In a development that is expected to significantly improve neonatal care capabilities in India, Apollo Cradle, unveiled its ‘Advanced Technology Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’ (eNICU). The Unit will help significantly in monitoring and recording data of each baby bed in real-time. Through eNICU, Apollo Cradle, can now monitor minute details including medication levels, nutrition, feeding pattern, calorie and growth charts of babies in NICU across the country. This will be a one-stop workflow solution to assimilate and disseminate critical neonatal information.

To commemorate World Arthritis Day 2018, Apollo Hospitals, Aragonda conducted a Walkathon event with the main objective of promoting walking for pain free knees. The walk was flagged off by Dr. Sunil Kumar, MLA, Puttalapattu. Over 400 persons from different walks of life in and around Aragonda participated in the walk. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness about arthritis and how to overcome it with the World Arthritis Day theme as Don’t Delay, Connect Today.

Ms. Nuha Mohanad Hani, a 19-year-old Iraqi girl got her wings back after a successful surgery performed for Spinal AVM by the doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi. Nuha was suffering from a rare spinal disease known as Spinal AVM in which there is an abnormal tangle of blood vessels in or near the spinal cord. The disease can permanently damage the spinal cord, if not treated properly and on time. Nuha was successfully treated for the disease by Dr P.N. Renjen, Senior Consultant – Neurology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and his team recently.

The State Government’s drive for deceased donor organ transplants in Bengal has seen positive results with a rise in the collective awareness and a spurt in organ donation and transplant surgeries in Kolkata.

India has become a global leader in organ transplantation with Apollo Hospitals in the forefront. Mr. Sanjay Kandasamy, now 21, did not have an ordinary childhood. At just 20 months of age, he had a part of his father’s liver transplanted into him in November 1998. In doing so, Sanjay and his doctors created history in the annals of Indian medicine as the country’s first successful liver transplant surgery.

Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan announced the entry of Apollo Hospitals in the state of Kerala with a strategic partnership with Adlux Group. The project Apollo Adlux- Super Speciality Hospital is located near Cochin International Airport, Angamali. The state-of-the-art facility will offer world-class healthcare services to people of all socio-economic strata in this region.

Apollo Hospitals Group was recognized for its outstanding contribution to Medical Value Travel with the FICCI Medical Value Travel Awards during the Advantage Health Care India – 2018 Summit held in Delhi. Four hospitals of the Group won laurels for their excellence in providing Medical Value Travel across specializations.

Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Madurai has now attained the distinction of being the pioneer to introduce and perform Total Knee Replacement by the Novo Technique. After doing more than 3000 knee replacement surgeries, Dr. Jayesh has developed a technique which consumes lesser time, lesser surgical instruments and provides precise alignment, with best results to patients.

Just like any other parent, Mrs. Meena and Mr. Vinod were delighted after the birth of their son, but their joy didn’t last long, as soon after his birth they got to know he was suffering from Transposition of Great Arteries which is a congenital heart defect where the large blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs, and to the body are connected exactly opposite of a normal heart’s structure. Adding to the criticality, the 20 dayold child also had two big holes in his heart (VSD & ASD) along with Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), causing breathlessness.

The department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Apollo Hospitals, Bhubaneswar has added one more feather to its cap by performing an extremely rare surgery on a middle aged lady in restoring her food pipe which had sustained injury following accidental swallowing of her denture.
 
A middle aged lady who had sustained injury to her esophagus following accidental swallowing of denture had undergone treatment in another hospital with an attempt to remove the denture. However, during the treatment process in that hospital she suffered severe damage to her food pipe.