[4] The chain of hospitals is owned by the promoters of Wockhardt,[5] a multinational pharmaceutical company.

[6] It has six hospitals across four western Indian cities–Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik and Rajkot.

[2] Wockhardt Hospitals started its first operations with a medical center in Kolkata in 1989 and a heart hospital in Bangalore two years later.

[7] Wockhardt Hospitals were one of the early movers among corporate health-care chains in India.

On 11 September 2000, the name was changed to Wockhardt Health Sciences Limited and subsequently on 19 October 2000 the name was changed to Wockhardt Hospitals Limited.