Apollo Sugar Limited
Apollo Sugar Clinics Limited is an Indian diabetes & endocrine Clinic chain based in Hyderabad, India. Apollo Sugar Clinic's parent company is Apollo Health & Lifestyle Limited, which is a subsidiary of Apollo Hospitals.[2] It operates in many major cities of India.[3][4][5][6]
| Industry | Healthcare |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 11, 2012 |
| Founder(s) | Apollo Hospitals |
| Headquarters | India |
Key people | Sangita Reddy (Chairman) Dr. Shailesh Ayyangar (MD) Dr. Hari Prasad (President) Mr. Neeraj Rameshwar Garg (CEO) Gagan Bhalla (CEO)[1] |
| Services | Diabetes |
| Website | apollosugar |
HistoryEdit
The idea of Apollo Sugar Clinics was conceived by Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Founder-Chairman of Apollo Hospitals with a vision to create Preventive healthcare and reduce the incidence of complications of diabetes mellitus. This Diabetes Clinic chain was founded in the year 2014. Apollo Sugar Clinics has a collaboration with Sanofi India, the branch of French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi which manufactures many prescription medications for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes including insulin, and glimepiride.[7]
GI Dynamics announced an agreement with Apollo Sugar Clinics to study EndoBarrier in India.[8]
In January 2018, Apollo Sugar Clinics entered into a partnership with Israeli company GlucoMe (Citation and reference links provided below). GlucoMe is the maker of wireless blood glucose meter (Glucose meter Wikipedia hyperlink) that can transfer blood glucose measurements to the medical care team. This is used for maintenance of electronic medical records (Electronic health record Wikipedia hyperlink) and to provide continuous assistance.[9][10]
Diabetes screening camps on World Diabetes DayEdit
Apollo Sugar Clinics conducts diabetes screening camps in many locations of India. Diabetes screening camps are done in Apollo Sugar Clinics, Apollo Hospitals, and outdoor locations. Screening test for diabetes is done by testing random blood glucose levels. Apollo Sugar Clinics conducted special diabetes screening camps in the year 2015, 2016, and 2017 for the World Diabetes Day. Till date, Apollo Sugar Clinics has provided treatment for more than 3, 75, 500 people with diabetes.[11][12]
ResearchEdit
- ESICON 2016 Abstracts. Indian J Endocr Metab 2017;21, Suppl S1:1–90[13]
- Abstracts of The 44th Annual Conference of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI 2016). Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries (2017) 37: 329.[14]
- Prevalence of Diabetes Eye Disease and Its Correlation with Renal Function in a Chain of Community Clinics in India. 619-P[15]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "APOLLO SUGAR CLINICS LIMITED – Company, directors and contact details | Zauba Corp". www.zaubacorp.com.
- ↑ "Expansion to 300 clinics in 3 Years: Apollo Sugar". IIFL. 25 Jan 2017.
- ↑ "Creating Healthcare Markets" (PDF). Ifc.org.
- ↑ "Mutation of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise". Outlookindia.com.
- ↑ "Apollo expects to open 500 sugar clinics across India by 2019-end". .franchiseindia.com.
- ↑ "Apollo Sugar Clinics Ltd.: Private Company Information – Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Sanofi and Apollo Hospitals Announce Collaboration to Provide an Integrated Care Program in India for People with Diabetes". Healthcare News INDIA. 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "GI Dynamics Announces Agreement with Apollo Sugar to Study EndoBarrier in India". Yahoo Finance.
- ↑ "GlucoMe's Digital Diabetes Care Solution Integrating Into Apollo Sugar Clinic's New National Diabetes Home-Care Program in India". Prnewswire.com.
- ↑ "Sanofi invests in Apollo Sugar Clinics". The Hindu. 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Apollo Sugar Flags off Half a Million Free Screenings for a Year this World Diabetes Day". Moneycontrol. 16 Nov 2015.
- ↑ "Change in diet and lifestyle can prevent diabetes". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "ESICON 2016 Abstracts". Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 21 (7): 1. 1 March 2017.
- ↑ "Abstracts of the 44th Annual Conference of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI 2016)". International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 37 (3): 329–375. 4 August 2017. doi:10.1007/s13410-017-0568-z.
- ↑ "ADA 2017". app.core-apps.com.