The new Apollo Cancer Institute will offer specialty healthcare of international standards with outcomes matching those of the world’s best hospitals. The Cancer institute, after completion will have two state of the art Linear Accelerator radiation machines to offer the latest radiation therapy treatment and Bone Marrow Transplant. This institute will also have Brachytherapy, whose function is to place radioactive sources inside the patient on a temporary or permanent basis to damage cancer cells’ DNA and destroy their ability to divide and grow.

The objective of the survey by Times research was to arrive at a list of Top Super Speciality Hospitals in India. The specialties that were included in the research were Cardio Sciences, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Urology, Nephrology, Neuro Sciences, Oncology, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Paediatrics & Emergency & Trauma.

Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, presented the ‘Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2017’ to Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited in the Healthcare sector. Dun & Bradstreet has been tracking the performance of India Inc. since 1997 through its premier publication, ‘India’s Top 500 Companies’. Since 2006, Dun & Bradstreet has taken a step further to felicitate the torchbearers among the Indian corporates, through the presentation of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards.

The 9th edition of Apollo Hospital’s International Clinical Nutrition Update (AICNU) Conference, held in Mumbai was organised by the Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics arm of Apollo Hospitals Group. The annual conference serves as a core knowledge exchange platform to distinguished Clinical Nutritionists and Dieticians from around the globe to highlight the latest advancements and updates in the field of Clinical Nutrition. The Conference also aims to provide healthcare practitioners with an understanding of the central role of nutrition in healthcare.

Apollo Cancer Institute, Hyderabad has accomplished a rare distinction of successfully treating three patients with acute blood cancer ailments, who were in a precarious condition when they came to the hospital. These patients were suffering from rare Bone Marrow Stem Cell Disorders of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria (PNH) – a bone marrow stem cell disease, which leads to rapid destruction of red cells; Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia – a rare type of Blood cancer with less than 8% survival rate and Aplastic Anaemia – a disease of Bone marrow, which curtails blood cells production.

This Gastroenterology unit is the first of its kind in the state of Karnataka for performing rare and unusual procedures making Mysore the hub of best medical care in the field of Gastroenterology in Karnataka. Launching the unit, Gastroenterology Institute Head, Dr. Rajkumar Wadhwa, said that the technology includes latest high definition magnifying endoscopes and blue laser imaging method, a new endoscopic system to image upper gastrointestinal lesions for early detection of gastric cancer and early esophageal cancer.

The partnership will offer two new Regenerative Medicine Cell Therapy products – Ossron™ and Chondron® for bone and cartilage problems, respectively. The two products will address unmet clinical needs in the orthopaedic market with respect to sports injuries, accidents and alternate to hip replacements and knee replacements for a young arthritic knee. In an exclusive tie-up between Apollo Hospitals and RMS Regrow, the treatment therapy will be made available across all Apollo Hospitals, Apollo Spectra Hospitals and Apollo clinics in India.

A vague symptom of numbness turned out to be a rare case of complex brain aneurysm (a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel) for 56-year-old Shylaja, a Vijaynagar resident. Feeling sudden weakness and numbness on the left side of her body, she rushed to a neurologist last month, who diagnosed her with brain aneurysm. In her case, of the four arteries pumping blood and glucose from the heart to the brain, two major arteries were blocked and the remaining two which come together to form one artery had worn out due to overburdening.

In India, dengue has emerged as one of the biggest threats to public health. Last year, more than 1 lakh dengue cases were reported in India with 245 unfortunate dengue deaths. Dengue is an acute viral disease, which is caused by a mosquito bite. It is growing rapidly and continues to take lives of innocent people unabatedly because dengue has no cure and has to be treated symptomatically. While people are aware of the cause of dengue, there is a lack of awareness on how dengue can be cured.

Citrullinaemia is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder affecting about 1 in 57,000 people worldwide including a neonatal acute form and a late-onset form. Citrullinaemia is caused by deficiency or absence of the enzyme argininosuccinatesynthetase (ASS), one of six enzymes that play a key role in the removal of nitrogen from the body in the process known as the urea cycle. The lack of this enzyme results in excessive accumulation of nitrogen in the form of ammonia in the blood. The symptoms of citrullinemia are seen usually following a protein meal.