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centre in 1994 by Dr. Vikram Shah. Shalby today runs a chain of 10 multi-specialty hospitals in

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History

The hospital, located in

, was established in 1994 as a small six-bed single specialty unit that offered total knee replacement (TKR) surgery.

Shalby Hospital

By 2007, it had become a 200-bed multi-specialty hospital. It works in 40 medical disciplines ranging from

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, dental care,

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. In 2011, it acquired a 55 percent stake in the Vrundavan Hospital in Goa, which had 120 beds across two units. In 2012, Shalby acquired Krishna Hospital for an estimated Rs 75 crore, to become the biggest private corporate hospital in Ahmedabad. By 2012 the company had 450 beds in Ahmedabad. In 2013, Shah claimed the hospital i
Ahmedabad
and completed an average of 30 joint replacement surgeries a day, at which point they had 705 employees. During the period 1994–2009, the joint replacement team performed more than 20,000 TKR procedures. The length of surgical time in the hospital had been dramatically reduced from 1 hour, 20 mins per TKR to around 10–12 minutes using the "ZERO Technique" invented by Dr. Vikram Shah. Over the years, Shalby has performed over 1,00,000 Joint Replacement Surgeries. In 2011, Shalby received the Diplomat in National Board (DNB) certificate in Orthopaedics. At the time, it was the only hospital in

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to have this.

Awards

* 2017- Tourism Awards : Best Hospital for Medical Tourism of Gujarat. * Best CSR Initiative in Healthcare Award ( Corporate Sector) by EletsTechnomedia, New Delhi. * Shalby Hospital has won the award for 'Best Operational Excellence in Healthcare, 2011' from the

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(FICCI) in

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. * CNBC India Healthcare Awards in Category "Excellence in Healthcare Services" (Gujarat Ratna Award) in 2016 *ICICI Lombard India Healthcare Awards 2014-15 in the Category "Best Multispecialty Hospital-Metro" * APHI (Association of Healthcare Providers, India)" Best Patient Friendly Hospital" in 2014 * IMA Medachievers.Com Award for Valuable Contribution in Healthcare - 2014 * GIS (Gujarat Innovation Society) "Hercules Award" in 2014 * Comprehensive Orthopedic Service Provider Company of the Year (Stand-alone Hospital Category by Frost & Sullivan in 2013 * Yes Bank Business Today- "Best Small & Medium Enterprise (Category-Medium) in 2013" * Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award 2010 in the 'Large Scale Service Sector' category from Bureau of Standards, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

References

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