Apollo Hospitals extends diagnostic services, consultations to Sundays
Apollo Hospitals has launched the 'Always Open, Always Here' initiative to provide routine medical services, including outpatient consultations and diagnostics, on Sundays. This expansion aims to improve healthcare accessibility by allowing patients to seek preventive care without needing to take time off work during the week.
Why it matters
This initiative shifts the standard healthcare model by prioritizing preventive care and convenience, potentially reducing the burden on emergency services by encouraging earlier medical intervention.
Apollo Hospitals on Tuesday launched ‘Always Open, Always Here’ initiative to make healthcare more accessible by offering medical services even on Sundays for routine and preventive care. This way, people do not have to wait for an emergency or a weekday to seek medical attention.
While emergency, critical care, and inpatient services have been available 24x7 so far, the new initiative will extend to Sundays access to outpatient consultations, diagnostics, preventive health checks, follow-up consultations, and scheduled procedures at all Apollo centres in the country. This will help patients and families seek timely care, without having to wait for a weekday, doctors said at the launch.
Launching the initiative in New Delhi, Prathap C. Reddy, founder and chairman, Apollo Hospitals, said prevention must remain at the heart of healthcare, and urged people to use Sundays to prioritise their health and get themselves checked.
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