As part of the Public Private Partnership initiative to control Tuberculosis, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad and RNTCP (Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program), Telangana, jointly hosted the World TB Day – 2018 program, on the eve of World TB Day (March 24th). Each year, world-over, the day is commemorated to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.

Over three decades ago, in 1987, Apollo Pharmacy was started with the single minded goal to ensure protection from spurious drugs and provide consumers with round-the-clock access to genuine life-saving and OTC drugs. Apollo Pharmacy has always upheld Apollo’s patient first philosophy and consumers depend on us to always safeguard them when it matters most. This momentous milestone underscores the trust that India reposes in Apollo Pharmacy.

During the workshop, the Apollo hospitals team appealed to people through presentations on road accidents, casualties and surgery. Apollo Hospitals will soon launch traffic awareness drives through skit shows in rural district areas. Addressing the workshop, Consultants of Department of Neurosurgery Dr. Sunil Sharma and Dr Rajkumar said that during people often invite mishaps due to reckless driving, not following the rules and driving under the influence of alcohol.

IPL Sunrisers team members, Rashid Khan, Carlos Brathwaite, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul and Tom Moody, joined the celebrations of over 70 hearing impaired girls benefitting from the ‘Hearing Impaired Girl Child Project’ (HIGCP), initiated by Apollo Hospitals and SAHI, three years ago at Apollo Medical College, Jubilee Hills. The project was incidentally launched by the Sunrisers team in 2015.

Apollo Hospitals treats 22 under privileged infants free-of-cost for cardiac ailments

Includes 11 open heart surgeries
Programme will be extended to 44 more infants

Having completed 1500 Bone Marrow Transplants, Dr Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka congratulated Apollo Hospitals for this rare achievement which benefits not only patients from India but also thousands suffering in various parts of the world. Patients have been treated at Apollo Hospitals from all over India including Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kozhikode, Gujarat, Bengal and from foreign countries like Oman, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Dubai, UAE and Mauritius.

On the event of achieving 1500 Bone Marrow Transplants, Dr. Abdullah Al Shukaili, Health Attache, Oman Consulate congratulated Apollo Hospitals for the accomplishment and service to mankind. Patients have been treated from all over India including Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kozhikode, Gujarat, Bengal and from foreign countries like Oman, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Dubai, UAE and Mauritius. The 1500 Bone Marrow Transplant endorses the success of these high-end procedures for both Children and adults with survival rates comparable to western countries.

1500 patients have been treated at Apollo Bone Marrow Transplant units from all over India including Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kozhikode, Gujarat, Bengal as well as from foreign countries like Oman, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Tanzania, Dubai, UAE, and Mauritius. Apollo Hospitals, Chennai was the first hospital to conduct India’s first cord blood transplant and unrelated transplant, and the 1500 BMT landmark endorses the success of these high-end procedures for both children and adults with survival rates comparable to western centres.

Reconstructive Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi by Dr. Shahin Nooreyezdan, Consultant – Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery made it possible for a Uzbekistan patient to sit down after 32 years.
Gulnora Rapikhova, is a 37 year old patient from Uzbekistan whose life changed after she was operated by Dr. Shahin Nooreyezdan, to heal her chronic burn wounds at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi. Rapikhova travelled all the way from Tashkent to New Delhi while standing or lying down in the flight.

Apollo Hospitals, Aragonda had successfully performed 50 Knee Replacement surgeries (44 unilateral & 3 Bilateral), 1 Shoulder Arthroscopy and 1 ACL Left Knee construction. Apollo Hospitals is the first hospital in India to perform Knee Replacement Surgeries (Unilateral & Bilateral) in a remote village.
Dr. Madan Mohan Reddy, Dr. Vijay Kishore Reddy, Dr. Kunal Patel, Dr. Sridhar, Dr. Sreenivasan along with hospital staff made it possible, at an affordable cost.