1. Cure foundation

The CURE foundation is an effort by Apollo Hospitals to bring cancer care to those who cannot afford it. Cancer among the poor is lethal. Due to a lack of information and resources, delays and inadequate treatment are the norm. CURE extends preventive as well as rehabilitative cancer treatment to the poor.

Click here to go to Cure foundation website

2. Society to Aid the Hearing Impaired (SAHI)

The Society to Aid the Hearing Impaired is a foundation to help underprivileged children with impaired hearing. SAHI seeks to identify children in rural areas with minimal access to modern medical treatment. A team of experienced ENT specialists has offered its services to SAHI totally free of cost. All surgical treatments have been subsidised by Apollo Hospitals.

3. Apollo rural community health centre

The APOLLO RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE was established at Ayanambakkam near Chennai in 2005. The centre caters to an average of 94 inpatients and 800 outpatients per month. Several rural health initiatives have been regularly implemented .

4. Koyambedu free emergency care centre

This was established at Koyambedu at the outskirts of Chennai where heavy vehicle traffic is very high with high risk of road accidents. The centre caters to nearly 1000 cases per month and provides first aid emergency services.

5. Aragonda model of health care

Apollo Hospitals has addressed the problem of inadequate health care for people in rural areas by launching the Telemedicine Unit in Aragonda village in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh bringing advanced, yet affordable health care to over 50,000 people.

The project offers -

Telemedicine services - referral services, second opinion, post-acute care, interpretation service and health education.

Physical infrastructure - clean water supply, sanitation, drainage, solid waste and better roads.

Preventive health care programmes - community service in partnership with the primary health care centres.

Health Insurance - the Gram Panchayat propagates a scheme at Re.1 per day for a family of 5. Through an insurance cover extended by National Insurance Corporation (NIC) and Oriental Insurance Corporation (OIC), upto Rs. 15,000 in patient care is covered. Apollo Hospitals bears the extra cost.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has provided the satellite facilities and citadel. GE and Wipro have extended their support to the undertaking.

6.DISHA – Distance healthcare advancement project

Disha is a Distance health care advancement project ,an initiative partnered by Apollo hospitals, Philips, ISRO and the Dhan Foundation.

This is basically a mobile Teleclinical van that will reach out to areas that do not have access to state of the art medical care .This facility offers superspeciality and speciality tele consultation, lab facilities,onsite consultation and secondary and tertiary care where needed.