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Apollo showcases 5 foreign patients
On November 13, a British patient, 59-year-old Cyril Parry joined four other international patients, one each from Britain, Canada, Bangladesh and Tanzania, to express their views on Indian healthcare services and the reasons why they chose India as a healthcare destination. The five patients joined over 95,000 international patients who have satisfactorily undergone treatment at various Apollo Hospitals group to date, Prathap Reddy said.
Commenting on the trend, Prathap Reddy said, "It is heartening to know that various nationalities from different continents across the world have reposed their trust in Apollo Hospitals to provide them with world class healthcare services. This is truly a testimony of faith in the Indian healthcare system and the country's medical talent. It is a reaffirmation of our belief that India has the wherewithal to offer comprehensive medical solutions to the world and is poised to become the preferred global healthcare destination". Dr. Reddy also highlighted the need for public-private partnership with the Government and healthcare institutions to attract patients from not just the Afro-Asian region but from the West too as was being done in Bangkok, which has more than 200 international flights per week and is a hub for foreign tourist traffic in the region. Apollo is spearheading an urgent proposal to the Civil Aviation Ministry to increase international flights not just metropolis like Mumbai and Delhi but also to smaller cities like Pune, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai which have been able to deliver consistently world class quality healthcare. Managing director Preetha Reddy said medical infrastructure available at Apollo was comparable to leading centres in the world. Success rates for complex medical procedures were on par with the best centers in the world. There were long waiting periods for certain tertiary care procedures especially in the west. Concept of "medical tourism" which includes combining healthcare with tourism potential and offering the best of the East and the West under one roof. India is uniquely positioned with a rich cultural heritage and a number of world-class medical centres, offering specialized treatment facilities. India as a medical destination - Facts and Figures
Medical tourism has not only the potential to generate substantial forex earnings but also provide employment opportunities for the large pool of skilled labour available in India. In its quest to provide world-class services, Apollo Hospitals Group has excelled in management of illness and expanded into several realms of health care delivery. This includes primary, secondary and tertiary care services, e-health, franchising, IT and Internet-based technology, telemedicine, virtual medical university, education and training, home healthcare, pharmacy retailing, hospital project management and health Insurance, Preetha Reddy said. The International patients: Cyril Parry, 59-year-old British national under went a hip replacement (BHR) surgery at Apollo Chennai. Elaine Ackrill, 47-year-old British national, treated at Apollo Chennai for Cancer of Uterine Cervix. Arunadevi Thurairajan, 50-year-old Canadian national, treated at Apollo Chennai for degeneration of cervical spine. Baby Humariah, 14-month-old Bangladeshi national, treated at Apollo Delhi for acute jaundice. Damian Meela, 59-year-old Tanzanian national, treated at Apollo Hyderabad for Carcinoma of Prostate. Today, the Apollo Hospitals group owns and manages 6,220 beds comprising of a network of 36 hospitals, 46 primary clinics, over 135 pharmacies and provides the most advanced treatment Parry said he had been asked to wait in the UK for a hip surgery but it was a long wait -- over four years. At the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, he underwent a BHR and is fine now. "I want to go sailing soon," he said. The hospital, doctors, staff and nurses -- all of them had done a great job, he said adding that he was flying to the UK on November 14. Elaine Ackrill said her employers said she could avail of treatment anywhere in the world but she preferred the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. Arunadevi Thurairajan said she was disappointed with the doctors in Canada and in some other parts of the world when she came to know of Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. Since she had some Indian genes, she also wanted to come here due to the 'manvasanai' but at any rate the treatment here was the best. Her relatives in Colombo were surprised to find she was okay and raring to go.
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Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, presented to the media on November 13 five international patients as a glowing testimony to India's emergence as a global healthcare destination. Apollo Hospitals, Chennai successfully conducted a Birmingham Hip resurfacing (BHR) procedure on a Britisher. The surgery is an indication of the trend with patients from the Western countries preferring India as the destination for their healthcare requirements even for surgical procedures like BHR, a procedure developed in Birmingham, Britain and available in the west, said Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman of the Hospitals.
From its inception in 1983, Apollo Hospitals has consistently provided comprehensive medical solutions to patients across the world with global standard success rates in various complex medical procedures achieved through medical expertise and ably supported by state-of-art medical infrastructure and facilities available at its centres. These initiatives have met with considerable success, as is evident in the consistent flow of patients from several regions of the world, including the UK and North America.
