Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals on Wednesday announced the launch of its first multi-super specialty hospital in Rourkela under a partnership with Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
With a team of 25 full-time clinical experts, supported by general duty physicians and well skilled nursing staff, Apollo at Rourkela will deliver the highest standards of patient care serving the people in some of the remotest pockets of the country.
The 290-bed super specialty hospital will provide high quality multidisciplinary care in over 10 specialty areas, starting with cardiac, neurosciences, orthopaedics, urology, nephrology and oncology. The hospital has seven operation theatres and 80 critical care beds. In addition, Apollo Rourkela also offers smart, super and advanced emergency services to provide the patient with quick and exceptional care right from their doorstep.
Suneeta Reddy, MD, Apollo said, “The western Odisha region is a large, underserved area, which requires multi-specialty services and it is our firm belief that working along with the government, we will be able to bring a qualitative difference to the healthcare services in the region. We believe public-private partnerships are powerful drivers of community-focused solutions for improved services and such PPP models will be the next growth catalyst for the healthcare industry in India.”
Atanu Bhowmick, director in-charge, Rourkela Steel Plant and Bokaro Steel Plant and chairman, Rourkela Ispat Trust, said, “Patients will no longer need to travel more than 400 kilometers for accessing super-specialised healthcare services. May the hospital set an excellent example in providing affordable, accessible and quality healthcare services.”
Apollo Rourkela also has plans to begin post-graduate teaching courses under the National Board of Examinations (India) across the departments.
Over the years, Apollo has signed MoUs with several government bodies across the country that focus on improving the rural healthcare system. In 2001, Apollo had partnered with Coal India to introduce cardiology and cardiac surgery multi-specialty unit in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, offering care to over a million patients in the last 23 years.
