India’s little citizens join the Billion Hearts Beating Campaign, inspired by Cine Star Suriya on the occasion of the first birthday of Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai.

At a special event organized on Apollo Children’s Hospitals First Birthday and inspired by Cine Star Suriya, young children joined the Billion Hearts Beating Campaign and made a promise to keep themselves, their family and thereby India heart healthy. Soon the Billion Hearts Beating campaign will encourage school children across the nation to join the march.

Adult Male from Peshawar, Pakistan, ailing with Parkinson’s disease treated successfully using the innovative ‘Deep Brain Stimulation’ surgical procedure at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai

Mr. Mohd Arif from Pakistan, ailing with Parkinson’s disease was treated successfully using the ‘Deep Brain Stimulation’ (DBS) Procedure, at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai. The patient was diagnosed with Parkinsonism in Pakistan many years ago and despite extensive treatment, his condition had been deteriorating with severe disability in walking and stiffness even on high doses of medication. His sleep was severely affected & appetite had become deranged and he had lost urinary control. This situation made him a candidate for surgical treatment offered for Parkinsonism, which is subthalamic nucleus (STN) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). After DBS Surgery, Mr. Arif has experienced tremendous reduction in body stiffness and is even able to walk up the stair case. He also feels to have got back his normal appetite, better sleep & has gained good urinary control.

Apollo Hospitals Chennai completes 10,000 Coronary Angioplasties !

Apollo Hospitals Chennai started performing Angioplasties in the year 1985 and has now completed 10,000 Coronary Angioplasties. In the initial years, only Balloon Angioplasties were performed. Over the years, we used metallic stents and medicated stents and we further advanced in the recent past to doing many refined procedures like Multi-Vessel Angioplasty, Left Main Angioplasty and Bifurcation Lesions. The Hospital also does Intraaortic Balloon Pump procedure for very sick cases, Rota Blator procedure for calcified lesions and Primary Angioplasty in acute heart attacks.

The first “Pediatric Critical Care” refresher course was conducted by Apollo Children’s Hospital for Nurses. Various hospitals across Chennai and Southern Indian States were invited for this refresher course for nurses. There was an overwhelming response and more than 100 delegates registered for the program. Various sessions on Recognizing a sick child, Common Pediatric Emergencies, Infection Control , Drug calculations, Basics in ventilation, Care of a Child on ventilator etc After each presentation, there was an interactive session which helped the delegates to get their doubts cleared.

Reinforcing its image as India’s premier super-specialty hospital, Apollo Hospitals Chennai launched the ‘Apollo Knee Clinic’ that offers a comprehensive solution for knee pain integrating the different elements of managing a knee disorder. The Apollo Knee Clinic was formally inaugurated at Apollo Hospitals Chennai by Cine Star Mr. Sarathkumar and the Apollo Knee Check programme launched by ace cricketing legend Mr. Krishnamachary Srikkanth.

Workshop on Pediatric Oncology conducted by Apollo Speciality Hospitals Chennai

Apollo Speciality Hospitals organized a 3 day National Workshop on Children and adolescent Oncology Nursing, wherein extensive talks were made on various topics including Cancer cell characteristics, treatment modalities, clinical trials, palliative care, toxicity and symptom management and focused on keeping abreast with the current trends in Oncology Nursing.

Infection Prevention and Control week celebrated at Apollo Chennai

Infection Control Week is an annual event at Apollo Hospitals to highlight the tremendous amount of work the staff do all year round, to keep patients who come into contact with healthcare services, safe and free from healthcare associated infections. Infection prevention and Control week, this year was celebrated by Apollo Hospitals Chennai from 31st August till 4th Sept 2009.

Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, celebrates medical breakthrough In Cardiac Care

Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, celebrates medical breakthrough In Cardiac Care. Marks the successful completion of 25,000 coronary bypass procedures including 10,000 beating heart coronary bypass operations