UKUGQIBELA NGOBUNTU - 'UMPHILISI'
UGqr. Prathap C. ReddyUGqr Prathap C Reddy, uMseki-sihlalo weQela leZibhedlele ze-Apollo, ngumbono wezobuchwephesha wezempilo zaseIndiya zanamhlanje. Uchazwa kakuhle njengomntu onovelwano ozinikele ubomi bakhe ekuziseni ukhathalelo lwezempilo olukumgangatho wehlabathi phakathi kokufikelela kwizigidi ngezoqoqosho nakwezelizwe.
Ngo-1983, uGqr. Reddy waqalisa uhambo olungaqhelekanga ngokuseka izibhedlele ze-Apollo, ezingazange ziguqule nje ukhathalelo lwempilo e-Indiya kodwa ziphinde zibe nguvulindlela kwishishini lezempilo labucala eIndiya. Imodeli ye-Apollo yokunyamekela yaphefumlela abaninzi, kwaye ngoku, ngaphezu kwe-300 ezinye izibhedlele ezinkulu, eziphakamileyo eziphezulu ziye zaphakamisa umgangatho wokunyamekela eIndiya, okwenza ukuba kufumaneke kwishumi leendleko zamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokuguqula indlela abantu belizwe abahlala ngayo kunye nokutshintsha indlela yokuphila. ukufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo.
Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, nangona emdala, uGqr. Reddy usebenza ngokuzimisela ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-20 yonke imihla ukuze aqonde umbono wakhe wokwenza ukuba ukhathalelo lwezempilo lufikeleleke kubo bonke.

Umbono wakhe wawungaphelelanga kwizibhedlele, kodwa ujolise ekudaleni i-ecosystem edibeneyo yokhathalelo. Ngaphantsi kobunkokeli bakhe, i-Apollo Hospitals Group iye yaseka malunga neekhemesti ze-6000, iindawo zokuthengisa ze-2000, kunye nabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-25 ababhalisiweyo kwiqonga ledijithali i-Apollo 24/7.
Eqhutywa yimvakalelo enzulu yoxanduva loluntu, umbono kaGqr Reddy udlulela ngaphaya kwemida yamaziko asezidolophini. Wasebenzisa itekhnoloji ukubonelela ngokhathalelo lwezonyango olukumgangatho ophezulu nakwiikona ezikude zelizwe, njengoko kuboniswa yimpumelelo enkulu ye-telemedicine eIndiya. Ngaphezu kwako konke, uGqr. Reddy unike ithemba kuye wonke ummi kunye nezigulana kumazwe angaphezu kwe-150 kwihlabathi jikelele, apho kwakungekho ngaphambili.
UGqr. Reddy ube ngumthetheleli othembekileyo we-inshurensi yezempilo enyanzelekileyo, ekholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba ibalulekile kwintlalontle yesizwe. Iprojekthi yakhe yokuqala ye-inshorensi ye-Re.1-a-day, eyaziswa ekuqaleni kwilali yakhe yokuzalwa, yamisela isiseko senkqubo ye-Inshurensi yeMpilo yeHlabathi kaRhulumente waseIndiya.

Umntu ocingayo ngaphambi kwexesha lakhe, phakathi kwe-70s, uGqr. Reddy wazisa i-Master Health Check e-Indiya kwaye uyaqhubeka enomdla wokunyamekela impilo yokukhusela. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-30 zokuhlolwa kwezempilo kuye kwenziwa liQela leZibhedlele ze-Apollo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kwaye kujongwe ukuxhaphaka kwezifo ezingasuleliyo, ukubaluleka kwalo msebenzi akunakujongelwa phantsi. Ukuzibophelela kwakhe ekulweni nesifo kubonakala kubunkokeli bakhe beBillion Hearts Beating Foundation, eyakhuthaza amaIndiya ukuba abeke phambili impilo yentliziyo.
Kwindawo yomgaqo-nkqubo kunye nobunkokeli bokucinga, uDkt. Reddy uye wadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekusekeni imibutho eyahlukeneyo yezempilo kunye neekomiti, kwaye uye waba ngumloli oyintloko womgaqo-nkqubo wezempilo kunye nokuhanjiswa eIndiya. Uye waba negalelo ekusekeni i-NATHEALTH, iqonga elinamandla elikhuthaza ukutshintshwa kweengqondo kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo ukuze kuxhamle impilo kulo lonke ilizwe, kunye ne-GAPIO, i-Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, inethiwekhi yamagqirha aqeqeshwe kakhulu avela kwihlabathi jikelele.
Eyaziwa kwaye ehlonitshwa kwihlabathi jikelele, uGqr. Prathap C Reddy wawonga 'ngePadma Vibhushan, ibhaso lesibini eliphezulu laseIndiya, ngenxa yokungagungqi kwakhe ukugqwesa kukhathalelo lwempilo. Ibhayoloji yakhe, "uMphilisi: UGqr Prathap Chandra Reddy kunye noTshintsho lwaseIndiya," isebenza njengobungqina bohambo lwakhe olumangalisayo lokuphilisa kunye nenkathalo, izizukulwana ezikhuthazayo ezizayo.

I-philanthropist ezinikeleyo, uGqr. Reddy wazisa amanyathelo oluntu anceda ukudlula imiqobo, kwaye umzekelo ophawulekayo yi-Save a Child's Heart Initiative, ejongene nomba oxhaphakileyo wesifo senhliziyo esizalwa eIndiya.
Ukongezelela, ubesoloko enomdla malunga nendlela epheleleyo yophuhliso loluntu, njengoko kubonakaliswe yi-Total Health Foundation ejolise ekuphakamiseni abantu ngabanye ngokwasemzimbeni, ngokwengqondo, ngokweemvakalelo, ngokwemali nangokomoya, ukwakha uluntu olubandakanyayo. Imodeli entsha yempilo yabemi, inkqubo yeMpilo iyonke kwisithili sakwaGqr. Reddy, e-Aragonda kumazantsi eIndiya, iphumelele iziphumo ezimangalisayo, ezipapashwe ngamaziko adumileyo afana neSikole seHarvard seMpilo yoLuntu. Ngoku, iAragonda ngokwenene, emoyeni, iBlue Zone.
Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo kukhathalelo lwempilo lwaseIndiya, uGqr. Reddy uye waqiniswa kwinjongo eyomeleleyo – impilo kunye nolonwabo kubo bonke. Ngomnyaka we-40 wokusekwa kweZibhedlele ze-Apollo, intsapho yase-Apollo yaphinda yazinikela kule njongo, ijolise ekugqithiseni imiqobo yejografi, amandla, okanye iteknoloji ukudala impembelelo engapheliyo, ezinzileyo.
UGqr Prathap C Reddy, uMseki-sihlalo weQela leZibhedlele ze-Apollo, ngumbono wezobuchwephesha wezempilo zaseIndiya zanamhlanje. Uchazwa kakuhle njengomntu onovelwano ozinikele ubomi bakhe ekuziseni ukhathalelo lwezempilo olukumgangatho wehlabathi phakathi kokufikelela kwizigidi ngezoqoqosho nakwezelizwe.
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