Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata has received the official letter of Accreditation from the Joint Commission International (JCI). The third time Triennial Survey was conducted from February 9 – 13, 2015 by four surveyors – Ms Angela Norton, Dr Stewart Hamilton, Ms Courtney Cosby and Ms Marianne Semrad.
The surveyors said, “the organization performed exceptionally well in providing safe and effective care to the patients. The organization met 100% in the standards and over 99.6% of the measurable elements”.

Combined heart and lung transplants – a rare surgery which was previously used as a last resort to treat end-stage lung disease is now being peformed in large numbers as there is an alarming rise in number of patients being referred to Cardiothoracic consultants at a much later stage when there is little to salvage.
Senior Consultants, Cardiothoracic and Transplant surgeons, Dr Paul Ramesh Thangaraj, Dr Sunder T and Dr Madhan Kumar discussed how comprehensive interdisciplinary end-stage lung disease management has ensured good success rates at Apollo Hospitals.

India’s first keyhole multiple bypass surgery on Suman Singhal, aged 53 years, was conducted by Dr Naresh Trehan at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi last week. It took him less than four hours to perform the scarless surgery, without cutting any bone of the patient. This technique uses a combination of small holes in the chest and a small incision, made indirectly over the coronary artery to be bypassed. It is often performed using robotics and video-imaging, which help the surgeon operate in a small area. It is the first of its kind surgery.

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi has pledged support to the victims of the Nepal earthquake. The hospital has deputed a medical team comprising specialists along with medical and paramedical staff, and a consignment of about 800 kg containing implants, medicines, medical consumables, etc. to Kathmandu on 28 April 2015.

It was a special day when two of India’s largest entities joined hands in the service of the People of Bangladesh – Apollo Hospitals Group and Jet Airways announced their joint service ‘FLY FOR GOOD HEALTH PROGRAM’. This was facilitated by Health Connect International-Bangladesh, a medical consultancy firm. The launch was announced at a joint press meet of Apollo Hospitals and Jet Airways at Dhaka Press Club. The announcement was made by Mr.

More than 1,000 delegates and faculty drawn from across the world attended the conference and it was thought to be one of the best and most attended conference in the Asia Pacific region.
The programme kicked off with an introductory speech by Course Chairman, Dr. (Prof.) N N Khanna, Advisor- Apollo Group of Hospitals, Dr. Michel Henry, Luxembourg, and Course Director, Dr. Saroj Das from Imperial College of London.

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals has completed 10 years of accreditation by Joint Commission International (JCI). In July 2005, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals became the first hospital in India and the 6th in Asia to be accredited. JCI accreditation is the gold standard for international accreditation as it reflects provision of the highest levels of patient care and patient safety. An event was organized to mark the occasion. The Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri. Manish Sisodia, Ms. Paula Wilson, CEO, JCI and Mr.

Ambili was suffering from a rare disease where her lungs become dysfunctional as the good and bad blood get mixed through a hole in the upper compartment of her heart.
The 11-hour long surgery wasled by Senior Consultants and Cardiothoracic and Transplant surgeons, Dr Paul Ramesh Thangaraj, Dr Sunder T and Dr Madhan Kumar, of Apollo Hospitals Chennai. On Wednesday 12th August, relatives of a brain-dead person came forward to donate his organs to Ambili.
Ambili is recovering well and will soon resume her day to day activities.

Prof. Abdulwaheed Olatinwo, Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) had announced this achievement that was performed on two young girls.
He said the feat achieved was carried out by a team of surgeons led by Dr Neville Solomon, Consultant, Pediatric & Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals Chennai, India.
The CMD described Dr. Solomon as a world renowned Cardiac surgeon who performs over 3, 000 heart surgeries free around the world in a year.

Liver Transplantation is the greatest development in the field of medical science. The robust Liver Transplant Program in Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata has highly skilled Liver transplant surgeons, Hepatologists, specialized Anaesthetists and Intensive Care experts. Dedicated and specially trained nurses form an important part of the team.