DaVita India is part of DaVita Inc., a leading provider of dialysis in the United States. Earlier, as a partnership between DaVita Inc and NephroLife Care (India) Pvt. Ltd. DaVita India today offers India's first-of-its-kind renal disease management centre for Acute, Chronic, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). DaVita India brings together expertise in Nephrology, Dialysis, Urology, Vascular Surgery, General Medicine, Psychology, Diet & Lifestyle Management and Diagnostics. DaVita India operates 15 centers across 8 cities. DaVita India has centres in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pondicherry, New Delhi, Pune and Hosur. DaVita Inc., a FORTUNE 500® company, is a leading provider of kidney care in the United States. As of September 30, 2012, DaVita operated or provided administrative services at 2,098 dialysis facilities, serving approximately 1,65,000 patients across the United States and the world.