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Established on 1983 with a vision of making health care a reach for every individual, Apollo Hospital is grown such a big that it is now
considered to be the largest private health care provider in Asia and the third largest in the world. Founder Dr. Prathap C. Reddy once lost one young patient who was unable to go to foreign land for medial check up and died inconsolably, this make Dr. Reddy come up with an idea of world-class health care centers that are feasible even to the poor people of India.
Apollo Hospital which has its head quarter in Chennai, India and chains of health care centers within India and outside like in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Qatar, Ghana and Kuwait. Standards of Apollo hospitals are high and many of its branches in India are the first to get accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI). The Joint Commission, also known as Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was formed in 1951 to enhance the standard of health care centres through evaluation and acreditation process. Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad is the first outside the US to receive Disease-or-Condition Specific Care Certificate when it successfully carried out acute stroke treatment in 2006.
Apollo Hospitals in India has gained expertise in another field called telemedicine where healthcare services to distant patient is provided through audio, video or electornic information providing technologies. Telemedicine is defined as such in wikipedia the free encyclopedia that it is as simple as two health professionls discussing a case over the telephone, or as complex as using satellite technology and video-conferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation between medical specialists in two different countries. Telemedicine, which is pioneered by Apollo Groups in India with an aim to avail medical and healthcare facilities at reduced cost in South Asian Countries, today this process has become so popular in India that only Apollo Groups has in total of 71 centres that provides telemedicine services.
Apollo Hospitals in Different Cities of India
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital Delhi- This is one of the largest Corporate Hospitals and the first one in India and South Asia to get accreditation from JCI, USA. It is a 695 bedded hospital and in-house 50 medical and surgical disciplines. Infrastructure is superb and healthcare professionals are highly qualified and well trained. Hospital has made several remarkable achievements on surgeries that include Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, Computer Aided Surgeries, Bariatric Surgeries etc.
As Apollo hospital groups are the pioneer of telemedicine, this New Delhi based centre is well equipped with Integrated Services Digital Network for transmission of Voice, data and signaling and videoconferencing system.
Areas of Expertise are:
- Cardiology
- Oncology
- Neurology
- Nephrology and Urology Transplants
- Orthopedics
- Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Emergency Care
Contact Information:
Indra Prastha Apollo,
Sarita Vihar, Mathura Road
New Delhi.
Phone : 011-26925858, 26925801.
Other Apollo Hospitals are:
Apollo Hospital Chennai
Ms. Suganthi Sundaraj
PRO
044-28296660
Mr. Karthik Rajagopal
General Manager Healthcare services
044-28294757
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Apollo Hospital Ahemedabad
Dr. Alexander Kuruvilla
Chief Executive Officer
Tel (Board): 91-079-55701800 Extn: 1505
Fax: 91-079-23969210/ 91-079-55701843
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Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Kolkata
Ms.Ekta Bhuvana
Media & PR Executive
033-23203040 Extn: 846
Mr.V.Rajeshwara Rao
Liasoning Officer & International Patient co-coordinator
Tel: 033-2323040
Fax: 2320-1731 ss |
Apollo Hospital Hyderabad
Mr.K.M. Sreenivasulu
P.R & Media
Ph - 040-23308614 / 23306825
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