Apollo Hospitals Started Cancer Hospital In kolkata

March 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Eastern India’s first super speciality Cancer Hospital - Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital started

Immediate Media Release

Apollo Hospitals: Tuesday 23rd March 2010, Kolkata: Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata today dedicated its latest offering to the people of the east – Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital equipped with Novalis Tx system with BrainLAB facility. The newly-constructed facility, Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital,  was inaugurated by Shri M. K. Narayanan, Honorable Governor of West Bengal, Shri Dinesh Trivedi, Union Minister of State & Family Welfare , Shri Surjya Kanta Mishra, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, and Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals.

Modern approach to the treatment of cancer is driven by highly skilled experts from Medical, Surgery and Radio Therapy. The Novalis Tx will offer a ray of hope to cancer patients. It provides the non-invasive treatment option by offering flexibility in treatment protocols and providing faster planning, setup and treatment.
The Novalis Tx is efficient in treating consistently and rapidly by accommodating cases of varying complexities and tumor type, size and location.
Novalis Tx radio-surgery shaped-beam technology is fast and flexible, making it the benchmark in patient comfort. Treatments last only minutes, so patients can more easily tolerate the frameless, as compared to being locked in invasive head rings for extensive procedures. Novalis Tx radio-surgery employs a wide range of treatment modalities, ensuring the patient to receive the best treatment. Other radio-surgery devices are limited to only one treatment modality. The introduction of this technology will instill hope in patients with clinical conditions hitherto considered untreatable and those for whom surgery is not an option.
“Patients suffering from cancer will immensely benefit from this newly adopted Novalis Tx with BrainLAB. In our fight against the onslaught of cancer it will be the best suited and the most modern weapon,” said Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman -Apollo Group of Hospitals. “Equipped with Novalis Tx , Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital will have 100 beds with dedicated  beds for Bone Marrow Transplant cases and Daycare Chemotherapy. We already have more than 54 specialities and super specialities being offered from the same campus”, said Dr Reddy.

Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals has proved itself to be an integrated service provider of quality care, technological excellence and pre-eminent care. It is the only hospital in Eastern India to be accredited with JCI (Joint Commission, International) accreditation setting a benchmark for quality. The hospital is well equipped to deal with every type of medical issues, including highly specialized cases.


About Apollo Hospitals :
In 1983, Dr Prathap C Reddy undertook a pioneering endeavor by launching the first corporate hospital in India. An integrated healthcare company, the Apollo Group has around 10,000 beds across 49 hospitals, more than 750 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 Group has 10 nursing and hospital management colleges. These accomplishments have earned Apollo encomiums such as the Centre of Excellence from the Government of India, recognition from JCI, the international healthcare accreditation body, with accreditation of seven hospitals, and appreciation in the form of associations and collaborations with global leaders.

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