Enterprise Asia’s “”Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards”” program (AREA), South Asia 2012 has conferred The Billion Hearts Beating Program with the prestigious “”Health Promotion”” Award 2012 !
The Billion Hearts Beating (BHB) program is an initiative by the Apollo Hospitals Group to create awareness among the people of this country on the risks associated with heart diseases and to motivate them to take the pledge to stay heart-healthy.

S N Bhatt, a 93 year old man from Bhilai came to Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi with a 10 year history of progressive knee pain and deformity in both the legs. A multidisciplinary team of Dr. Raju Vaishya, Senior Consultant, Orthopedics at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals carried out a successful Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty in a single sitting.

Four-yr-old Isha, who was diagnosed with thalassaemia major, underwent stem cell transplant surgery at Apollo Hospitals Ahmedabad.
Doctors told the parents, Mansukh Gohel & Kanchan that she will have to undergo regular blood transfusions to stay alive. The couple was disheartened but instead of crying about the situation, decided to fight for their daughter’s better life. Mansukh and Kanchan had brought Isha to Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad, seeking a new lease of life for their daughter who had had been receiving blood transfusions since she was 18 months old.

The Apollo Group of Hospitals, one of Asia’s largest healthcare providers formally announced the launch of its telemedicine service in Yangon on 4th December 2012
Mr Sailesh Thangal, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Yangon, Myanmar inaugurated the telemedicine facility services at the Keen Cie Co Ltd along with Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman Apollo Hospitals Group who was joined by tele link.

Super specialist team of doctors headed by Dr. Sunder, Cardio Thoracic surgeon, Apollo Hospital Chennai, reduced the agony of Mr.Karunakaran by performing a demanding surgery ensuring him a quick recovery from deep organ burns that deprived him of his vocal ability and breath.

Apollo Cancer Institutes, an integral part of the Apollo Hospitals Group has joined hands with YOUWECAN, founded by Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh, on December 3, 2012, at Kolkata, with an objective to organize mass Cancer Screening Programs across various locations in India.

The cardiac surgery department of Satguru Partap Singh Apollo Hospitals, Ludhiana, has introduced multi-vessel beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery, using Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) technique.

In a first of its kind initiative the e-Educational Services Wing of Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation made available the 2 day Educational Course conducted by the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies to Neurosurgeons in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Maduraiwho gathered at the auditoriums of the Apollo Hospitals in these cities.

An 11-year-old girl who suffered acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) becomes the first pediatric patient in South India to have successfully recovered by the useof artificial heart-lung by-pass machine known as ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) at Apollo Children Hospital.

An exclusive center for Bariatric Surgery has been launched at Apollo Hospitals Chennai on 26 November 2012, aimed at holistic healthcare for patients dealing with obesity & metabolic syndromes. Every obese individual’s needs are different and our group of highly trained specialists will analyze and tailor the management protocols that best suits them. With literally all modalities of surgical and non-surgical options available at the Centre, coupled with our enviable safety record, our patients are +indeed assured of a safe journey with us during their weight loss process.