Apollo Hospital

Summary

Apollo Hospital is the leading multispecialty healthcare unit in India- located in Chennai. They are a part of the Apollo Groups and provide international standard facilities across every medicare facility. This top-class hospital has made its reputation not only in India but the globe with its excellent clinical care, dedicated team of professionals, advanced procedures, and cutting-edge technology. Apollo Hospital Chennai has several achievements that make it a well-reputed institute, including; the first Multiorgan Transplant and Liver Transplant in children or adults. Lastly, they have been accreditated by Joint Commission International and the International Standard Organization.

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Details

General Outlook

• The Apollo Hospital Chennai is a specialty tertiary health care hospital located in Greams Road, Chennai.
• They are the flagship hospital of Apollo Groups. The Apollo Hospital Chennai was established in 1983 and since then impacting millions of lives.
• They work dedicatedly to bringing international standard healthcare facilities to every individual. Furthermore, they achieve excellent services in research, education, or healthcare department.  
• Apollo Hospital Chennai has innovative cutting-edge technologies or procedures, state-of-the-art facilities, and about 60 advanced departments. Moreover, they have a team of highly internationally trained healthcare professionals, nurses, surgeons, and physicians that treat local or international patients.
• They are also ranked by Newsweek making it a great choice for international and local patients.
• Apollo Hospital is accredited with Joint Commission Internation and Internation Standardization Organization.

Fundaments

• The Apollo Hospital Chennai is a top-class medical facility that has a total bed capacity of about 606 beds.
• The physicians of spine surgery are internationally recognized for their great work in Minimally Invasive Surgery.
• The Transplant center holds pride as they successfully performed 25 Lung transplants, 1 Heart & Kidney transplant, 32 Heart transplants, and 7 Heart and Double Lung Transplants.
• The Nephrology & Urology Center is well known locally and globally for its great services. They perform 5000 urological surgeries and 75, 000 patients receive dialysis per year. More than 10,000 kidney transplants have been performed.
• Further, they have the latest technologies that are being used in different medical departments, which are Da Vinci Robotic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Heart MRI, 320 slices or 64 Slices CT, high-tech ultrasound, Cyberknife, and 3 Tesla MRI.
• The Apollo Hospital Chennai performs about 321 different procedures in departments of cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics & gynecology, general surgery,  neurosurgery, pediatric cardiology, gastroenterology, and ophthalmology.
• They have different categories of rooms, which are general ward, special general ward, double sharing room, semi-private room, single room, deluxe room, executive room, suite room, and Apollo suite.

Center of Excellence for Foreigners

• Bariatric Surgery
• Critical care
• Cancer Care
• Colorectal Surgery
• Emergency
• Gastroenterology
• Heart Care
• Liver Science
• Nephrology and Urology
• Neurosciences
• Orthopedics
• Organ Transplant
• Plastic Surgery
• Pediatrics
• Prevent Medicine
• Robotics
• Spinal Surgery

International Patient Department

• The international patient department of Apollo Hospital was created to help foreign patients from online consultation to getting treatment.

• The hospital department put great effort to provide top-notch medical treatments and procedures. They also make sure that foreign patients feel comfortable and just like at home with patient care facilities.

• Moreover, Apollo Hospital is linked with different International Insurance Providers that are valid for foreign inpatients.

Provision of Facilities for Foreigners

• Online Consultation and assistance
• Communication direct with doctors
• Airport pick & drop
• Safe lockers available at the security office
• Private nurse service
• Guest dining hall for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and room service available
• Food and dietary services available for therapeutic needs of patients (Chines, continental, & local specialties)
• Places of worship also present
• Other facilities include interpretation service, support staff to help patients during the stay, aid in medical visas, and hotel accommodation)

Language Spoken

• English
• Hindi
• Bengali

Approachability for Foreigners

• The Foreigners can come to Apollo Hospital Chennai from Chennai International hospital, which is about 16 km away and it takes 30 minutes to reach by using a car, cab, or taxi.
• Moreover, Chennai central railway station and Teynampet metro station are also close to the hospital. Many guesthouses and hotels of international standards are also present.

Awards and Achievements

• Received a certificate of distinction by Joint Commission International in different key areas, which are as follows;

• International Patient Safety Goals
• Health assessment and care of Patients
• Patient-Centered Care
• Prevention and Control of Infection
• Anesthesia and Surgical Care
• Quality improvement and Patient Safety
• Awarded with certificates from the International Standardization Organization (ISO) for maintaining quality in different aspects. They achieved;
• First Indian Hospital to receive ISO 9001;2008 certification
• ISO 14001 environment management system
• ISO 2200 HACCP
• Received National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Provider (NABH) and National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories (NABL)

• Some of the proud achievements for Apollo Hospital Chennai are:

Accreditations

Joint Commission International (JCI)

Joint Commission International (JCI) works to improve patient safety and quality of health care in the international community by offering education, publications, advisory services, and international accreditation and certification. In more than 100 countries, JCI partners with hospitals, clinics, and academic medical centers; health systems and agencies; government ministries; academia; and international advocates to promote rigorous standards of care and to provide solutions for achieving peak performance.

ISO 9001

ISO 9001 is defined as the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system(QMS). Health care and hospitals use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. The hospitals, industries, organizations, and healthcare centers of all types and sizes find that using the ISO 9001 standard helps them, organize processes, improve the efficiency of processes, and continually improve.

ISO 14001

ISO 14001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). It provides a framework that an organization can follow, rather than establishing environmental performance requirements.  The framework in the ISO 14001 standard can be used within the Plan-do-check-act (PDCA)  approach to continuous improvement.