Cure and Care adopts franchise route for expansion

Manipal Cure and Care, a health and wellness centre and an initiative of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), has unveiled its first retail operation in Pune in presence of Somnath Das, COO, Manipal Cure and Care, Dr. KG Nair, India`s first cardiologist and Medical advisor for Western region to MCC, and the noted Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta. The centre offers a mix of products and customized services in preventive, wellness and beauty care based on an individual lifestyle and family medical history. With a seed capital of Rs.50 crore, MCC started its journey with the launch of its first centre in Ahmedabad in August, 2007. Since then the company has established centres in Bangalore and Mumbai. By the end of 2010, it plans to open 10 centres in NCRs, Baroda and Hyderabad. It has plan for further expansion to open 50 outlets by 2011 and adopt franchise model to expand nationally as well as globally.