Arab Times

City Clinic Group, Kuwait signs clinical collaborat­ion with Apollo Hospitals Enterprise­s India

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City Clinic Group which manages five poly clinics across Kuwait has reached a clinical collaborat­ion with Afro-Asia’s largest private sector integrated healthcare provider, the Apollo Hospitals Group-India. This was announced in ceremony at City Clinic Kuwait, by Dr. K Hari Prasad, Group President, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise­s Ltd. The City Clinic network also manages Apollo clinics in Dubai and North Kerala in India.

Announcing the clinical collaborat­ion, Dr. K Hari Prasad remarked that this is our first of its kind clinical engagement in Kuwait. With this MOU the City Clinics will have Apollo Hub facility and through the same the patient community accessing City Clinics will have seamless access to Apollo’s extensive medical resources. Our senior consultant­s would also be licensed for City Clinic Kuwait as we progress on this relationsh­ip. I Congratula­te Mr. Naushad KP and his team for this relationsh­ip.

Mr. Naushad KP, Managing Director of City Clinic Group, stated that for the past 17 years City Clinic Kuwait has been serving the patient community in Kuwait, and we are delighted to have this collaborat­ion, which will provide a significan­t value-added service to both Kuwaiti nationals and the expat community in Kuwait. He further thanked Apollo Hospitals and Apollo

Health and Life style for the clinical collaborat­ion.

The event was also attended by Mrs. Annie Valsan Group CEO, City Clinics and Mr. Jithu Jose, Vice President Internatio­nal Division of Apollo Hospitals. About Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (AHEL) It was in 1983, that Dr. Prathap Reddy made a pioneering endeavor by launching India’s first corporate hospital – Apollo Hospital in Chennai, Now, as Asia largest and most trusted healthcare group, its presence includes over 10000 beds across 72 Hospitals, 500 Pharmacies, 100 primary care and diagnostic Clinics, 100 Telemedici­ne units across 9 countries, medical business process outsourcin­g services,

Health Insurance services, Global Projects Consultanc­y, 15 colleges of Nursing and Hospital Management and a Research Foundation with a focus on global Clinical Trials, epidemiolo­gical studies, stem cell and genetic research. In a rare honour, the Government of India issued a commemorat­ive stamp in recognitio­n of Apollo’s contributi­on, the first for a healthcare organizati­on. Apollo Hospitals Chairman, Dr. Prathap C Reddy, was conferred with the prestigiou­s Padma Vibhushan in 2010. For more than 29 years, the Apollo Hospitals Group has continuous­ly excelled and maintained leadership in medical innovation, world-class clinical services and cutting-edge technology.

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