Medicover India expects all 25 hospitals in its network to become profitable within the next 18 months, supported by improving occupancy and rising demand for specialised healthcare, a senior company executive told Reuters.

Currently, 19 of the 25 hospitals are profitable, while the remaining facilities are at different stages of ramp-up. The company expects its core profit margin to improve to 20–25% from around 14% currently over the next 12–18 months.

Medicover India has an overall capacity of approximately 6,000 beds and plans to increase occupancy to about 4,000 beds within 18 months. Another company update said the network currently has around 2,500–2,600 occupied beds, with the higher utilisation expected to improve margins as newer hospitals mature.

The profitability target follows KKR‘s agreement to acquire 100% of Medicover’s India business for €1.2 billion (about $1.4 billion), subject to regulatory approvals. Funds from the transaction are expected to support expansion of existing facilities, additional operational beds and infrastructure upgrades.

Medicover India currently operates approximately 4,800 operational beds, according to the company’s latest transaction announcement, while KKR said the network serves millions of patients annually across more than 80 clinical specialties and is supported by over 1,900 doctors.

The company also plans to operationalise an additional 1,200 beds over the next 12–24 months from its existing capacity, with a focus on scaling current facilities rather than pursuing major new-hospital expansion immediately.

The planned investment and capacity expansion come amid growing private-equity interest in India’s hospital sector, driven by increasing healthcare demand, a high chronic-disease burden and expanding insurance coverage. Medicover’s India business also recorded strong recent growth, with revenue increasing 23.1% in the second quarter of 2026.