Apollo Hospitals extends facilities to all days of the week
Apollo Hospitals has launched an initiative to provide routine healthcare services, including specialist consultations and diagnostics, seven days a week. The move aims to improve accessibility for working professionals and families by eliminating the need to wait for weekdays.
Why it matters
This shift in hospital operations reflects a broader trend toward patient-centric care and increased service availability in the private healthcare sector.
Apollo Hospitals on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) announced the launch of ‘Always Open. Always Here.’, an initiative that makes routine and planned healthcare services available on all seven days of the week, including on Sundays.
While emergency, critical care and in-patient services have always been available 24x7, the new initiative extends Sunday access to outpatient specialist consultations, diagnostics, preventive health checks, follow-up consultations, and scheduled procedures, subject to hospital-specific schedules and service readiness, helping patients and families seek timely care without waiting for a weekday.
“’Always Open. Always Here’ gives patients one more day to act on their health before delay becomes risk,” Prathap C. Reddy, founder and chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group, said.
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