Izibhedlela zasePhilips nase-Apollo ziyabambisana ukuqinisa ukunakekelwa kwesifo sohlangothi kanye nezifo zenhliziyo eNdiya

E-New Delhi, Februwari 19, 2026: IPhilips, umholi kwezobuchwepheshe bezempilo, kanye ne-Apollo Hospitals, omunye wabahlinzeki bezempilo abathembeke kakhulu ezweni, bamemezele ukusayinwa kweMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) engakhethekile yokuhlola izinhlelo ezingaba khona zokuthuthukisa ukunakekelwa kwesifo sohlangothi kanye nokuphathwa kwezifo zenhliziyo ngendlela ehlelekile kulo lonke elaseNdiya. Noma yiziphi izinhlelo ezithile zizohambisana nezivumelwano eziqondile kanye nokuvunyelwa okudingekayo.

Ngaphansi kwe-MOU, amaqembu ahlose ukuqinisa izindlela zokunakekelwa ezisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ezisekelwe emikhubeni yezokwelapha yangempela. Ngokuhlanganisa amakhono kaPhilip okwelapha athuthukisiwe kanye nokwelashwa okuqondiswa yizithombe kanye nobuchwepheshe bezokwelapha buka-Apollo, lesi sinyathelo sihlose ukusekela ukwenza izinqumo okuhlanganisiwe kuzo zonke izifo kanye nokungenelela—ikakhulukazi ezimweni eziyinkimbinkimbi, ezithinta isikhathi.

Lokhu kubambisana kuza ngesikhathi esibalulekile ohlelweni lwezempilo lwaseNdiya. I-India iqophe umlando wayo Amacala amasha okuhlaselwa yisifo sohlangothi ayizigidi eziyi-1.25 ngo-2021, cishe kabili inani elabikwa ngo-1990, ngokusho kwe-Lancet Neurology, okubonisa ukwanda okukhulu kokusabalala kanye nokusabalala kwalesi sifo eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule. Lo mthwalo okhulayo wezifo ubonakala kudatha yokufa kazwelonke, kanye izifo zenhliziyo manje seziyimbangela ehamba phambili yokufa eNdiya, okubalwa cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabo bonke abashonile, ngokusho koMbhalisi Jikelele waseNdiya. Lezi zindlela zigcizelela isidingo esiphuthumayo sezindlela ezihlanganisiwe nezisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe zokuxilonga, ukungenelela, kanye nokunakekelwa kwesikhathi eside.

URoy Jakobs, oyiChief Executive Officer, uRoyal Philips, uthe, "Izinhlelo zokunakekelwa kwempilo eNdiya zisesikhathini esibalulekile, njengoba ukwanda kwezimo eziyinkimbinkimbi zenhliziyo nezezinzwa kubeka izidingo ezikhulayo kodokotela. Ngalokhu kubambisana ne-Apollo Hospitals, i-Philips ihlose ukuletha amapulatifomu ayo omhlaba wonke ekwelashweni okuthuthukisiwe kwezithombe kanye nokwelashwa okuqondiswa yizithombe ukusiza ekwakheni izindlela zokunakekelwa eziqinile, ezisekelwe kudatha ezisekela ukungenelela kwangaphambi kwesikhathi, ukunemba okukhulu kanye nokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo emiphumeleni yeziguli ngezinga elikhulu."

UDkt. Prathap C. Reddy, uMsunguli kanye noSihlalo we-Apollo Hospitals Group, uthe, "Njengoba izidingo zezempilo zaseNdiya zikhula ngobunzima, ukuhlanganiswa kobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe nobuchwepheshe bezokwelapha kubalulekile ukuze kuhlinzekwe ukunakekelwa okuthuthukisiwe nokusezingeni eliphezulu. Ukubambisana kwethu nePhilips kuhlanganisa ifa lika-Apollo lokugqama kwezokwelapha ngezixazululo zezithombe ezithuthukisiwe ezisebenzisa i-AI zePhilips ukuze kuqiniswe izindlela zethu zokuhlaselwa yisifo sohlangothi kanye nesifo senhliziyo. Ngokusebenzisa izithombe ezinembile ukuze sikwazi ukungenelela okusheshayo nokwaziswa okwengeziwe, sihlose ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle ngenkathi sithuthukisa ukululama kokusebenza kanye nokusheshisa ukuphuma kweziguli zethu. Umoya wethu wokuphayona kanye nokuzibophezela okungaguquki ekunakekelweni okugxile esigulini kuchaze uhambo lwethu iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane, futhi sizoqhubeka nokuqhuba izinto ezintsha ezibeka imiphumela engcono kanye nesithunzi somuntu enhliziyweni yakho konke esikwenzayo."

Isivumelwano Sokuvumelana sisayinwe nguRoy Jakobs, iSikhulu Esiphezulu, iRoyal Philips kanye noNkz. Shobana Kamineni, iPhini likaSihlalo eliPhezulu, i-Apollo Health Co Ltd. phambi kukaDkt. Prathap C. Reddy, uMsunguli kanye noSihlalo we-Apollo Hospitals Group.  

I-MoU igxile ezindaweni ezimbili zezokwelapha: isifo senhliziyo esihlelekile kanye nokunakekelwa kwesifo sohlangothi. Esifweni senhliziyo esihlelekile, izinhlelo zihlose ukuthuthukisa ukunemba kwenqubo, ukuthuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kokuqhathanisa, kanye nokuqinisa isiqondiso sezithombe ngesikhathi sangempela. Ekunakekelweni kwesifo sohlangothi, ukubambisana kuhlose ukusheshisa ukusebenza kwezithombe kanye nokwenza lula izindlela zeziguli ezivumela ukungenelela ngaphakathi kwehora legolide, ukunciphisa isikhathi sokuya enalitini, ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwezokwelapha, kanye nokusekela ukunakekelwa okufika ngesikhathi, okuqhubekayo lapho umzuzu ngamunye ubalulekile.