Apollo Hospital launches Homecare services

Having started nine hospitals already this year, Apollo Hospitals will also start operations in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Vizag soon, taking the total number of beds it has to about 10,000, said Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, chairman of the corporate chain, here on Saturday.

Launching the hospital’s Homecare operations here, Dr. Reddy said that the latest venture was initiated to take care of patients, post-surgery. “Also, bed occupation is going up to 80 per cent. What took us time (to start) was the IT, as we did not want software from America or Japan,” he mentioned, while unveiling the logo and website of Apollo Homecare.

Under Apollo Homecare, the hospital chain will provide post-operation care for patients to help them restore normalcy in their lives. Mr. Reddy also said that the cost of the new services were ‘reasonable’. “We are never cheap, we want to provide the best and there is a cost to it,” he further stated, adding that Homecare services would be launched in Hyderabad, Delhi and Chennai now, and would be extended to 13 more cities in the near future.