The 600-page biography, “Healer: Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy and the Transformation of India,” is authored by Pranay Gupte, veteran international journalist, biographer and historian and published by Penguin, the world’s largest publisher. The book was two years in the making, and its publication comes on the occasion of Dr. Reddy’s 80th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of the founding of Apollo Hospitals.

The Afro Asian symposium session at the Apollo cancer conclave 2014 Chennai – a unique assembly of doctors and health care leaders from 14 countries exploring the incidence of cancer in their countries and debating on the way forward to conquer cancer. Apollo Hospitals will partner each of them to help and aid them in this fight against cancer.

“We have many years of experience with wars and terrorist attacks. We have gained a lot of experience on how to organise a system in hospitals to deal with mass casualties and save lives,” said Gila Hyams, centre director of Rambam Health Care Campus, Israel, during an international conference on ‘Disaster management and mass casualty-preparedness for hospitals’.

Ms. Preetha Reddy, Dr Reddy’s daughter and Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals, said the book was two years in the making, with the author spending a lot of time with her father, family members, associates and others who knew him. The biography contains several sepia-tinted photos of Chairman, his parents and family from the early days.

Speaking after unveiling the book, Mr. Chidambaram said, “Apollo has emerged as one of the most successful models of healthcare in the world. I have spent a considerable time studying this model. Before this, there were three different models of healthcare in India – government, purely private and, charity or trust. For the longest time, the three did not interact, and viewed the others with fear and suspicion.

Taking the battle against cancer to the next level, Apollo Hospitals, India’s foremost healthcare provider will be hosting Apollo Cancer Conclave 2014,an international conference aimed at improving cancer management not only in India but across the globe, in the City in early February.

Aptly titled ‘APOLLO PROTECT’, the campaign will focus on encouraging vaccinations for the adolescent and adult population and it will be driven across the group’s integrated healthcare network of50 hospitals, 1500 pharmacies, 100 clinics, 4 Cradle Hospitals, Day Surgery Centers, Occupational Health Centers, Telemedicine centers and Patient Information Centers across the country.

 Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group was honored by CNBC TV18 at the India Business Leaders Awards (IBLA) 2013 by Mr. Anil Uniyal, CEO of CNBC-TV18 and CNBC AWAAZ.

In what can be considered a historical case, Apollo Speciality Hospitals in Vanagaram announced the successful separation of Pygopagus twins from Tanzania – Ericana & Eluidi. A marathon surgery of 18 hours conducted by a select team of 20 doctors from the specialties of neurosurgery, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery and paediatric urology was led by Dr. Venkata Sripathi, Senior Consultant Paediatric Urologist, Apollo Children’s Hospital, Dr. Roshini Gopinathan and Dr. K S Sivakumar, Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeons, Apollo Children’s Hospitals.

Paving the way towards addressing the ever evolving and complex healthcare environment in India, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals has installed a first-of-its-kind cutting edge technology G (Gravity) Scan – an open standing MRI scanner.
This new open standing MRI Machine is a revolutionary platform for musculoskeletal applications including the spine, which provides surgeons a unique additional diagnostic element.