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The Indian health care industry is currently estimated to be of the order of about C195,000 crore and expected to touch
C650,000 crore by 2025. With 8617 beds across 64 hospitals, Apollo Hospitals is one of the largest hospital chains
in Asia. Collectively, the hospitals conducted more than 250,000 preventive checks, 10,000 heart surgeries, 5000 plus
joint replacements, 13,000 neurosurgical operations, 500 robotic surgeries, over 1000 kidney transplants and 375 liver
transplants in 2014. This giant facility is powering Indias drive to reach even the remotest corners of the country and bring
to its masses the benefits of modern medicine using cutting-edge technology and, where possible, prevention as its first
tool of defence.

Market to introduce stereotactic radiotherapy


The health care industry is the need and radio-surgery for cancer treatment.
of the hour. Enveloped in a conflict of The hospital also has the distinction
diseases and accentuated by a souring of conducting the first bone marrow
environment it is health care that is transplant in 1995, with more than 150
keeping the world on its feet. Today, bone marrow transplants performed in
this critical industry comprising hospitals, 2014 alone.
medical devices, telemedicine, clinical Having pioneered the concept of
trials, medical tourism, insurance and health checks and brought in the culture
equipment has become one of the largest sectors cannot be followed. 500 robotic surgeries through of preventive care, Apollo has conducted more
of India with estimated revenue of around the Da-Vinci Si System were completed by Apollo than ten million of them. It has also launched the
C195,000 crore constituting 5% of GDP and Hospitals in the last year alone. Apollo Personalised Health Check an exclusive
offering employment to some 4 million people. A new path-breaking initiative planned for the health check package customised to individual
According to CII, the Indian population will scale year ahead is the Proton Therapy Centre a needs.
1.40 billion by 2025, with about 45% constituting first-of-its-kind in India, which will offer advanced Apollo Hospitals treated about 65,000 patients
urban adults in the 15 years+ bracket. To cater to oncology therapy to a combined population from more than 120 countries in 2012 alone.
this demographic change, the health care sector of more than 3.50 billion people in Asia, Africa
will have to crank up to almost C650,000 crore and Australia. History
contributing between 8% and 10% of the then Under Apollos Solid Organ Transplant The Apollo Hospitals Group was created in
GDP. Given this scenario, there are obviously Programme, there have been more than a 1000 response to the lack of high-quality and affordable
enormous challenges that confront the medical kidney transplants and over 375 liver transplants advanced medical care in the country. In its
community. over the last year. Apollo Hospitals has become earliest days it was powered by a small group
There are four imperatives the industry has the busiest solid organ transplant centre in of dedicated professionals and the vision of
to work towards: preventive health care, making the world with more than 1400 solid organ Dr. Prathap C. Reddy. Built on the foundation of
people partners in PPP, up-scaling and up- transplants conducted in 2013. It was the first clinical excellence, Apollo has since grown into an
skilling manpower and accelerating the pace of private health care provider to perform a heart institution of exceptional standing, encompassing a
innovation. Both private and public organisations transplant in 1995 and has since conducted more formidable reputation.
will have to work towards a dream of a disease- than 140,000 cardiac surgeries with a success Over the years, Dr. Reddy has set benchmarks
free world where the longevity of life is assured rate of 99.6%. Apollo Hospitals was also the first for the corporate hospital model in India and in
and medical science triumphs over disease. doing so, has changed the very face of health care
delivery in India. The hospital has brought global
Achievements medical marvels to Indian shores and fuelled a
As a global leader in the health care space, Apollo journey that is taking high-quality health care
Hospitals has introduced many firsts and continues closer to every Indian.
to set the bar higher. Through its catchphrase Apollo Hospitals recognised the barriers of
Tender, Loving, Care and The Apollo Standards economic and geographical access as the primary
of Clinical Care (TASCC), it has ensured that all reasons for Indias huge health care dichotomy.
hospitals deliver safe, high-quality treatment to The group has been leading a tireless battle
its patients. to circumvent these obstacles. The pioneering
In recognition of its exceptional service and success of telemedicine, the worlds first V-SAT
treatment, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai received enabled village in remote Andhra Pradesh and
the countrys first Joint Commission International innovative insurance in Aragonda, is proof of this
accreditation. Eight other Apollo Hospitals, commitment.
have since, been accredited. In another maiden
recognition for the nation, Apollo Hospitals, Product
Madurai became the first hospital to receive With 8617 beds across 64 hospitals, Apollo is
accreditation from National Accreditation Board one of the largest hospital chains in Asia. The
for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), hospital, last year, conducted more than 250,000
Quality Council of India. Today, ten facilities under preventive checks, 10,000 heart surgeries, 5000
Apollo are NABH-accredited. plus joint replacements, 13,000 neurosurgical
It was the first hospital in the country to bring operations, 500 robotic surgeries, 1000 plus
CT scan equipment, and the first to employ the kidney transplants and 375 liver transplants.
PET CT scanner, crucial for cancer detection. Given its dedication to the cause of health
Similarly, the Chennai hospital was the first to use Apollo Hospitals has developed five centres of
an MRI scan machine the CyberKnife used in excellence catering to the needs of hundreds
cancer patients where normal surgical procedures of patients: Apollo Heart Institutes, Apollo

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insurance products. A JV with Munich Health, this health encompasses the critical values of clinical
offering furthers the groups vision of making the excellence, revolutionary medical expertise
best medical care accessible and affordable to and empathy. These, in fact, are at the heart of
everyone. Apollos phenomenal story. Faced with a huge
disease burden and a billion plus people from
Recent Developments varying socio-economic backgrounds, Indias health
Both health care and information technology care delivery challenges are admittedly complex
in India are going through an active phase. The but remain hospitable to creative solutions
effective utilisation of health information and that can address scale, reach and affordability.
communications technology (ICT) for the overall Apollos innovative solutions in health care will
health care delivery system is driving efficiency. probably help address these challenges and help
Access, successful clinical outcomes, strict save priceless lives.
compliance to patient safety and quality standards These values make Apollo Hospitals a trusted
are easily achieved by the optimal implementation integrated health care provider. An ethos of
of health care ICT. The brand also banks heavily patient-centricity has ensured that Apollo is a
on information technology. Its fully integrated leader across key touch-points of the health care
IT network allows it to quickly access data and delivery chain hospitals, pharmacies, insurance,
use it to ensure efficient clinical and operational telemedicine, technology, health services,
standards of quality. education and research.
Apollo Hospitals is one of the very few
hospitals in the world to have received a Stage 6
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society) Analytics Award for successfully Things you didnt know about
leveraging IT to address its challenges. Apollo Hospitals
Organ transplant is another way Apollo offers
Institute of Orthopaedics, Apollo Institute of a new lease of life to terminally ill patients. With
Neurosciences, Apollo Institutes of Transplant kidney transplants increasing by 72% and liver Apollo Hospitals currently offers

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and Apollo Cancer Institutes. The emergency transplants by 28% over the previous year, Apollo 8617 beds across 64 hospitals and
care is one of the best offered in the country with Hospitals has now become one of the busiest 102 clinics
over 200 ambulances and 200 emergency beds solid organ transplant centres in the world. Apollo
that place patients needs above everything else. Hospitals, Chennai recently harvested 23 organs To date, the Apollo Group has

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However, what makes Apollo Hospitals from five brain dead donors to give a fresh lease
a unique enterprise is that from its earliest of life to 23 individuals. treated more than 45 million people
days it was built with the intention of providing
Promotion Over 150,000 heart surgeries,

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360-degree care to patients. This was also
the extension of the philosophy that drove Committed to serving the less fortunate and including complicated coronary artery
the creation of The Apollo Clinics and Apollo to increase societal awareness on health issues, bypasses have so far been conducted
Pharmacy. Apollo Hospitals runs several corporate social
The Apollo Clinic was launched in 2002 and, responsibility programmes. One such initiative Apollo Hospitals receives 120,000
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today, has over 100 centres that cater to the day- that it has undertaken is the Billion Hearts Beating
emergency footfalls annually or
to-day health care needs of families. To maximise campaign which aims at raising heart-health
convenience and comfort, The Apollo Clinic is an awareness amongst Indians. 10,000 every month
integrated model and offers facilities for specialist Such has been its influence that, today, more
consultation, diagnostics, preventive health checks than a half million people have taken the pledge Apollo expects to commence
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and a 24-hour pharmacy all under one roof. on www.billionheartsbeating.com. The group operations in ten new hospitals
The Clinic has also pioneered a range of value- also reaches out to the marginalised sections by 2015 including three hospitals
added services including counselling its ultimate of society through partnerships with not-for-
healing touch. profit foundations that provide medical care to in Mumbai
The Apollo Pharmacy was launched in underprivileged children including SACHi, SAHI,
Over 12 million people have
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1983 and, today, with 1632 of them spread CURE and Disha. Medical outreach camps are
across the country is the largest such chain in conducted regularly across the country. benefitted from Apollos preventive
India. Apollo Pharmacy was awarded the Best Apollo Pharmacy and Apollo Hospitals health care initiatives
Healthcare Retail Company of the Year in 2011 Educational & Research Foundation jointly
by Frost & Sullivan. launched an initiative In 2014, the hospitals performed 1530
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Apollos 125 in November 2014


solid organ transplants including 375
telemedicine centres to identify needy and
and its robust mHealth deserving old age homes. liver and 1000 kidney transplants.
network take much- In the first phase of the It is the #1 solid organ transplant
needed health care project, launched in programme in the world
facilities to the Chennai, it analysed the
remotest parts of medicinal needs of 703 Apollo Hospital offers South-East
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the nation. Similarly, senior citizens and began


Apollos Health HiWay, providing free medicines Asias only robotic spine surgery
a health information to them each month. centre and plans to establish the
superstructure, aims to The second phase of the first-of-its-kind Proton Beam centre in
boost cost-effectiveness project was launched in South East Asia, Africa and Australia
in health care delivery June 2015 in which
by providing software eleven homes in four A day at Apollo Hospitals sees over
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applications to mid-size cities Madurai, Trichy,


health care delivery Karur and Karaikudi 1500 admissions, 20,000 footfalls, 800
systems. received medicines. major surgeries, 600 CT scans, 300
The group has A total of about 427 MRIs, 350 dialysis, 40 cardiac surgeries
extended its portfolio senior citizens have now and over 1000 health checks
with Apollo Munich benefitted from this
an independent health project.
Apollo Pharmacy is Indias first and
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insurance company
that focuses on Brand Values largest branded pharmacy network
introducing innovative, Apollo Hospitals with 1632 outlets in key locations
uncomplicated health approach to integrated

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