First standalone dialysis centre launched

The Apollo Hospitals Group launched the first standalone dialysis centre in Public Private Partnership with Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).

Apollo Institute of Hospital Management & Allied Sciences in affiliation with Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University launches 7 new Allied Sciences Courses - A pioneering initiative in Paramedical Education.

Marking a first-of-its-kind initiative in Paramedical Education through an innovative Public Private Partnership, Apollo Institute of Hospital Management & Allied Sciences(AIHMAS) in affiliation with Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University launches 7 new Allied Sciences Courses.

Apollo Transplant Programme performs the highest number of organ transplants in India - 534 transplants in less than eight months.

Apollo Hospitals performs 537 liver, kidney and heart transplants in 238 days making us the second busiest transplant program in the world.

Apollo Hospitals embarks on Research study on Cardiovascular risk factors in Indians.

Apollo is also conducting a study to assess the reasons for widespread Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) in India.

Apollo Hospitals set up stem cell facility

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd., is focusing on stem cell therapy. The company, tied up with US based StemCyte today and would together invest $15 million to set up a stem cell facility besides conducting research development activities at its Hyderabad centre.

INFECTION CONTROL AT APOLLO – EXCELLENCE IN EVERY STEP.

Read the Apollo Infection Control Programme that follows the highest Standards of Excellence in Infection Control Protcols and Best Practices.

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi initiates "SAVE" India Campaign and commences a Screening Programme for Stroke, Aneurysm and Vascular disease Evaluation

India's first comprehensive Vascular screening programme - "SAVE" India will be launched by Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals very soon and as a buildup to the launch, the Hospital is starting a low cost screening programme commemorating the 'National Vascular Week' commencing today.

First American Gets A Successful Heart Transplant At Apollo Hospitals, Chennai !

Doctors in the US had given Ronald Lemmer, 65, only a year to live and had scoffed at his idea of going to India for a heart transplant. They told him he would return in a coffin. Today, after a successful heart transplant at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Lemmer is smiling. So is India's medical fraternity.

Apollo Hospitals, India offers the Endovascular [Liberation] treatment for CCVSI in Multiple Sclerosis

Apollo Hospitals, India, with its team of expert vascular surgeons now offers the Endovascular [Liberation] treatment for CCVSI , advocated by the Italian surgeon Dr Paulo Zamboni. Apollo Hospitals has taken this procedure up as a clinical study project and has already performed this procedure on several patients from Canada and the USA. The demand and enquiry for this procedure from Multiple sclerosis patients all over the world is steadily increasing.

Apollo Hospitals and CISCO to bridge the Health Divide - ICT solutions to transform healthcare in suburban and rural areas

Apollo Hospitals, along with CISCO, the globally renowned networking and telecommunication provider, announced an alliance to help revolutionize healthcare through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This joint venture will drive inclusive growth and accelerate access to affordable and high quality healthcare via CISCO’s ‘Desktop Solution’ technology.

Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad completes 20 stem cell transplants successfully

Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad has completed 20 stem cell transplants for different diseases successfully. The hospital has also done the first successful "Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (Stem Cells collected from one's own body) for Acute Leukemia" in Gujarat.

Apollo Hospitals Group forays into stem cell research

Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Centre (AHERF), under the aegis of Apollo Hospitals, has set up Cell and Molecular Biology Research Center (CMBRC), which will be involved in stem cell research and clinical trials, in its Jubilee Hills campus here.

Apollo Hospitals achieves a first-of-its-kind milestone of performing 50 Liver Transplants in Chennai

In less than two years since inception, the team at the Apollo Centre for Liver Disease and Transplantation completed 50 Liver Transplantations, marking a noteworthy first-of-its-kind milestone in the city of Chennai.

Apollo Hospitals Launches It’s 50th Hospital At Secunderabad!

The 50th hospital of the Apollo Hospitals Group was launched at Secunderabad on April 2nd, 2010. The 150-bed tertiary care hospital was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Sri K Rosaiah at Secunderabad. Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals presided over the function.

Apollo Hospitals to set up Central Government health Scheme – Apollo Dialysis Clinics

The Apollo Hospitals Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Union Government to set up “Central Government Health Scheme – Apollo Dialysis Clinics”.

Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital Inaugurated

Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital, Eastern India’s first Super Speciality Cancer Hospital, was inaugurated on March 23, 2010. It is the first comprehensive cancer care hospital in Eastern India, equipped with the latest radiotherapy - Novalis Tx Unit, Chemo-therapy Unit, Onco-Surgical Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit with specialized wards.

Novalis Tx inaugurated at Apollo Health City, Hyderabad

Novalis Tx- most versatile technology to treat cancer was inaugurated at the new Apollo Cancer Hospitals, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad on 20 March 2010 by His Excelllency Sri E S L Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

Apollo Medical Centre opens Sultanate’s first liver clinic

Apollo Medical Centre, an associate of Apollo Hospitals Group, India inaugurated the first liver clinic in the Sultanate of Oman. The liver clinic was inaugurated by Dr Ghazi Al Zubedi, the director general of Royal Hospital. Also launched on the occasion was the Apollo Liver Check Package.

Revolutionary Ceramic Coated Knee Replacement performed for the 1st time in South India at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai

Headed by Dr. Vijay. C Bose, Senior consultant Orthopedic surgeon the team of Orthopaedic surgeons at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai have performed a revolutionary Ceramic-Coated Knee Replacement Surgery for the first time in South India.

Our Chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy conferred with the Padma Vibhushan Award !

We are delighted to say that our Chairman Dr. Prathap Reddy has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award by the Government of India, for his excellence and exceptional service in the Healthcare industry in the country.

Marking a new international association, Apollo Hospitals will soon be managing the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital located in Male, Republic of Maldives. The agreement to this effect was signed by the Hon’ble Health Minister, Maldives, Ms. Aminath Jaameel and the Apollo Hospitals’ Managing Director Dr. Preetha Reddy, in the presence of the President, Republic of Maldives His Excellency, Hon’ble Mr. Mohamed Nasheed.

Apollo Hospitals is the only healthcare organization to achieve the Superbrand status in India. Mr.Eamonn Sadler, Chief Executive of Superbrands Worldwide presented the Superbrand award to Apollo Hospitals at a function held in Mumbai on 17 December, 2009.

Apollo Hospitals Chennai ranked First among the Private Sector Hospitals in India by The Week – IMRB Exclusive survey - 2009 !

The Week-IMRB exclusive survey 2009, on India’s top hospitals has rated Apollo Hospitals Chennai as the Overall Best Hospital among the Private Sector hospitals in the country. Apollo Hospitals Chennai has also been ranked the First among the Private Sector hospitals in the country in Orthopedics and Hip Replacement.

Apollo Hospitals at Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata have also been ranked Best Hospital in their respective Cities !

Apollo Hospitals Website wins Web Marketing Association, USA’s Web Awards in 3 categories !

It gives us the greatest pleasure to say that Apollo Hospitals India has won the Web Marketing Association - USA 's Standard of Excellence WEBAWARD 2009 in 3 categories - Medical, Healthcare and Healthcare Provider, for its website www.apollohospitals.com

Apollo Opens Hospital at Mauritius

The 220-bed Apollo Bramwell Hospital in Mauritius - a joint venture between the city-based healthcare major Apollo Hospital and British American Investment Co - went on stream on Thursday, the 20th of August, 2009.

Resorbable screws used for the first time in India at Apollo Hospitals Chennai to correct congenital spine problem of a six-year-old child from Tanzania

Six-year-old Maureen Richard Shirima will now be able to run and jump, like other students in her class in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Senior Consultant and Spine Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals Chennai, Dr. Sajan K. Hegde said that a bone graft was taken from the child and used to set the fractured bone and resorbable screws helped to keep the bones in place. He said resorbable screws were in use for sometime now across the world but this was the first time it was being used in India to correct such rare problems of the lower spine.

Sir Richard Hadlee launches the Apollo Knee Clinic program,  - a 360 degree approach to managing knee pain with the Apollo Advantage, another pioneering initiative by the Apollo Hospitals Group

“Apollo Knee Clinic” will be the first of it’s kind program in this part of the world. Starting from prevention through early diagnosis and intervention, surgical intervention to rehabilitation, Apollo Knee Clinic offers a complete program. Research, inputs from experts in orthopedics and rehab medicine and experience of the entire team at Apollo Hospitals has provided the material required for this program. Where ever possible the protocols and guidelines have been benchmarked with global institutions to ensure that the product is comparable to the best institutions in the world.

The Government of India releases a commemorative stamp felicitating Apollo Hospitals’ pioneering spirit !

The Government of India honors Apollo Hospitals with the Apollo Commemorative Stamp. This honor is a felicitation of our pioneering spirit, our commitment to healthcare and service to the Nation.

Apollo Hyderabad & Apollo Delhi win FICCI Healthcare awards !

Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals Delhi win the FICCI Healthcare awards for Excellence in Patient Care and Excellence in Healthcare Delivery. Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad also bags the FICCI Healthcare award for Excellence in HR Practices. The FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards, were the first of its kind to recognize and honor the good and proactive work carried out by the healthcare providers and State Governments and to improve healthcare services for masses by overcoming the numerous challenges faced by the Indian healthcare industry.

India’s First Swine Flu Health Call Center at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Madurai

The first Swine Flu Health Call Centre by Apollo Hospitals for India, inaugurated in Madurai by Honorable Union Minister Mr.M K Azhagiri has received an overwhelming response. This swine flu call center provides information to public about the lethal viral infection. The call center also provides answers to the queries of the people regarding the lethal condition.

Chairman's Speech at the 28th Annual General Meeting, 26th August 2009

Our Chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy addressed the shareholdres at the 28th Annual General Meeting held on the 26th of August, 2009 and presented the Annual Report of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2009.

Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur sets a benchmark in Cardiac Surgery

A 14 years old child with CTGA, VSD, PS undergoes Double switch heart surgery, becoming a rare case to be successfully operated for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of Great Arteries (CCTGA) with VSD and Pulmonary Stenosis.

Oscar award-winner A.R.Rahman formally inaugurates the first Apollo Children’s Hospital in Chennai

Apollo Hospitals’ first Children’s Hospital was formally inaugurated by Oscar award-winner A.R.Rahman on Thursday, the July 29th, 2009, in Chennai. Apollo Hospitals Chairman Dr. Prathap C. Reddy unveiled plans formore such stand-alone Children’s hospitals of the group in the country and abroad.

Apollo Hospitals Orthopedics Team perform an Arthroscopic Brachial Plexus Catheterization

An innovative Orthopedic procedure was performed for the first time in India at Apollo Hospitals Chennai - leading to pain free postoperative recovery after shoulder surgery.

Paediatric Cardiac Specialists of Apollo Children’s Hospital perform a complicated intracardiac repair of complete A-V canal defect on a Nigerian infant

Chennai, July 3, 2009: The Paediatric Cardiac team at the new Apollo Children’s Hospital successfully performed a complicated surgery to treat a condition called complete a-v canal defect in a 4–month old Nigerian baby

Apollo Children's Hospital successfully performs complicated surgery on 4-month-old baby

The pediatric cardiac team at the new Apollo Children's Hospital, Chennai successfully performed a complicated surgery to treat a condition called complete A-V  canal defect in a four-month-old Nigerian baby. Apollo Children's Hospital, is a one of its kind comprehensive paediatric hospital in the country. A tertiary care multi-speciality hospital, the Apollo Children's Hospital will administer health care for children from birth to adolescence under one roof.

Apollo Hospitals Group consolidates leadership in healthcare.

Apollo Hospitals Group consolidates leadership in healthcare with focus on clinical excellence and patient-care . Record income of Rs. 14,580 million in FY08-09; Q4 income at a record Rs.3911 million.

The Cyberknife experience -Patients speak ..

Patients who had benefited from the cutting-edge CyberKnife technology talked about their personal experience at the Apollo Speciality Hospital. Over 50 patients have been treated so far with promising results. 86 year old C.V. Govindaraj, whose nasal tumour was completely cured, said, “They gave me another life. I feel younger.”

Apollo Hospitals Group announces a major expansion plan for Apollo Health City, Hyderabad with an investment of Rs 150 crores.

Apollo Hospitals Group has announced a major expansion plan with an investment of Rs 150 crores at Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, Asia’s first operational healthcity. As part of this expansion Apollo is acquiring Novalis Tx™ Radiosurgery. In addition the Group is launching a first of its kind International Healthcare Center in Asia, having state-of-the-art Knee Institute, Bariatric Surgery Institute and Institute for Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery.

Apollo Hospitals uses NASA's 'Super Plastic' to treat heart patients

In a first, doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi used ‘Super Plastic’ to operate upon two heart patients last week. ‘Super Plastic’ is a material NASA invented for insulation in spacecrafts. The patients have been discharged.

Apollo Hospitals Chennai completes a year of the Liver Transplantation Programme

The team of the Liver Transplantation Programme at Apollo Hospitals Chennai completed a year of successful cadaver and living liver transplantations. Until even a year ago, the liver transplantation procedure was not available in Chennai. A living donor transplantation procedure also had its constraints. The recent cases at Apollo Hospitals Chennai have changed the face of liver transplantation in southern India.

Apollo Hospitals Chennai institutes a contemporary Neuro Rehabilitation Program

Apollo Hospitals has instituted a contemporary Neuro Rehabilitation Programme at the Main Hospital in Chennai. The first of its kind in India, the innovative therapy will help the neurologically impaired patients immensely.

Apollo Hospitals Group launches new medical facilities at Sultanate

Apollo Hospitals has launched the Apollo Global Doctors’ Network to connect the medical fraternity across the globe, Asia-Pacific’s most advanced CyberKnife and a dedicated Liver Diseases Clinic at Muscat.

Prof. Dr. Adler, “Father of image-guided irradiation”  consults the first patient for the CyberKnife® treatment at Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital

Steering a paradigm shift in cancer care, Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital, Chennai recently installed Asia Pacific’s most advanced and India’s first CyberKnife®.

Symposium on CyberKnife hosted by Apollo Hospitals…

Apollo Kolkata gets JCI accreditation...

Apollo Kolkata gets JCI accreditation...

Apollo Delhi and Chennai reaccredited by the Joint Commission International, USA

Apollo Delhi and Chennai reaccredited by the Joint Commission International, USA

India's first keyhole multiple bypass surgery performed at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals New Delhi…

Asia Pacific’s most advanced CyberKnife® launched at Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital...

Asia Pacific’s most advanced CyberKnife® launched at Apollo Speciality

GAPIO - Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin launched

Apollo Hospitals Chennai first in India to perform rare Vascular Bypass Surgery on 8 year old Omani child

Nationwide Survey by the Week ranks Apollo  Delhi and  Chennai As Top Hosptals in INDIA in Private Sector

Apollo ties up with IGNOU for Healthcare Skills Trainning Courses

Apollo Reach Hospitals launched by Prime Minister of India

Apollo Hospitals wins Express Healthcare Awards…

Apollo Hospitals among world’s top 50 local dynamos…

Apollo Group reaches yet another landmark…