Apollo TeleHealth sees Covid boost to telemedicine; gets new BSI approval

After a successful foray in Malaysia where it has tied up with the local govt, the firm is now eyeing Africa and Bangladesh to strengthen its global footprint

Apollo TeleHealth (ATH), one of the largest and oldest multi-speciality telemedicine networks globally, has said that Covid has triggered a 15-fold jump in telemedicine.

After a successful foray in Malaysia where it has tied up with the local government to set up a slew of clinics, the firm is now eyeing Africa and Bangladesh to strengthen its global footprint. The company on Friday announced that it became the first-ever organisation in the world to attain the certification of ISO 13131:2021 presented by the British Standards Institution (BSI).

"Malaysia was the first government to have tied up with us. We are looking at