Apollo emerges as global healthcare destination

 The five patients join over 95,000 international patients who have satisfactorily undergone treatment at various Apollo Hospitals in the country, according to a press statement.

 Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, also announced the successfull completion of a Birmingham Hip Re-surfacing (BHR) procedure on a British national.

 The surgery according to Apollo officials was an indication of the trend with patients from the Western countries preferring India for as destination for their healthcare requirements even for surgical procedures like BHR, a procedure developed in Birmingham, Britain and available in the West.

 Prathap C Reddy, the chairman of Apollo Hospitals group, said: