Apollo Hospitals

Apollo Hospitals is a major Hospital chain based in Chennai, India. It was founded by Dr.Prathap C. Reddy in 1983. Today, Apollo is the largest private healthcare provider in Asia and the third largest in the world, with hospitals in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nigeria, Qatar, and Kuwait.

Several of the group's hospitals in India have been among the first in India to be accredited by the US-based Joint Commission International (JCI). The Hyderabad hospital was the first in the world, outside the US, to receive Disease- or Condition-Specific Care (DCSC) Certification in addition to general accreditation when it received this for its Acute Stroke treatment in 2006.

The group has developed services in telemedicine, after starting a pilot project in 2000 in Dr Pratap C. Reddy's own home village. It is now the largest telemedicine solution provider in India with 71 centres.

Another venture of the group is Apollo Health Street. A global healthcare services company of the Apollo group, it offers Business Process Outsourcing and IT solutions and services to a global clientele. It has the ability to deliver solutions comes from a framework of years of experience in healthcare. It operates out of three countries - US,UK and three centres in India - Hyderabad, New Delhi, and Chennai.

History
In September 2007, Apollo signed an agreement with the Lavasa Corporation Ltd to set up a world-class Health care center at Lavasa hill town near Pune, India