Apollo Hospitals, MCO in major collaboration
abu dhabi — It was a jubilant occasion for Apollo Hospitals Group when it announced its exclusive representation in GCC states through its arm Apollo Middle East Consultancy, registered through Sharjah Free Zone.
This was announced during a recent seminar organised by Medetarian Conferences Organizing (MCO) and Apollo Hospitals Group held at Dusit Thani Hotel, Abu Dhabi. The event had Apollo Hospitals Group and MCO signing an academic collaboration for conducting a series of health awareness initiatives in the UAE. The collaboration will have awareness programmes, online second medical opinion service and a scoliosis awareness helpline number provided by HSMC Clinic (partner of MCO), in association with Apollo’s Institute of Spine Surgery.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr Abu El Khair, CEO of MCO and HSMC Clinic, said: “We are privileged to have Afro-Asia’s largest healthcare provider with us and this is the first-of-its-kind initiative in the region.In today’s world of ever increasing disease burden, such collaboration will help and this way we intend to connect the medical fraternity of the UAE and India. For more details, you can reach us on +971-50-499-5000.”
Dr K. Hariprasad, group president of hospital division, led the Apollo delegation. Speaking at the event, he said: “At Apollo, we believe that healthcare is a shared responsibility and we have been privileged to offer the best of healthcare at affordable prices to the people of this region for over tjree decades. We are delighted to have this health alliance and we would enhance our reach through Apollo Middle East Consultancy in the UAE.”
Dr. K Hariprasad, president of Apollo Hospitals Group, did the unveiling of Apollo Middle East Consultancy. The session was followed by medical seminar on robotics in spine surgery, common intracranial disorders and recent advances in neurosurgery, infections in arthroplasty treatment, current management in pediatric bone disorders and management of pediatric cerebral palsy.
The Apollo delegation had chief spine surgeon Dr Sajan K. Hegde, senior consultant orthopedic surgeon Dr K.J. Reddy, senior consultant pediatric orthopaedic surgeon Dr R. Sankar and senior consultant neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Lath, with Jithu Jose, business head for the Middle East, and Shubhra Singhal, partner at Apollo Middle East Consultancy.