Hospitals within the reach of all are a reality today
. There was a time when there were only few hospitals in India located only in the major cities and patients with chronic ailments required to travel far distances to get cured. A general hospital may not be equipped with all the medical facilities available today. Though a general hospital may operate even in a small town yet it is a super specialty hospital that caters to the emerging health care needs of patients. Among the hospitals in India, one hospital that has carved a distinctive niche with a track record of curing many major diseases is Apollo Hospital. This health care destination is at the forefront of surgical facilities and medical technology with over 50 medical and surgical disciplines.
Apollo Hospital is a leading super specialty hospital group operating several hospitals in the South Asian region including numerous being located in the Indian cities. No wonder the number of hospital branches it has, has deemed it the biggest hospital group in Asia and the third largest in the world. It is not only hospitals that Apollo Hospital is prominent; it is also equally high-flying in its operation of pharmacies, diagnostic clinics, medical transcription centres, nursing and hospital management colleges including telemedicine and third-party administration. That is again not the end of the expansion saga of Apollo Hospital. The brand, through its offshoot Apollo Health and Life Science Limited, has a chain of almost 60 branded day-to-day retail clinics across India and the Middle East. These retail clinics are functional on a franchised basis the only successful example of healthcare franchised in India!
Apollo Hospital is headquartered in Chennai. The Chennai branch happens to be the first hospital in the country to perform total knee replacement surgery.