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Apollo Hospitals group to open record 65th hospital in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Picture: From left to right: Dr Narendra Trivedi, CEO, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, Ms Paula Wilson, CEO, JCI, USA, Dr Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals, Delhi

NAVI MUMBAI: In line with its philosophy of providing affordable healthcare to all sections of society with compassion and care, the Apollo Hospitals Group, the largest hospital chain across India, is setting up its 65th hospital in Navi Mumbai.

Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai will be a 500 bedded multi specialty, tertiary care hospital with state-of-the-art equipment and cutting edge technology. Its strategic location close to the Mumbai-Pune expressway will enable it to provide emergency medical services of the highest quality in case of road accidents, thanks to its 17 bedded emergency ward, 120 bedded ICU, and round the clock emergency physicians in the premises.

Spread over a 5,00,000 square feet area, Apollo Hospital in Navi Mumbai will house 57 specialties with more than 200 specialists, more than 450 operational beds and 14 operation theatres. The hospital will have ample parking space that can house about 350 vehicles. It will provide a complete range of latest diagnostic, medical and surgical facilities for the care of its patients.

While the Apollo Hospitals Group adds a new hospital in Navi Mumbai, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi makes news as it completes a record 10 years of the prestigious Joint Commission International (JCI, USA) accreditation. In July 2005, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi, became the first hospital in India and the 6th in Asia to be accredited by JCI, USA. Today the Apollo Hospitals Group boasts of 6 JCI, USA accreditations for its hospitals in Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Dhaka, Bengaluru and Kolkata, the largest number of such accreditations to be awarded to any Indian chain of hospitals.

As architects of modern Indian healthcare, Dr Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and part of the Founding family, shared her vision for the chain, “We have transformed the Indian healthcare landscape. From humble beginnings we are now a force to reckon with.  Inspired and guided by my father Dr Prathap C Reddy, the pioneer of corporatized healthcare in India, we will be expanding to countries neighbouring India and the African subcontinent. I am particularly excited about our focus in areas of global clinical trials, hospitals in semi urban India, etc.”

Ms Paula Wilson, CEO, JCI, USA said: “The JCI accreditation is an international gold standard for hospitals. This is awarded after meeting 285 standards and 1,160 measurable elements to improve quality and patient safety. These include quality plan, infection prevention and control and quality improvement, etc.”

Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals, Delhi said, “We are in the process of innovation to reach the remotest corner of India by  e-medicine and starting centres for improving the skills of our staff. One such centre is already up and running in Chennai. We are installing a proton-beam machine near Chennai which will cater to the needs of cancer patients, not only in India but in the entire Asia Pacific region. At present, it will be the one and only machine in Asia".

Explaining the rationale behind this move, Dr Narendra Trivedi, CEO, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai said, “Navi Mumbai is fast developing, and patients sometimes have to go to Mumbai and Pune for their healthcare needs. Looking at the need to minimise travel, as time is critical to save life, the upcoming hospital will also cater to Panvel, Taloja, Raigad and surrounding areas”.