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New Initiatives
First Apollo insulin pump clinic opened in Chennai!
With the launch of the clinic, Apollo Hospitals will counsel adult patients with diabetes regarding the pros and cons of using an Insulin Pump (CSII). They will also prescribe insulin pumps on a trial basis so that patients can try them before making a final decision.
An insulin pump is a small device that is worn externally and can be discreetly clipped to your belt, slipped into a pocket, or hidden under your clothes. It delivers precise doses of rapid-acting insulin to closely match your body’s needs. An insulin pump is a different method of insulin delivery for people with diabetes and can replace the conventional multiple insulin injection regimen.
The pump also allows the patient to give insulin “on demand” when they eat. The advantage of using a pump to deliver insulin is that doses may be finely titrated.
Clinical Excellence
Rare genetic lung condition treated at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
A blind schoolteacher from Andhra Pradesh, who was suffering from a rare genetic condition called the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS), underwent successful double-lung transplantation at the Apollo Hospitals here.
The double-lung transplantation for this genetic condition is the first case in India and second in the world. The first successful transplant was done in the US in 2005, said Dr Paul Ramesh Thangaraj, senior consultant cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon at Apollo Hospitals.
Only one in five lakh to one in a million have this rare condition. HPS results from mutations in one of seven different genes.
“The 26-year-old patient was extremely malnourished. Also, this causes absence of pigment in the skin, blindness, bleeding tendencies and the slow degeneration of the lungs, causing the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to be severely impaired (as happens in end-stage lung disease).
The condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis made the patient bedridden, dependent on oxygen 24 hours a day,” the doctor explained. As his heart was functioning well, only his two lungs were removed and replaced with the donated lungs of a victim of a road accident.
“The patient was 5’6 inch tall but he weighed only 36 kg. So, matching lungs that suited his size was very difficult as the lungs should not be too large or too small. Fortunately, we received the lungs and the transplantation was performed five weeks ago,” said Dr Thangaraj.
Earlier, the patient stayed at the hospital prior to the transplant operation, unable to remove the oxygen mask even for a few seconds. “As he stays somewhere in Nellore, we kept him at the hospital for more than five weeks. He is well now and will be discharged soon. It will take some three to six months for him to gain weight,” said the transplant surgeon.
Awards & Accolades
Apollo Hospitals won the Hospital Management Asia Awards in several categories!
The organizers announced the 39 GOLD and EXCELLENCE award winners of the Asian Hospital Management Awards 2013. The winners were chosen out of 298 entries representing 78 hospitals across 13 countries.
Apollo Hospitals were the proud winners of 10 of these awards and won awards in 9 categories.
The organizers gave the Apollo Group a standing ovation by conferring us with the “Special Outstanding Achievement Award” thus with a total of 11 awards. They commended the Apollo Group for being an improvement oriented organization in view of the 71 improvement projects submitted by the Group and the number of awards won by the group.
It was indeed a very special moment for the Group.
The awards we won are:
Corporate Social Responsibility Project
Apollo Hospitals, Delhi – “Billion Hearts Beating Foundation”
Cost Reduction Project
Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Madurai – “To Control the expenses for CAG and PTCA Procedures.”
Human Resource Development Project
Apollo Hospital Hyderabad – “Apollo Simulation Laboratory”
Service Improvement for Internal Customers Project
Apollo Hospital Hyderabad – “Apollo Simulation Laboratory”
Patient Safety Project
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai – “Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme”
Clinical Service Improvement Project
Apollo Hospitals, Delhi – “Pressure ulcer: zero tolerance”
Customer Service Project
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai – “Patient Satisfaction Tracking System (PSTS) – A break through Innovation in Healthcare for Voice of Customer Process”
Bio Medical Equipment / Facilities Improvement Project
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata- “Project Product: Severity Index Scoring For Biomedical Equipment”
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai – “Phasing out mercury”
Innovations in Hospital Management and Governance
Apollo Hospitals Dhaka – “Passion Led Patient Care”
Clinical Excellence
Apollo performs hip replacement on 103-year-old patient
A rare hip replacement surgery was performed by Apollo Hospitals on a patient of 103 years old.
The patient was brought to the hospital after he had an accidental fall. After investigation, it was found that his hip was fractured and a prosthesis that was implanted during a surgery about 20 years ago had also become loose.
The case presented a great challenge for the team considering the patient’s advance age and associated problem of hypertension.
His bones were found to be brittle and poor in strength, as is expected in a patient of his age, and were augmented with wires. The surgery itself took about an hour,”” Mithin Aachi, who lead the team of doctors at Apollo, said.
The patient’s condition is reported to be stable.
The hospital has performed about 500 joint replacement surgeries since its inception.
New Initiatives
Apollo Centre for Advanced Pediatrics organises the first ever Advanced Course!
Apollo Centre of Advanced Pediatrics (ACAP), Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, India’s First Internationally Accredited Hospital offering state-of-the art tertiary care in various pediatric specialties, announced the commencement of a unique five-day course.
This course, will be conducted under the able guidance of National and International faculty will cover important topics in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver Transplantation and Nutrition. It is for the first time that such a course is being organized in India.
The course will commence on 28th August and end on 1st September 2013. This course will be spearheaded by global stalwarts. Prof. Deirdre Kelly, Pediatric Hepatology, Liver Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK; Prof. Kathleen Schwarz, Pediatric, Director Pediatric Liver Centre, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA; Prof. Berthold Koletzko, Div. Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. Von Hauner Child’s Hospital, Univ. of Munich Medical Centre, Germany; Prof. Olivier O Goulet, Director Dept. of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, National Reference Centre of Rare Digestive Diseases, Paris and Dr. Mike Thomson, Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist, Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Sheffield University Medical School, England. Distinguished national faculty from across the country has confirmed participation.
Dr. Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “”Apollo Hospitals has always laid emphasis on clinical excellence. To excel clinically, it is essential for clinicians to update their knowledge and hence we continue to organsie such international courses. We have 600 graduate trainees in 32 disciplines and to provide an academic milieu we have created a pan year robust CME program””.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Sr. Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and the course director said “”upto 30% of patients visiting pediatricians have a gastrointestinal or liver problem. It is, therefore, important that we help share the latest treatment guidelines with pediatricians. This year marks 15 years of the first successful liver transplant in India at Apollo Hospital Delhi and so we felt that the time was right to discuss complex management issues in transplantation as well.
“The overriding goal of the program is to present doctors with a platform aimed at equipping them to deal with practical issues in gastroenterology, hepatology, liver transplantation and nutrition more effectively” said Dr. Sarath Gopalan,Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and Associate Course Director.
In the last 15 years, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi has performed 1500 pediatric and adult transplants of which 842 have been performed in the last three years with a success rate of 90%. The cost of a liver transplant has come down considerably following the increase in the number of transplants being performed. Nowadays, the average cost of a transplant for a child is Rs 15 lakh. This is 1/10th the cost in Western countries but with outcomes comparable to the best centres in the West.
Leadership
Heart disease is a bigger threat for women than cancer: Dr. Prathap C Reddy
“It is widely perceived that women have a lower risk of suffering from heart attack when compared to men. But that is a myth. Women have natural protection till a certain age but after menopause the risk of heart attack in women is higher than that of men. Heart disease is a bigger threat for women than cancer,”” Reddy said on the sidelines of the silver jubilee celebrations of Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad.
Stressing on the of importance of regular checkups for women, he pointed out that unlike men who usually have chest pain during heart attack, there are usually no symptoms of heart attack for women.
From today, Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad will be opening its doors for women to go for health checkup from 6pm to 7pm every day.
Dr. Reddy also warned that the incidence of heart attack has been rising among the youth with the number of cases increasing every year.
A cardiologist himself, Reddy had warned earlier that heart disease was going to be the biggest challenge for the healthcare industry in India. “”In two decades from now there will not be enough doctors, nurses or hospitals to treat heart patients. We need to bring awareness about the disease so that people can prevent it,” Reddy said.
New Initiatives
Apollo Hospitals ties up with US varsity for Patient care & Academics
On its 25th anniversary in Hyderabad (the group, headquartered in Chennai, has completed 30 years) the Group Founder and Chairman, Dr Prathap C Reddy said the University of Rochester Medical Centre (URMC) will work with Apollo Hospitals in areas of Clinical Care, Education and Research across multiple specialties which include Gastroenterology, Emergency Medicine and Neurosciences.
Medical education will be the primary focus in the initial phase of collaboration. The two intend to exchange faculty and trainees, engage in joint research studies, and develop shared approaches to patient care.
Dr. Reddy also announced the launch of a program called “”Healthy Schools”” to screen school children. The program includes a health check, maintenance of health records, and health education. A fifty thousand worth treatment will be provided for accidents (students and parents).
The program is being offered at Rs 200 per student per year. Schools that implement it will receive the “”healthy schools”” branding. If students are unable to afford this program, Apollo Hospitals will arrange donors to support them financially. According to Reddy, the “”goal is to have a million school children enrolled in this program in a year.””
In Hyderabad, Apollo began with a 150 bed hospital on August 12, 1988. It now offers 650 beds. Overall, Apollo Hospitals today has around 8400 beds and hopes to cross 10,000 by the end of 2014.
Milestones
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad completes 25 years of service !!
Apollo Hospitals, the first super-specialty hospital in Andhra Pradesh and the first functional Health City in Asia has completed 25 years in service of the community. Launched on 27 August, 1988 as a 150 bedded hospital, today it is a global healthcare destination.
This was the first hospital in Andhra Pradesh (the only hospital in Andhra Pradesh to date) to be accredited by the Joint Commission International, USA and was also the first hospital in the world to be certified for management of stroke. The hospital has received Awards from Hospital Management, Asia, FICCI Healthcare Awards, Avaya Global Connect Awards, G20 Award, Super brand and a variety of others as well.
Technological supremacy, continuous skill enhancement and an environment of innovation coupled with our patient centric approach have been critical to the success of Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.
New Initiatives
Apollo Cradle: born in the lap of Luxury!
“Little Lavanya’s parents wants to give their baby that special moment to cherish all their life. So they ensured their first born came into the world in the lap of luxury-‘The Cradle’.
Sudhir Diggikar, Director – Secondary Care Services at Apollo Hospital explains, “At Cradle, the main idea is that a woman should be able to deliver her baby in an environment of comfort. Therefore, we have a dedicated and compassionate team of doctors and nurses who offer personalized care for the mother and the child.”
At ‘The Cradle’, fathers are also encouraged to be part of the birthing process while, the mother is made to relax with soothing music of her choice. This helps make the process a little easier for her.
Cradle – a venture by Apollo Hospitals, India, aims to make the special moment more memorable.
The Cradle is a high-end, premium boutique birthing centre, which has been conceived exclusively to satisfy the service and quality needs of a younger generation of Indians. The Cradle is unlike anything you have heard about or seen before. Think of it as a world-class healthcare facility that offers 5-star hotel amenities. This facility offers services of international standards in a premium environment while creating an unforgettable experience for the mother and her family in welcoming their bundle of joy into the world.
Cradle is designed with thought in mind. Effort has been taken to make to make the ambiance as comfortable and as homely as possible. The Cradle is filled with soft baby colors. The rooms are large, spacious and comfortably furnished. The staff is specially trained to meet every requirement of the mother and the new born.
New Initiatives
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals launches “Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre”; A brand new su...
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata launches a new department “”Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre””, a brand new support and service oriented department. The hospital which has always aimed at providing holistic and complete treatment to its patients has taken this endeavour of theirs forward with the opening of the new centre. The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre was launched by Ms Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group in the presence of Dr Rupali Basu, CEO, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals and Dr. Sanjay Chatterjee, Consultant and Head, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre. The Department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata delivers the highest quality services within a new state-of-the-art facility in the hospital campus. The services that are on offer at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centre are:
Basic and advanced back pain program
Basic and advanced knee OA rehab programs
Basic and advanced stroke rehab programs
Shoulder programs ( non-operative and post-operative)
Fall and balance programs (Basic and advanced)
Thera conditioning programs
Thera retraining programs
Paediatric Neuro developmental, including Cerebral palsy Rehab programs
Sports counselling for children and orientation program
Sports injury management program
Yoga counselling and orientation program
Fitness and nutrition program
Clinical Excellence
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals gives a new lease of life to an Eight Month old Baby Boy with Encephalomeningocele...
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata fulfilled its promise of providing the best in healthcare to its valued patients by giving a new life to yet another child patient suffering from a critical cyst similar to a second head. Eight month old, baby Tofajjal was born with a rare and unheard condition of Encephalomeningocele. The infant who was far from leading a normal life like children of his age has shown signs of speedy recovery post the surgery and is getting back to his regular activities. This extraordinary surgery is the first of its kind in the entire country. The treating surgeon, Dr Sisir Das, Senior Consultant, Neurosurgery – Apollo Gleneagles Institute of Neurosciences, said, this is indeed a rare variety of Neurosurgery as incidence rate of such type of cases is as low as 1 out of 45,000. In a life time, one comes across only one or two such cases. Also, here the challenging part was involvement of the brain component and Superior Sagital Sinus. Our team effort has proven successfully in this complex surgery. The Baby is doing fine and is being discharged. This surgery is a milestone achieved in Healthcare in this part of India. We are now performing excellent quality of work which is at par with international benchmarking at regular basis.
Dr. Rupali Basu, CEO, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals and Eastern Region, Apollo Hospitals Group, further added,”This surgery is indeed a miracle and among the most complex and challenging ones performed in this hospital till date. We are very proud of being the only hospital in the entire country to have performed a surgery of this nature successfully. Apart from the child’s parents, it is also a very emotional moment for all of us at the hospital. We wish the child all the very best for a promising future”.
Clinical Excellence
Apollo Hospitals celebrates World Organ Donation Day!!
Long way to go in transplants
Though our transplant surgeons are among the best in the world, there is a long way to go as far as transplants are concerned, said Dr Prathap C Reddy, Apollo Hospitals Chairman. Speaking on the occasion of World Organ Donation Day, the founder of the Apollo empire said, “”Despite steps taken by the government to promote cadaver organ donation in the capital, the gap between demand and supply is only widening. Though it is heartening to know that Tamil Nadu is one of the top states in terms of organ donation, we have to do a lot more towards increasing the organ donation count in India and saving precious lives.”
Gift a Life, an initiative supported by Apollo Hospitals that actively promotes organ donation, had a whopping 10,328 employees of the Apollo network including Dr Prathap C Reddy, sign on to pledge their organs post brain death. In 2012 alone, Apollo carried out 1200 transplants, a fact that testifies the increasing demand for organs. Ironically, each year hundreds of Indians die while waiting for an organ transplant. The reason for this is that there is acute imbalance between the number of organs donated and the number of people waiting for a transplant.
The bridge between organs donated in the West and in India is huge – even now while 2.1 lakh Indians require kidney transplantation, only 3000 – 4000 kidney transplants are done on an average, annually.
The situation is not very different in relation to heart transplants either – while around 4,000-5,000 patients in India require a heart transplant on an average each year, so far only 100 heart transplants have been conducted across the country.
On the Contrary, USA does around 26 donations per million and Spain does around 35 donations per million people. Though Tamil Nadu’s organ donation rate is ten times the national average, there is a long road ahead, in terms of creating awareness on cadaveric donation and increasing this count for India.
Dr Preetha Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals said, “”We need people to tell their loved ones they want to be an organ donor so that, should the time come, their decision will be honoured.”
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