India s Global Hospitals Group appoints Forte International as their Sri Lanka, Maldives business partner

To effectively reach out to the patients across Sri Lanka and to ensure they receive world class healthcare services, Global Hospitals Group, India’s leading healthcare institution with 9 hospitals across the country has appointed Forte International as their business partner.

Due to their strong presence in the businesses of pharmaceutical, health care, marketing services and other International businesses, Global Hospitals have chosen FORTE International Pvt Ltd as their strategic partner to Sri Lanka and Maldives with the aim of easing the burden of those who wish to travel to India for world class medical treatments.

Global Hospitals is one of the first hospitals in India to have PET-CT Scan equipment. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computerized Tomography which are powerful equipment used for diagnostic tests that have made a great impact in the field of diagnosis and treatment of diseases. These state of the art machines can detect and categorize cancers often before they are evident through other tests and also help in acute monitoring of effects of therapy. PET–CT also gives Specialists important early information about heart disease and many neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s.

The 64 Slice PET/CT scanning devices at Global Hospitals, integrates PET and CT technologies into a single device, making it possible to obtain both anatomical and biological data during a single exam. This integrated approach permits accurate tumor detection and localization for a variety of cancers, including Breast, Esophageal, Cervical, Melanoma, Lymphoma, Lung, Colorectal, Head and Neck, Ovarian.

 “Global Hospitals has India’s largest multi-organ transplant centre and the country’s best team of consultants in a host of specialities”, states Mr. M.F.A. Riyas, Chairman/CEO of Forte International. “These facilities will be available to all patients in Sri Lanka through Forte International. We will facilitate, guide and assist patients in Sri Lanka to obtain this world class medical service at absolutely no cost” he said. “All that patients need to do is pay the hospital fees”.

The patients need to comply with a very simple process, wherein, all they need to do is forward their medical reports to Forte International for a free opinion at ZERO cost from a specialized team of Doctors at Global Hospitals. They will provide a reply to the queries within 48 hours. Global Hospitals Group also has a dedicated International Patient Services Centre, which provides support to patients and family members who are far away from home.

Forte International would attend to all the travel arrangements such as facilitating the relevant personnel in arranging visas, organizing transportation in India, arrange for transfers between the Airport and the Hospital by Coach/Car/Ambulance, placement in either hotels or long stay in apartments, organize for a stay for one attendant with the patient in the Hospital, provide Interpreter services, ensure the prescribed follow-up/rehabilitation care, provide single window of contact – ‘Mentors’ to be assigned to take care of all needs of patients and attendants, ensure assistance in registration with FRRO (Foreign Resident Registration Office), facilitate accommodation for the companion, if required.

Forte International also arranges appointments with specialists and provides provision of cost estimates. The duration of treatment is also arranged in advance without inconvenience to anyone.

Global Hospitals along with Forte International brings down specialists in knowledge sharing with the association of Sri Lankan doctors in the form of Continuous Medical Educational programs.