Apollo Hospitals

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Ltd.
Apollo Hospitals
Public
Traded as BSE: 508869
NSE: APOLLOHOSP
Industry Healthcare
Founded 1983 (1983)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Founder Prathap C. Reddy
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Areas served
 South Asia, Middle East
Key people
 Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman
Preetha Reddy, Managing Director
K. Hari Prasad, President (Hospitals Division)
Revenue ₹5209 crore (US$770 million) (2015)
Number of employees
 40,065 (March 2015[1])
Slogan Touching lives
Website www.apollohospitals.com

Apollo Hospitals is an Indian hospital chain based in Chennai, India.[2][3] It was founded by Dr Prathap C. Reddy in 1983 and has hospitals in India, Bangladesh,[4] Kuwait and Qatar.[5] Several of the group's hospitals have been among the first in India to receive international healthcare accreditation by America-based Joint Commission International (JCI).[6]

The group has developed services in telemedicine, after starting a pilot project in 2000 in Pratap Reddy's home village.[7] At present, Apollo hospitals are present in 120 countries around the world.

Awards and recognition

A stamp was released on 2 November 2009 to commemorate the service of Apollo Hospitals[8] The group's "Billion Hearts Beating" campaign,[9] a national communication campaign of the Apollo Hospitals Group and the Times of India, won the "Global Award for Brand Excellence" of the "Campaign of the Year Award" at the World Brand Congress 2010 at Mumbai.[10]

Awards

Apollo Munich Health Insurance based at Gurgaon has won the prestigious Insurer of the year award in the year 2013, Innovation of the year award from Asia Insurance Review in 2012 among other.[11][12]

National Health Service

The organisation signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Health Education England in April 2016 to provide a large number of doctors to fill vacancies in the English National Health Service.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slowdown Signals: IT, pharma only silver lining in dark jobs cloud". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, Chennai
  3. ↑ Apollo Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, Chennai
  4. ↑ "Hospitals in Dhaka - Apollo Hospitals". Apollo Hospitals.
  5. ↑ "Clinic Locator".
  6. ↑ Accreditation for 3 Apollo Hospital branches, The Hindu, 10 May 2006 accessed at 11 Nov 2006
  7. ↑ Telemedicine puts AP village on health map, The Indian Express, 7 September 2005 accessed at 11 Nov 2006
  8. ↑ "Special stamp on Apollo Hospitals released". The Hindu. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  9. ↑ "HeartCare - Heart Healthy Lifestyle - Prevent Heart Diseases - Billion Hearts Beating - BHB Foundation".
  10. ↑ Bincy Paul. "Apollo Hospitals’ Billion Hearts Beating wins Campaign of the Year Aw…".
  11. ↑ "Apollo Munich Health Insurance: Innovation is in our DNA". asiainsurancereview.com. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Contact Us".
  13. ↑ "NHS to recruit Indian doctors to plug gaps in GP services". Daily Telegraph. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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