Apollo Hospital Group (General News)

21/11/11

Apollo Hospital Group (GENERAL NEWS)

STORY: Zoe Darling and Kirsty Telfer

The Ministry of Health has engaged in talks with Indian organisation Apollo Hospital Group Ltd to train medical staff in tertiary education.

Representatives from the Apollo Hospital Group are in Accra this week to meet with stakeholders, government officials and medical practitioners to discuss a possible collaboration and share their learnings with the Ghanaian medical field.

They hope to finalise an agreement to complement health delivery services in the country using the expertise and success of the Apollo Hospital Group in India over the past twenty eight years.

As part of the collaboration, it is planned that a private wing will be established at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to train specialised medical staff.

Director of Medical Affairs of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Professor Afua A. J. Hesse, in the first of a series of meeting in Accra this week, said she hoped to see results from the collaboration within one year.

Prof Hesse will meet with representatives from the Apollo Hospital Group on Tuesday (22 November) when they visit the National Cardio Centre and One Centre of Excellence, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for discussions with management.

Cheif Executive Officer (CEO) of Apollo Clinics, Mr. Sudhir Diggikar, said that discussions with the Ministry of Health should reach some conclusion by Wednesday.

Apollo Hospital Group currently ownes and manages forty six hospitals in India.