Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/20/2010 -- In less than two years since inception, the team at the Apollo Centre for Liver Disease and Transplantation completed 50 Liver Transplantations, marking a noteworthy first-of-its-kind milestone in the city of Chennai. Dr. Anand Khakhar and his highly skilled team have changed the face of liver transplantation in southern India.

Addressing the media, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, "With over 400 Liver Transplants performed with a success rate of over 90%, Apollo Hospitals has the leading Liver Transplantation Program in India. We now have established programs at Apollo Chennai and Delhi. Similar transplant programs are being initiated in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahemdabad and Kolkata and they will be managed by our established programs as hubs.

Elaborating on the Organ Transplant Program, Dr. Prathap Reddy added, "A first-of-its-kind Comprehensive Organ Transplant program at Chennai is being established to provide pancreas transplantation, multi-visceral transplantation, islet cell transplantation and a specialized centre dedicated for paediatric organ transplantation. A tie-up up has been established with the University of Pittsburgh, USA for knowledge & information sharing. A commendable aspect is that the Apollo Hospitals Chennai has the biggest cadaver program for liver in India.

Addressing the media, Dr. Anand Khakhar, Senior Consultant Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery and Program Director for the Liver Transplant Program at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai said, "Awareness of liver ailments is extremely low. In Chennai itself, there would be an estimated 25,000 people in need of Liver Transplants and they would be unaware of the same. The Apollo Liver Transplant Program at Chennai is a complete transplant program with facilities and abilities to undertake cadaveric whole organ, cadaveric split liver as well as living related liver transplants for all age groups from small children to elderly individuals. We have demonstrated successful liver transplants which have been performed under planned and urgent conditions, yet the outcomes have always matched global benchmarks.

Liver failure is a potentially fatal condition in which the liver progressively stops performing its function resulting in episodes of jaundice, accumulation of fluid in the body, blood vomiting and confusion. Conditions such as Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection, excess alcohol consumption, diseases such as Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis can cause this state.

Elaborating on the Apollo Liver Clinics, Dr. Anand Ramamurthy, Consultant, Centre for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai said, "The Apollo Liver Clinics offer a 360 degree approach to managing all Liver ailments which is the Apollo Advantage. Through the 'Apollo Liver Clinics' we offer a one-stop solution for patients with liver diseases. The patients are simultaneously seen by the team of dedicated liver specialists involving hepatology, liver surgery, interventional radiology and various therapists to appropriately provide multidisciplinary care tailored to the cause and stage of the patients' liver disease.

Several new initiatives by the Tamil-Nadu State Government and Apollo Hospitals have helped increase the rate of cadaver organ donation. With increasing awareness that organ donation provides a new lease of life to a patient, the cadavers have been coming in from various districts of Tamil-Nadu.

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/05/2010 -- The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Sri K Rosaiah inaugurated the Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad today, here. Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals presided over the function. The 150-bed tertiary care Apollo Hospitals - Secunderabad is the 50th Hospital of the Group.

• Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri K Rosaiah inaugurates Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad

• The 150-bed tertiary care hospital offers services in all specialties and super-specialties

Speaking on the occasion Dr Prathap Reddy complimented Sri Rosaiah for taking quality healthcare to large sections of population. He said at Apollo the launch of the 50th Apollo hospitals is a great day. He said, people should empower themselves by insuring for health. Dr Reddy said India is already the Diabetic and Heart disease capital of the world and by 2015 is expected to be the cancer capital of the world with the current cancer incidence of 10mn likely to double. This ignominy can be avoided by spreading awareness that early detection of cancer can cure the disease. He announced Apollo's initiative in working towards early detection of cancer by offering cancer screening for the next 10 years, 6 days a week, between 5 & 8 pm at two-third of the cost. Dr Reddy said our goal is to touch billion lives, we will be able to make a significant difference through such facilities and keep away such diseases. He added, that India should develop healthcare facilities to proudly announce to the world that India is not only prosperous country but also a healthy country.

Ms Shobana Kamineni, Executive Director, Apollo Group of Hospitals in her welcome address said that Apollo has done the single largest number of free children heart surgeries in the country, the group has conducted 120 clinical trials in a year and is taking further strides to touch many lives through compassion, knowledge and clinical excellence. Ms Sangita Reddy, Executive Director, Apollo Group of Hospitals said Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad is the best healthcare facility with in the reach of the people of Andhra Pradesh. She said the launch of the 50th hospital is a golden moment bringing golden smile on every Apollites face and the efforts need to re-doubled to accelerate the journey to 100 hospitals.

About Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad
Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad offers specialty care in over 30 medical and surgical disciplines. The hospital has spacious patient care rooms and World-class Intensive care units with over 50 beds dedicated to Cardiac ICU, Surgical ICU and Medical ICU. The round-the-clock emergency services at the Hospital are capable of handling all accident and emergency cases.

The Hospital services are supported by experienced medical care professionals and sophisticated technology including hi-tech Operation theaters, latest flat panel digital cardiac Cath Lab and full-fledged Dialysis unit. Apollo Hospitals, Secunderabad has comprehensive diagnostic facilities including MRI and C.T Scan apart from ECHO, TMT, Ultrasound, EEG, EMG, PFT, ECG and X-ray. Most of the Consultants at the hospital have international experience.

About Apollo Hospitals Group
In 1983, Dr Prathap C Reddy, the architect of Indian healthcare, launched the first corporate hospital in India. An integrated healthcare company, the Apollo Hospitals Group has over 8,500 beds across 50 hospitals, more than 1000 pharmacies and 100 diagnostic clinics, medical business process outsourcing services, health insurance services, and clinical research divisions with a focus on epidemiological studies, stem cell research and genetic research. To develop talent for the burgeoning need of superior healthcare delivery, the Apollo Hospitals Group has 10 nursing and hospital management colleges. These accomplishments have earned Apollo Hospitals Group accolades such as the Centre of Excellence from the Government of India and recognition from the Joint Commission International (seven of our hospitals are JCI accredited). In a rare honour, the Government of India issued a commemorative stamp in recognition of Apollo's contribution, the first for a health care organization. Apollo, for over 26 years, has continuously excelled and maintained leadership in medical innovation, world-class clinical services and cutting edge research. Our hospitals are consistently ranked amongst the best hospitals globally for advanced medical services. For more information visit http://www.apollohospitals.com

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