi. Its East and West wings together have more than 500 beds and cover over 30 specialties, with particular depth in cancer care, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and neuro-intervention, liver and kidney transplant, orthopaedics and fertility.

Max Healthcare operates an international patient programme offering treatment plans and estimates, visa assistance, interpreters and coordination during the stay.

Medanta – The Medicity opened in 2009 in Gurugram, about 30 minutes from Delhi airport. Founded by cardiac surgeon Dr Naresh Trehan, it is one of the largest single-site hospitals in India, with roughly 1,250 beds on a 43-acre campus and institutes for heart, cancer, neurosciences, liver and kidney transplant, bone and joint, and robotic surgery.

Medanta has a large international patient department that provides estimates, visa invitation letters, interpreters and airport transfers, and receives patients from many African countries.

Yatharth is a hospital group founded in 2008 with eight to nine hospitals around Delhi NCR, Agra and Jhansi. Its Noida Extension (Greater Noida West) hospital is the group’s largest, with around 450 beds, and is the JCI-accredited site; all Yatharth hospitals hold NABH accreditation.

Services include cardiology and cardiac surgery, oncology and bone-marrow transplant, orthopaedics and spine, liver and kidney transplant, IVF and paediatrics. The group has an international patient division that provides written estimates and helps plan the visit. Yatharth is generally more affordable than the large Delhi and Gurugram flagships, which is why families often ask us to include it in an enquiry.