June 04, 2010 01:46am EST 

The dream that sparked Apollo Hospitals was one that helped transform the medical landscape in India. Since 1983, when Apollo Hospitals was started as a 150 bed hospital in Chennai, Apollo Hospitals has grown to become one of the country’s premier healthcare providers with over 8065 beds across 46 hospitals in India and overseas. They also brag neighborhood diagnostic clinics, an extensive chain of pharmacies, medical BPO and health services and clinical research divisions. Without question, the biggest achievement of the Apollo Group has been their spread of quality healthcare across the country of India. The group has succeeded in becoming a quality healthcare provider, and so much more. It has also, with its innovations, changed the medical landscape of the entire nation.
As of now, Apollo Hospitals Group has become an integrated healthcare organization with many hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and consultancy services. This has not gone unnoticed, as Apollo has received many awards and accolades in recent years. Some of these achievements include being rated as the ‘Best Private Sector Hospital’ in India for 4 outs of the last 7 years, ‘Superbrand of India’ in the healthcare sector for 2003 and 2004, and a Modern Medicare Excellence Award given to the Founder Chairman of Apollo Hospitals group. They have also met impressive medical milestones, including a 99.6% success rate in cardiac bypass surgeries, conducting over 90,000 cardiac surgeries, and being the first hospital in India to perform liver, multi-organ and cord blood transplants in India. Without question, Apollo Hospitals has been one of the major factors to the state of quality healthcare in India.

You can find out additional information about the Apollo Hospitals on their website.