Apollo completes 20 years of healthcare delivery

Chennai: In what is like an occasion to celebrate for the entire nation, the Apollo Hospitals group, India's first and Asia's largest private healthcare provider, completed 20 years of dedicated service to people today.

What makes the occasion even more important is that it coincides with the Apollo Hospitals group emerging as the 'world's third largest private healthcare services provider'. After its humble beginning in 1983 with a 150-bed hospital at Chennai, the group has grown and performed consistently, touching over 10 million lives and presently having a network of over 36 hospitals, owning and managing more than 6,200 beds in India and abroad.

The group, on its 20th anniversary, outlined aggressive plans for growth and shared the blueprint for reaching out to the global audience, the first definitive step in the direction of utilising India's potential to emerge as the 'preferred global healthcare destination'.

The 20th anniversary celebrations were started by 'Apollo', the first child born at Apollo Hospitals in 1983 and were followed by a pledge by the Apollo Hospitals group's 16,000 employees, from 37 hospitals, 46 clinics and from its offices in India and abroad, to reaffirm their commitment to Apollo and to every patient they treat. The entire programme was also webcast on the group's website www.apollolife.com, www.apollohospitalsgroup.com and www.medvarsity.com for people from anywhere in the world to be a part of the celebrations to mark a milestone in Indian healthcare.

Says Apollo Hospitals group chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy: "It is a proud moment for all of us at Apollo today. The dream to provide quality healthcare services to people, without a need for them to travel abroad, is taking shape progressively. The last two decades have seen Apollo touching over 10 million lives and building a relationship of trust with them. This has also validated our model of healthcare delivery, of providing services with a commitment to care, and now we are in a position to offer our services to people throughout the world.

"Our driving spirit over the past twenty years has been the confidence reposed in us by our patients and the untiring efforts of every member of the Apollo family to provide personalised care and attention to anyone who comes to Apollo. It is this commitment that has helped Apollo become an iconic brand that is caring, path-breaking and constantly challenging the limits."