Apollo Hospitals

Infobox_Company
company_name = APOLLO HOSPITALS
company_type = Public
company_
company_slogan = touching lives
foundation = 1983 | industry = Healthcare
location = Chennai, India
key_people = Prathap C. Reddy, Founder and Chairman
Services = Complete health care services
num_employees = 10,000 +
revenue = INR 9.566 billion
homepage = [http://www.apollohospitals.com www.apollohospitals.com]

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

Several of the group's hospitals in India have been among the first in India to receive a form of international healthcare accreditation, in their case by the American-based Joint Commission International (JCI). ["Accreditation for 3 Apollo Hospital branches", The Hindu, May 10, 2006 accessed at [http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/10/stories/2006051003181300.htm] Nov 11, 2006] 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. ["Make medicare affordable, says Rosaiah", The Hindu, September 25, 2006 accessed at [http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/25/stories/2006092511740400.htm] Nov 11, 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. ["Telemedicine puts AP village on health map", The Indian Express, September 7, 2005 accessed at [http://www.indiaempowered.com/full_story.php?content_id=77670] Nov 11, 2006] It is now the largest telemedicine provider in India with 71 centres. ["Philips ties-up with ISRO, Apollo Hospital and DHAN to provide affordable rural healthcare", Philips press notice, July 08, 2005 accessed at [http://www.newscenter.philips.com/about/news/press/article-15053.html] Nov 11, 2006]

Another venture of the group is Apollo Health Street, a global healthcare services company. It offers business process outsourcing (BPO)and IT services internationally, operating out of three countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, and three centres in India (Hyderabad, New Delhi, and Chennai).

ee also

* Medical tourism
* International healthcare accreditation
* Hospital accreditation
* List of hospitals in India
* http://www.surgicaltourism.ca

Further reading

* Rama V. Baru, "Privatisation and corporatisation", 2000:paper 489, Seminar Publications, New Delhi, accessed at [http://www.india-seminar.com/2000/489/489%20baru.htm] November 11, 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.telemedicineindia.com/ Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation]
* [http://www.apollohealthstreet.com Apollo Health Street]
* [http://www.apollobgshospitals.org Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysore - Website]
* http://www.surgicaltourism.ca - Official Canadian Representative