Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) is a vital part of the modern healthcare system, without which efficient medical care is impossible. The aim of BTS is to provide effective blood and blood products, which are as safe as possible, and adequate to meet the patients’ need. Apollo’s Department of Transfusion Medicine is self-sufficient at meeting the blood requirements for all in-house patients, and also provides blood and blood components to other hospitals in Delhi/NCR as and when required.

Doctors at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, performed a rare case of nose implantation on a Tanzanian man, recently. Dr Sudhakar Prasad, Senior Consultant Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon, who performed this surgery, briefed media on implanting a fabricated nose, repaired to function, by painstakingly constructing it using skin, cartilage & blood vessels, from different parts of the body. The Patient, a Tanzanian man, lost his nose in a grievous assault and came to India after exhausting options elsewhere in the last two years since the incident.

Tomotherapy is the latest innovation in the high-end cancer treatment and only the second such equipment in the country. Chief Guest Shri K T Rama Rao, Minister for IT E&C, MAUD, Telangana, formally inaugurated the Tomotherapy Oncology Annexe at Apollo Cancer Institutes; Guests of Honour Shri Pullela Gopichand & Olympic Silver Medalist Ms P V Sindhu; Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group and Ms Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, graced the occasion.

Mr Akrur N Rana, 85-year-old, from Nepal, a National Badminton Champion had weakness on right side of the body and was rushed to the emergency department at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai. He was diagnosed to have stroke for which he was treated by the neurologist after which he recovered instantaneously.

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi received awards for ‘Best Indian Hospital for Medical Travel’ and ‘Best Organ Transplant Centre’ at ASSOCHAM – Meditravel 2017, held at New Delhi on 21st February 2017. The awards were given by Gen. (Dr) V.K. Singh (Retd), Minister of State for External Affairs Government of India.

The patient, a five-year-old girl had multiple health problems including advanced liver cirrhosis, congenital heart defects, severe growth retardation and rickets. Briefing media about this amazing accomplishment, Dr Manish C. Varma, Head of the Liver Transplant Department, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills; Dr Girish Warrier, Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills and Ms Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals; said the baby was suffering from a rare genetic disorder.

Life was not the same when 69 years old Mr. Gobardhan Sharma was diagnosed with cancer of base of tongue. The family said it was truly saddening to witness him go through the agony. The views and opinions expressed by different people about his cancer and its treatment added to his pain.

Apollo Hospitals Chennai started performing Angioplasties in the year 1985 and has now completed 10,000 Coronary Angioplasties. In the initial years, only Balloon Angioplasties were performed. Over the years, we used metallic stents and medicated stents and we further advanced in the recent past to doing many refined procedures like Multi-Vessel Angioplasty, Left Main Angioplasty and Bifurcation Lesions. The Hospital also does Intraaortic Balloon Pump procedure for very sick cases, Rota Blator procedure for calcified lesions and Primary Angioplasty in acute heart attacks.

ICICI Lombard Health Insurance and CNBC-TV18 announced the winners of the first ever India Healthcare Awards 2010 – India’s unique initiative recognizing the best Indian Healthcare Providers. Apollo Hospitals bags the – “”India’s Most Preferred Hospital””- Viewer’s Choice Award and Apollo Hospitals Chennai wins the third best Hospital in India award.

Apollo Health Street, a developer of world-class solutions that tackle healthcare’s toughest financial challenges, recently announced a new partnership to provide Apollo’s Full Business Office program to the Roxborough Memorial Hospital.