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Indraprastha Apollo Hospital | |
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Indraprastha Apollo Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Delhi Mathura Road, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, India |
Coordinates | 28°32′28″N 77°17′00″E / 28.54111°N 77.28333°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Private hospital |
Type | General |
History | |
Opened | 1996 |
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Website |
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Lists | Hospitals in India |
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is an Indian hospital owned by Apollo Hospitals group, India's largest healthcare chain. [1] [2] Established in 1995, it is the third super specialty tertiary care hospital set by the Apollo Hospitals Group, jointly with the Government of Delhi. [3] It is a 695-bed hospital, with the provision for expansion to 1000 beds in future. The hospital is spread over 15 acres, and has a built-up area of 600,000 square feet. [4]
The first successful pediatric and adult liver transplants in India were performed at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in November 1998.[ citation needed]
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital was accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) USA as the first internationally accredited Hospital in India in 2005 [5] and South Asia. [6] [7] [4] In 2011, the hospital got re-accredited by JCI for a fourth time consequently, making it the first hospital in India to do so. [4]
The Apollo Heart Institutes at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is part of one of the largest cardiovascular groups in the world with over 1,70,000+ heart surgeries, which include complicated coronary artery bypass operations, surgery for all types of valvular heart disease, and infant and neonatal heart surgery – with success rates comparable to international standards.