New Delhi, March 20 -- Narayana Health is ramping up its oncology offerings with a new chain of cancer care centres, taking the treatment to patients and keeping them out of hospitals as the disease burden rises in India.

The multispecialty hospital chain launched Everhope Oncology, a joint venture with healthtech-focused venture capital firm W Health Ventures and venture studio 2070 Health, with a seed investment of $10 million. Everhope will set up day-care centres across the country, starting with metro cities.

"We're used to a very hospital-centric way of thinking about our business.we provide services in very intensive care settings with huge amounts of investment and infrastructure," Viren Shetty, vice chairman at Narayana Health,...