Expressnews
Chennai, March 10, 2026: Marking International Women’s Day, over 5000 participants from across the city came together for a series of engaging community activities organised by Rainbow Children’s Hospital and BirthRight by Rainbow Hospitals in Chennai, promoting women’s health, wellness, and empowerment.
The initiative began on March 7 with a lively Women’s Day music event at Uptown Kathipara, where attendees enjoyed an energetic evening featuring live band performances, engaging activities, and interactive sessions. The gathering drew enthusiastic participation from women and families, creating a vibrant atmosphere highlighting the spirit and achievements of women.
Continuing the initiative, the Women’s Day Run 2026 was held early morning on March 8 at Phoenix Marketcity Chennai, organised by Vamos Run Club and powered by BirthRight by Rainbow Hospitals. The run saw strong participation from fitness enthusiasts and community members who gathered to support the message of women’s health, fitness, and active living.
Participants also enjoyed post-run activities including a DJ session, physiotherapy support points, and a finisher photo booth, adding to the energy of the morning.
Through these initiatives, Rainbow Children’s Hospital and BirthRight by Rainbow Hospitals reaffirmed their commitment to promoting women’s health awareness and encouraging healthier communities, while creating meaningful platforms that inspire women to prioritise their well-being.
About Rainbow Children’s Hospital: Rainbow network comprises 221 hospitals and 5 clinics across 9 cities, with a total bed capacity of 2,2851 beds. Our Pediatric services under “Rainbow Children’s Hospital” include newborn and pediatric intensive care, pediatric multi-specialty services, pediatric quaternary care (including organ transplantation); whereas our women care services under “Birthright by Rainbow” offers perinatal care services which includes normal and complex obstetric care, multi-disciplinary fetal care, perinatal genetic and fertility care along with gynecology services.
Rainbow Children’s hospital built on strong fundamentals of multidisciplinary approach with a full-time consultant-led clinical service along with 24/7 commitment in a child centric environment. The company follows a hub-and-spoke operating model where the hub hospital provides comprehensive outpatient, inpatient care, with a focus on tertiary and quaternary services and the spokes provide primary, secondary and emergency care in pediatrics and obstetrics, large outpatient services and comprehensive obstetrics, pediatric and level 3 NICU services. This model is successfully operational at Hyderabad and is gaining traction in Bengaluru. The endeavor is to replicate this approach in Chennai and across the National Capital Region. Subsequently Rainbow intends to expand into tier-2 cities of Southern India.
Rainbow embraces a unique doctor engagement model, where doctors work exclusively on a full-time, retainer basis. The doctors work in teams and have 24/7 commitment, which is particularly important for children’s emergency, neonatal, pediatric intensive care services and to support pediatric retrieval services. The Company also operates the country’s largest pediatric DNB training program in private healthcare, offering post graduate residential DNB and fellowship program.
