APOLLO HOSPITALS
rural India continues to lack basic healthcare facilities . Apollo is trying to bridge this gap in healthcare , arising from variance in availability and access to healthcare , by introducing India ’ s first integrated rural healthcare delivery network - The Total Health Foundation Programme . As part of the programme , Apollo has adopted a village named Aragonda in the state of Andhra Pradesh . This project is driven by the sheer vision of Dr Reddy which proposes to track an individual from “ womb to tomb ”.
Under the programme , Apollo is tracking several clinical parameters - such as the patient ’ s health , sanitation , diet and overall wellness - from the day he or she is born till the day he or she breathes last . Today , over 60,000 people are part of the total health programme . This project aims to identify risk factors for the cohort , facilitate primary and tertiary healthcare and provide relevant interventions to keep the cohort healthy . If successful the programme
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