Kokilaben Hospital in Andheri West is one of Mumbai's largest private hospitals, and this page is about the practical side of using it: what the international patient route looks like, what an estimate should contain, and how to sequence a trip from Bengaluru so that money and time are not wasted.
The sequence that works
Records first. Send discharge summaries, imaging on disc, pathology slides where cancer is involved, and recent blood tests. A department reviews them and returns a written opinion with a treatment plan.
Estimate second. Ask for it itemised, not as a single figure. Then the visa invitation letter, which the hospital issues naming the treatment and expected dates, and which supports a medical visa application for you and an attendant.
Flights third, accommodation fourth, and booked for longer than you think you need. Arrive two to three days before the planned admission so pre-operative tests and the anaesthetic review are unhurried.
The common mistake is doing this in reverse: booking travel on a phone conversation, then discovering that a test is missing, a device must be ordered, or the surgeon is away that week.
What to check on the estimate
Six lines decide whether an estimate holds. The room category, since almost everything scales with it. The number of intensive care days assumed and the daily rate beyond them. Whether implants, stents or a prosthesis are included and at which brand. Whether pre-admission investigations are inside the package. Whether consultant fees are separate. And what happens financially if a complication extends the stay.
For cancer treatment, ask for the cost per chemotherapy cycle and the number of cycles planned, plus the cost of any molecular testing. For transplant, ask for the donor work-up to be quoted separately from the recipient package.
Treatments offered at Kokilaben Hospital
- Oncology & Cancer Medicine - medical oncology, radiation therapy, surgical oncology and precision oncology
- Hematology & Blood Disorders - leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and marrow failure
- Stem Cell Therapy - autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplant
- Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery - angioplasty, bypass grafting, valve and aortic surgery and electrophysiology
- Neurosurgery - brain tumours, epilepsy and skull base surgery, spinal reconstruction
- Hepatology & Liver Transplant - cirrhosis, liver cancer and living donor liver transplant
- Nephrology & Kidney Transplant - dialysis, chronic kidney disease and kidney transplant
- Urology & Kidney Transplant - robotic urology, urological cancer and stone disease
- Orthopaedics Joints & Spine Surgery - joint replacement, revision surgery and spinal surgery
- Gastroenterology - therapeutic endoscopy and pancreatic and biliary disease
- General Surgery - laparoscopic and robotic abdominal surgery
- Bariatric & Weight Loss Surgery - sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass
- Gynecology - obstetrics, gynaecological oncology and laparoscopic surgery
- IVF & Infertility - IVF, ICSI and fertility preservation
- Pediatric Surgery - neonatal and paediatric surgery with paediatric intensive care
- Endocrinology & Diabetes - diabetes, thyroid and metabolic disorders
- ENT Surgery - head and neck surgery, ear and sinus surgery and cochlear implants
- Ophthalmology - cataract, cornea and retinal surgery
- Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery - reconstruction after cancer surgery and aesthetic work
- Vascular Surgery - aortic, carotid and peripheral arterial surgery
- Rheumatology - inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease
- Dermatology - medical, surgical and laser dermatology
- Dental Treatment - dental clearance before treatment and restorative dentistry
- Infectious Disease - sepsis and infection in immunosuppressed patients
