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monitors 200 patients in six states from its e-ICU facility in Hyderabad and plans to open three new centres to track 1,000 more patients. Yet, as a public listed company, Apollo’s focus is still on the health of the patients. “Any research we undertake has to be translated from an idea to a clinical application in the end,” Jauhari says. End-to-end healthcare Apollo Hospitals is focused towards providing quality healthcare to every individual and empowering them in their healthcare journey. This journey of becoming an umbrella for all healthcare needs is fulfilled by having Pharmacies, health insurance services, medical colleges, colleges of nursing and hospital management. Apollo Pharmacies has grown from being based within the hospitals to a chain of over 2,400 outlets across the country. Today Apollo pharmacy is Asia`s largest network of pharmacies. “We’re one of the few retail clinics in India that is profitable,” says Ms Kamineni. “We haven’t given a wrong prescription in over 20 years. Our
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supply chain is so effective; we interact with almost 100mn people a year.” Only 20% of India’s population is covered by health insurance. To address this, Apollo partnered with Munich Re Group (the European Union`s largest re-insurance company) a global leader in health insurance, to form Apollo Munich Insurance. Apollo Munich brings together a deep understanding of emerging healthcare needs, and sophisticated technical and underwriting prowess, to ‘uncomplicate’ health insurance. It has over 80 branches throughout the country, making healthcare more accessible to the vast swathes of the population who couldn’t access it previously. Apollo Hospitals is committed to the maintenance of excellence in education. The belief that clinical services supported by medical education and research is relevant to the need of the country, and therefore should be an integral part of Apollo Hospitals, led to the introduction of various programs for medical education and hospital management. Apollo’s educational programme