Nova Medical Centers, India’s leading Ambulatory Surgery Group, today announced its entry into Hyderabad. The Center will be a multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery facility formed by the merger of the Urology practice of Dr Ramayyas’s Pramila Hospitals with Nova. Dr Ramesh Ramayya, renowned Urologist and Chairman and CEO of Dr. Ramayya’s Pramila Hospitals and his team will practice exclusively at the new Nova Center.

1. Press Release
Nova Medical Centers enters Hyderabad
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Announces the first Nova Center in Hyderabad in association with
Dr. Ramayya’s Pramila Hospitals
- 25 Centers planned across India and the Middle East by 2013
24 August 2011, Bangalore: Nova Medical Centers, India’s leading Ambulatory Surgery Group, today
announced its entry into Hyderabad. The Center will be a multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery facility
formed by the merger of the Urology practice of Dr Ramayyas’s Pramila Hospitals with Nova. Dr
Ramesh Ramayya, renowned Urologist and Chairman and CEO of Dr. Ramayya’s Pramila Hospitals
and his team will practice exclusively at the new Nova Center.
Nova Medical Centers develops, acquires, owns and operates Ambulatory Surgical Centers in
partnership with surgeons across India. Ambulatory or Short Stay surgeries are procedures that take
between 24 and 72 hours from admission to patient discharge. Nova provides leading surgeons from
diverse specialties with comprehensive ultra-modern facilities comprising doctor’s offices, operating
rooms, diagnostics, imaging, health check-up area, pathology laboratory and a pharmacy. By
specializing only in Short-Stay surgical procedures, Nova improves patient experience and contains
costs while increasing operating efficiency. Nova’s innovative health services model offers
unparalleled quality and affordability.
Dr Ramayya’s Pramila Hospitals was founded by Dr. G.P. Ramayya and Mrs. Pramila Ramayya in
1970. It has been providing expert Urology care for over 40 years and has an impressive list of firsts
to its credit. These include the first Key Hole surgery to remove Kidney Stones in Andhra Pradesh,
the first Laser Stone Removal in South India and the first Laser Prostate Surgery in Andhra Pradesh.
Dr Ramayya’s Pramila Hospitals, located in Basheer Bagh will serve as Nova’s first facility in
Hyderabad. This operation will subsequently shift to a new Center that Nova is developing at a
premium locality in Hyderabad. The upcoming centre will offer state-of-the-art facilities and ultramodern operation theatres in Urology and across other specialties like Laparoscopy, Gastro
Intestinal Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Vascular
Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Pain Management. Nova will be acquiring a Robot for advanced
minimally invasive surgeries and urological procedures. It will also have advanced imaging systems
for interventional vascular work and interventional uro-radiology.
Speaking on Nova’s expansion into Hyderabad, Mr. Suresh Soni, Chairman and CEO, Nova Medical
Centers said, “Nova’s unique operating model is designed for rapid scale. We have aggressive
expansion plans both nationally and globally. Our short stay surgery centers aim to provide the very
best in terms of surgical facilities and surgeons. We are delighted to be partnering with Dr. Ramesh
Ramayya who is a very eminent and renowned Urologist. Additionally, our unique equity
participation model has already generated a lot of interest from the Surgeon community in
Hyderabad.
Dr. Ramesh Ramayya, Chairman and CEO, Dr Ramayya’s Pramila Hospitals, commented “We are a
40-year old, trusted healthcare institution in Hyderabad. The partnership with Nova helps us extend

2. our services into more areas and we will bring to Hyderabad the most advanced and technology
Intensive Urology and Surgical Care available in the country fulfilling the dreams of my respected
father Dr G. P Ramayya”
Nova has, in a short span of time, gained acceptance across the healthcare industry amongst
doctors, patients and insurance companies. With the addition of the Hyderabad Center, Nova now
has six fully functional centers, with four additional centers set to be operational by March 2012.
And by March 2013, the Nova Group is gearing up to have 25 centers across India and the Middle
East.
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