Apollo Hospitals plans expansion in Africa

“There are hospitals available for takeover in Tanzania, Botswana and Nigeria. We are looking at them,” said Rodney Mohan. P, senior general manager, international business development, Apollo Hospitals. He declined to provide more details.
Apollo is setting up a 500-bed hospital in Tanzania that will require an investment of $70 million and plans to serve patients from east and west Africa.
The hospital will have 300 beds in the first phase, and the rest will be added in the second phase. The construction of the hospital will start in 2012 and the doctors at the facility will be a mix of Indians and local hires.

 Apollo also plans to set up a clinic each in Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia, he said.
“We are very hopeful about our expansion plans in Africa,” said Sangita Reddy, executive director-operations, Apollo group of Hospitals.

“The clinics will support the hospital. It will be a hub-and-spoke model. The preparation of the feasibility report for the clinics is on,” said Sudhir Diggikar, chief executive of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd.

Every clinic will involve an investment of around Rs. 12 crore. At present, the healthcare service provider has a capacity of more than 8,700 beds across 54 hospitals within and outside India.
Joseph Mettle Nunoo, deputy health minister of Ghana, said Apollo is interested in setting up a hospital there as well.
An increasing number of African countries are interested in partnering with Indian organizations both in the public and the private sectors in the areas of healthcare services, manufacturing of tropical drugs and joint research for prevention of communicable diseases.
Currently, around 35,000 African patients visit Apollo’s facilities in India. The Apollo Group​ through its Apollo Global Projects Consultancy has been undertaking hospital consulting jobs in Africa.
“International patients contribute around 25% to our topline,” said Radhey Mohan. P
Apollo Hospitals posted a net profit of Rs. 137.6 crore on sales of Rs. 26,054 crore in the last fiscal.
Capacity building in areas such as healthcare is at the focus of India’s relationship building with African nations. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, at the India-Africa summit held in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in May, announced that $700 million will be provided for training and building new institutions in the continent.

     A report prepared by the Export-Import Bank of India for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry says, “India’s contribution for the promotion of African connectivity and the value-added services in the knowledge domain in education, healthcare, e-governance, agriculture would contribute in capacity building activities in the African region. This, in turn, would further enhance the role of India as a partner in Africa’s development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and share its experience and expertise with countries in the African region.”

Apollo Hospitals plans expansion in Africa

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, India’s biggest healthcare chain, plans to buy hospitals in Tanzania, Botswana and Nigeria in addition to its plan to set up one in Dar es Salaam.

“There are hospitals available for takeover in Tanzania, Botswana and Nigeria. We are looking at them,” said Radhey Mohan. P, senior general manager, international business development, Apollo Hospitals. He declined to provided more details.

Apollo is setting up a 500-bed hospital in Tanzania that will require an investment of $70 million and plans to serve patients from east and west Africa.

The hospital will have 300 beds in the first phase, and the rest will be added in the second phase. The construction of the hospital will start in 2012 and the doctors at the facility will be a mix of Indians and local hires.

Apollo also plans to set up a clinic each in Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia, he said.

“We are very hopeful about our expansion plans in Africa,” said Sangita Reddy, executive director-operations, Apollo group of Hospitals.

“The clinics will support the hospital. It will be a hub-and-spoke model. The preparation of the feasibility report for the clinics is on,” said Sudhir Diggikar, chief executive of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd.

Every clinic will involve an investment of around Rs. 12 crore. At present, the healthcare service provider has a capacity of more than 8,700 beds across 54 hospitals within and outside India.

Joseph Mettle Nunoo, deputy health minister of Ghana, said Apollo is interested in setting up a hospital there as well.

An increasing number of African countries are interested in partnering with Indian organizations both in the public and the private sectors in the areas of healthcare services, manufacturing of tropical drugs and joint research for prevention of communicable

Apollo Hospitals, the first to introduce Personalized Regenerative Cell Therapies for Aesthetics in India !

Apollo Hospitals is the first in India to launch Regenerative Cell-Enriched Cosmetic Treatments at Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad and Apollo Cosmetic Clinics. Apollo Hospitals and Cytori Therapeutics, a leader in regenerative medicine technologies, announced an alliance to introduce Cytori's Celution® System for personalized cell therapy at Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad and Apollo Centers of Cosmetic Surgery.
The integration of Cytori's Celution-based personalized cell therapy into Apollo Hospital's "Cosmetic Centers of Excellence" will for the first time make available a patient's own adipose (Fat) derived regenerative cells (ADRCs) as an all-natural, soft-tissue filler across a variety of cosmetic procedures in India. As part of this alliance, Cytori and Apollo have collaborated in Hyderabad and Delhi with plans for additional locations throughout India this year.
The Centers of Cosmetic Surgery at Apollo Hospitals is an acknowledged centers of excellence. Cosmetic enhancement treatment, beyond being a way of aesthetic improvement, involves advanced and intricate procedures. These Centers also offers medical tourists from all over the world superior quality cosmetic treatment at costs that are highly affordable, with results comparable to those at the best centers across the globe.
Speaking about the alliance, Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Founder and Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, "At Apollo Hospitals, we pride ourselves on introducing the latest technological advancements to help improve health care outcomes. The alliance with Cytori will revolutionize the delivery of personalized cell therapy in India. The Cytori Celution® System represents best-in-class regenerative medicine technology that enables surgeons' access to the power of the patient's own regenerative cells as real-time therapy across a variety of ischemic diseases."
Commenting on this relationship Christopher J. Calhoun, CEO of Cytori, said, "We are honored to work closely with Apollo Hospitals to make personalized cell therapy available. Apollo Hospitals represent best-in-class institutions in India and appropriate venues to enable surgeons to unlock the natural healing mechanisms of the human body to treat critical unmet medical conditions. This alliance should help ensure India becomes a leading hub in regenerative medicine worldwide."

Apollo Pharmacy has been awarded the Best Healthcare Retail Company of the Year- 2011 by Frost & Sullivan, Mumbai !

Alexandria-Frost & Sullivan 2011 India Excellence in Healthcare Awards seek to recognize companies and individuals that have pushed the boundaries of excellence, rising above the competition and demonstrating outstanding performance across South Asia.
Apollo Pharmacy has been awarded the Best Healthcare Retail Company of the Year 2011 under the Healthcare Delivery Awards category.

Apollo launches Liver Clinic

Over 50 million Indians are affected by liver ailments and the incidence appears to be on the rise, said Anand Rammurthy, consultant, surgical gastroenterology and liver transplantation, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He was speaking at the launch of Apollo liver clinic at Jehangir Hospital and Apollo Clinic in Vimannagar recently.

"The liver clinic is a novel concept that offers multidisciplinary evaluation under one roof by several sub-specialists in liver medicine," Rammurthy said. The aim of launching the clinic is to create awareness and provide screening and treatment facilities under one roof, he added.

He described liver as a silent, uncomplaining worker.

Asked about the current shortage of cadaveric donors, Rammurthy said, "Living donor liver transplant is a safe procedure with high success rates for both the donor and the recipient."

"Apollo Liver Clinics is an effort to simplify, streamline and optimise the care of patients with liver disease. It has launched as a part of our mission to increase awareness regarding liver health, liver diseases as well as treatment for cirrhosis or end stage liver disease with liver transplantation. The clinic provides a road map of the treatment plan that is optimally tailored for individual patient,"s he added.

Apollo launches Liver Clinic

Over 50 million Indians are affected by liver ailments and the incidence appears to be on the rise, said Anand Rammurthy, consultant, surgical gastroenterology and liver transplantation, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He was speaking at the launch of Apollo liver clinic at Jehangir Hospital and Apollo Clinic in Vimannagar recently.

"The liver clinic is a novel concept that offers multidisciplinary evaluation under one roof by several sub-specialists in liver medicine," Rammurthy said. The aim of launching the clinic is to create awareness and provide screening and treatment facilities under one roof, he added.

He described liver as a silent, uncomplaining worker.

Asked about the current shortage of cadaveric donors, Rammurthy said, "Living donor liver transplant is a safe procedure with high success rates for both the donor and the recipient."

"Apollo Liver Clinics is an effort to simplify, streamline and optimise the care of patients with liver disease. It has launched as a part of our mission to increase awareness regarding liver health, liver diseases as well as treatment for cirrhosis or end stage liver disease with liver transplantation. The clinic provides a road map of the treatment plan that is optimally tailored for individual patient,"s he added.

Group

Apollo Hospitals Group is the acknowledged leader in bringing super speciality world-class healthcare to India.

It is presently the largest integrated healthcare company in Asia.

Medical Milestones

Employs over 4000 specialists and super-specialists and 3000 medical officers spanning 53 clinical departments in patient care.

Achieved a 99.6% success rate in cardiac bypass surgeries, over 91% of these were beating heart surgeries.

Conducted over 55,000 cardiac surgeries - one of only 10 hospitals in the world to achieve these volumes.

First Indian hospital group to introduce new techniques in Coronary Angioplasty, Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery.

Performed over 7,50,000 major surgeries and over 10,00,000 minor surgical procedures with exceptional clinical outcomes.

Pioneered orthopaedic procedures like hip and knee replacements, the Illizarov procedure and the Birmingham hip re-surfacing technique.

Pioneered the concept of preventive healthcare in India successfully completed over 700,000 Preventive Health Checks.

First hospital group to bring the 64 Slice CT-Angio scan system.

First hospital group in South-East Asia to introduce the 16 Slice PET-CT Scan.

First to perform liver, multi-organ and cord blood transplants in India.

Equipped with the largest and most sophisticated sleep laboratory in the world.

With a large gap between the need and availability of hospitals facilities, our focus is to increase the bed capacity by about 30% every year. 

Major thrust fields of activities of the group consist of Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals Consultancy, Information Technology including internet based technology, Telemedicine, Education and Training, Virtual Medical University, Home Healthcare and Pharmacy Retailing. 

Hospital Care

Accident and Emergency department of Hospital has
» A Triage Room - when large number of patients arrive at same time, patients with medical priorities are treated first.
» 6 Beddded Resuscitation Room - Patients with life threating problems are stabilised in this area by team of specialist docotrs. Resuscitation room is fully equipped with modern monitors, defibrillators and ventilators
» 14 Bed High-dependency ward - This is the transit area to treat the patients till they are stabilised enough to be shifted to assigned ward , ICU of go home.
» Back-up Support - The emergency wing is backed up by 24 hr Blood Bank, Biochemistry labs, Diagnostics imaging facilities and exclusive emergency Opeartion Theatre.
» Over 50 Specialities - Consultants over 50 specialities are available round the clock to treat all type of emergencies from head to toe. This is the unique feacture of Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. 

Emergency Center

Apollo Hospital Delhi is a pioneer of modern day emergency care in India with facilities of international standards. Emergency Centre of Excellence has a team of board-certified doctors, registered nurses, and other specially trained staff is available at all times to treat anyone seeking emergency medical care and ACLS ambulances equipped with the essential equipment like oxygen, ventilator, monitors, syringe pumps, and emergency drugs are available round the clock.
The Apollo Hospital staff strives to provide patients with the highest quality emergency care and following services in an efficient and timely manner:


Pre-Hospital Care:

This department has facilities for providing ambulance which are fully air conditioned and are equipped with monitors and ventilators. Services of the air-ambulance, well equipped with resuscitative equipment, may also be made available on demand for quick evacuation of critically ill patients. The treatment of acutely ill or injured patients is done by proficient doctors and emergency staff nurses. All ambulances have mobile phone communication system with the Emergency Department of the hospital and the details of patient’s condition are passed on the qualified team waiting in Emergency.
For further information, please contact:
Mr J.K. Upadhyay
Head – Apollo Ambulance Services
Mobile: +91 7698815021
Email: transport@apolloahd.com
Hospital Care:
Acutely ill and injured patients are treated by an expert team consisting of well trained emergency medicine specialist, trauma surgeon and emergency nurses, supported by nicely organized back up services.

Emergency & Trauma Care Unit at Apollo Hospitals, Delhi has ED Reception and Registration Desk, Triage Room, Resuscitation Area, Barrier Nursing Room, Decontamination Area, Treatment Area.

• Back-up Support: The emergency wing is also backed up by 24 hr Blood Bank, Biochemistry labs, Diagnostics imaging facilities and exclusive emergency Operation Theatre.

Apollo Help Lines

Ms. Parveen Shaikh
Corporate Relations Officer
Phone No: +91 79 66701800 Ext: 1089
Telefax: +91 79 66701843

Apollo Hospitals International Limited
Plot No. 1A, Bhat GIDC Estate,
Gandhinagar - 382428
Gujarat, India.
  

Architect of Healthcare

Today Apollo Hospitals group is recognized as the "Architect of Healthcare" in India. Apollo group has a long history of accomplishments with its unique ability of resource management.
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad opened in May 2003. A multi-specialty quaternary care hospital further strengthens the healthcare infrastructure in Gujarat, setting new benchmarks in quality standards in healthcare delivery. Keeping with the tradition of delivering healthcare at par with the best in the world, Apollo relies a great deal on innovation, introspection and improvement to render tender loving care to patients.
Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad provides holistic healthcare that includes prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and health education for patients, their families and clients by touching their lives.

Clinic Specialties

Centers of Excellence

Apollo Hospitals has dedicated Centers of Excellence for several key specialties and superspecialties. They are unique and state of the art facilities spread across several of the Apollo hospital location and each Centre of Excellence stands out as a citadel of excellence.

By Speciality

·                               Heart Institute

·                               Orthopedics

·                               Spine Surgery

·                               Gastroenterology

·                               Neurosciences

·                               Cancer Care

·                               Nephrology and Urology

·                               Critical Care

·                               Preventive Care

By Organ / Condition

·                               Heart

·                               Bones & Joints

·                               Brain, Spine & Nerves

·                               Stomach

·                               Brain

·                               Cancer

·                               Kidney

Highlights

1.                        State of the art and Best in class Infrastructure

2.                        Excellent clinical team and dedicated and committed Human Resources

3.                        Credentialing and Privileging of all clinical staff

4.                        Clinical Pathways usage for best possible outcomes

5.                        Excellence in Allied Services and Specialties

6.                        Focus on Research

7.                        Emphasis on Quality Management

8.                        Excellence in Academics

9.                        Benchmarking against the world's best centres

10.                    Tracking and standardization of best practices

Doctor

Apollo Hospitals has over 500 doctors working in over 25 different specialties to cater to patient needs. We wish to make you comfortable in every way we can. Find your own doctor by location or by specialty and feel at home whilst building a relationship with them.

Hospital 's Background

Hospitals and healthcare services are vital components of any well-ordered and humane society, and will indisputably be the recipients of societal resources. That hospitals should be places of safety, not only for patients but also for the staff and for the general public, is of the greatest importance. Quality of hospitals and healthcare services is also of great interest to many other bodies, including governments, NGOs targeting healthcare and social welfare, professional organizations representing doctors, patient organizations, shareholders of companies providing healthcare services, etc. However, accreditation schemes are not the same thing as government-controlled initiatives set up to assess healthcare providers with only governmental objectives in mind - ideally, the functioning and finance of hospital accreditation schemes should be independent of governmental control.

How quality is maintained and improved in hospitals and healthcare services is the subject of much debate. Hospital surveying and accreditation is one recognized means by which this can be achieved.

It is not just an issue of hospital quality. There are financial factors as well. For example, in the USA, up until recently the Joint Commission exercised a de facto veto over whether or not US hospitals and other health providers were able to participate, and therefore earn from, the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This situation has changed in recent years.

Medical tourism

Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain health care. It also refers pejoratively to the practice of healthcare providers travelling internationally to deliver healthcare.

Services typically sought by travelers include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries such as joint replacement(knee/hip), cardiac surgery, dental surgery, and cosmetic surgeries. However, virtually every type of health care, including psychiatry, alternative treatments, convalescent care and even burial services are available.

Over 50 countries have identified medical tourism as a national industry. However, accreditation and other measures of quality vary widely across the globe, and some destinations may become hazardous or even dangerous for medical tourists.

In the context of global health, "medical tourism" is a pejorative because during such trips health care providers often practice outside of their areas of expertise or hold different (i.e., lower) standards of care. Greater numbers than ever before of student volunteers, health professions trainees, and researchers from resource-rich countries are working temporarily and anticipating future work in resource-starved areas. This emphasizes the importance of understanding this other definition.

Information

Apollo Hospitals is a major hospital chain based in Chennai, India. It was founded by Dr.Prathap C. Reddy in 1983. Apollo is private healthcare provider in Asia with hospitals in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Mauritius, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait.

Several of the group's hospitals have been among the first in India to receive a form ofinternational healthcare accreditation, in their case by the American-based Joint Commission International (JCI). The Hyderabad hospital was the first in the world, outside the US, to receive JCI's Disease- or Condition-Specific Care (DCSC) Certification in addition to general accreditation when it received this for its Acute Stroke treatment in 2006.However, they have not as yet acquired international accreditation from any hospital accreditation group from outside of the USA.

The group has developed services in telemedicine, after starting a pilot project in 2000 in Dr Pratap C. Reddy's own home village. It is now the largest telemedicine provider in India with 71 centers.

Another venture of the group is Apollo Health Street, a global healthcare services company (Apollo Health Street). It offers business process outsourcing (BPO)and IT services internationally, operating out of three countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, and four centres in India (Hyderabad, New Delhi, Chennai and Combater). The success of Apollo Hospitals has made it the topic for Harvard Business School case study.