Apollo Hospitals, a leading healthcare provider in Asia, has won the ‘Golden Peacock’ Award by the Institute of Directors, in partnership with the Department of Industry Policy & Promotion, Government of India.

It was recognised for its business excellence in healthcare and the award is considered as a benchmark in Corporate Excellence awards.

C Natarajan, vice president VP of Apollo Hospitals Group received the award at a function held at the 25th World Congress on ‘Leadership for Business Excellence and Innovation’ recently held in Dubai.

The hospital which has touched 39 million lives so far from across 120 countries, has received and successfully treated over 60,000 foreign patients from across the world, including the UAE in the last five years alone and the numbers are looking up every year.

“We are delighted to be part of this prestigious event in Dubai. It is a great forum to exchange ideas and thoughts and listen to global industry leaders on a single platform.  Innovation, creativity and excellence in healthcare are important for the healthcare industry and the most important one in the recent past has been robotic surgeries. We have been associated with the patients from this region for several decades and the Middle East forms an important part of our global strategy,” said Natarajan.

“Apollo is a major referral centre for minimally invasive surgeries and receives a large number of patients from all over the world looking for affordable, superior quality medical care along with less waiting time and minimum hospital stay. The Middle East forms an integral part of Apollo Hospital’s global strategy and the various Apollo Hospitals across the country see a lot of patients from the Middle East coming to them for critical and cutting edge tertiary healthcare,” he added. - TradeArabia News Service