The Chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group Prathap C. Reddy said that top class medical equipment needed in the field of urology will be provided for Madurai to upscale the latest treatment facilities available for patients in southern districts.
He told the medical fraternity and patients that Apollo’s desire is to give the best of facilities in urology and andrology in Madurai region because of a commitment to have state-of-the-art healthcare across smaller cities and towns.
“Today with pride we can say that the outcome of our treatment is better. In the last three decades, our hospital has made a significant impact on the way healthcare was provided in our country” he said in a recorded speech at the inauguration of Apollo First Med Hospitals at K.K.Nagar here on Saturday.
Stating that availability of medical equipment for diagnosis and treatment is of paramount importance, Dr. Reddy assured that the Apollo Group will be ready to give robotic urology facility also for Madurai as and when the doctors asked for it.
Inaugurating the new hospital, 85-year-old Dr. C. Chinnaswami, chief urologist, Madras Institute of Urology and Vijaya Hospital, Chennai, said that urology as a specialisation branch should be started from MBBS level itself.
Explaining the new urology hospital of Apollo Group, T.R. Murali, Director and Senior Consultant, said that it covered all sub-specialities in urology and had good facilities for stone pain and complications.
It is also an exclusive centre for andrological problems.
B. Prem Kumar, senior vice-president (medical), Apollo Hospitals Group, Chennai, and Rohini Sridhar, Director of Medical Services, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, said that Madurai’s doctors are matching high standards and they are being recognised, discussed and awarded at national and international levels.
Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa, Velammal Group chairman M.V. Muthuramalingam and P. Namperumalsamy of Aravind Eye Hospital were among those present.
