The hospital chain operator's consolidated net profit rose 59% to 2.45 billion rupees ($29.5 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31, beating analysts' average estimate of 2.40 billion rupees, as per LSEG data.

($1 = 82.9622 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)