Adani Enters Healthcare Sector, Announces AI-Powered Affordable Hospitals

Adani Group Chairmain tycoon Gautam Adani on Friday announced a major healthcare initiative that will see the conglomerate set up massive AI-powered medical centres in Ahmedabad and Mumbai. These “Healthcare Temples,” each with 1,000 beds, are envisioned as affordable and world-class hospitals guided by cutting-edge technology and global expertise.

Speaking at the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery - Asia Pacific (SMISS-AP) in Mumbai, Adani said, "We will be delivering on this promise through the Adani Healthcare Temples -- 1,000-bed integrated campuses that we will initiate from Ahmedabad and Mumbai."

He added that the Mayo Clinic, one of the world’s most respected names in medicine, will be helping guide the project’s design and implementation to match international standards. "These healthcare infrastructures are designed to be world-class, affordable, AI-first healthcare ecosystems -- and we are proud to have the Mayo Clinic guiding us on the design, implementation, and global standards in medical infrastructure and research," he said.

Adani also revealed that the group is preparing for an enormous wave of investment. "The group is preparing for a capital expenditure investment of nearly 100 billion US dollars over the next five years," he announced, describing it as a commitment to building the future of India. "The scale and pace of this investment and its commitment are unprecedented in India's private sector history."

Taking the audience through his journey as an entrepreneur, Adani reflected on the challenges that shaped his rise from modest beginnings. He recalled his first big break in Mumbai when he earned Rs 10,000 from a Japanese buyer, not for the money, but for the confidence it gave him.

"It never begins with a grand vision; It begins with a spark of conviction; It begins with the courage to act, even when the future is uncertain, and it begins with the willingness to dream alone," he said.

He shared that he was just 19 when he returned to Ahmedabad to help run his brother’s PVC film factory. "It taught me the resilience needed to manage daily operational challenges. I got exposed to the complexities of managing people, especially factory workers. And I learnt the challenges of the Licensed Raj, where just a few companies control the landscape and did not want any change," he added.

One of the most defining moments of his career, Adani said, came during the Mundra port project in Gujarat. Initially envisioned as a joint venture with a U.S. partner, the partner pulled out unexpectedly. Yet, the Adani Group chose to go ahead alone.

"It all started in Mundra with the objective to build a salt export jetty along with a US partner. To make a long story short, the partner backed out, and we were left to build the jetty by ourselves. Around this time in 1995-96, Gujarat pioneered a Public-Private Partnership policy for port development, aiming to tap private sector capabilities. We dived right in. Keep in mind, we had never laid a brick before. Almost everyone called it madness. A port in a marshland to be built by a team with no construction experience!"

He added, "Mundra is the manifestation of a belief made real."

Today, Mundra is a thriving industrial zone. It houses India’s largest multi-cargo port, the world’s biggest private single-site thermal power plant, and one of the largest renewable energy hubs in the world. It has also attracted industries like petrochemicals and copper smelting.

Adani highlighted how that one leap in Mundra has evolved into a national presence across sectors. The group is now the world’s second-largest solar power company and is building the world’s largest hybrid renewable energy park, spread across 500 square kilometers. It also manages India’s largest private airport network, handles over a quarter of India’s air passengers and nearly 40 percent of air cargo.

The Adani Group now controls about 30 percent of India’s seaborne cargo, with major operations in logistics, energy, mining, data centers, EV charging, cement, real estate, aerospace, and defense.

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