Chirala, 8th August 2024: Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited (AHLL), a subsidiary of Apollo Hospitals Group; announced its foray into Chirala, with its boutique format multi-speciality hospital, The Apollo Spectra Hospital, today. The modern secondary care Hospital offering cutting edge personalised treatment, was formally inaugurated by Dr Manikyamma, a renowned gynaecologist from Chirala. The launch of the state-of-the-art Apollo Spectra Hospital which aims to provide access to comprehensive, affordable and personalized quality healthcare to the people of Chirala and the neighbourhood. Chirala is a buzzing coastal city in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The Apollo Spectra Hospital at Chirala is designed to meet the highest standards of medical excellence, ensuring every patient receives tailored attention and care. Spanning an impressive 33,000 square feet, the hospital is a fifty-bedded facility equipped to deliver exceptional patient care. It boasts thirteen ICU beds, five emergency beds, and three paediatric ICU beds, alongside nineteen rooms and two general wards, all designed with best-in-class amenities and a patient-friendly ambiance.

Speaking on the occasion Dr Manikyamma said, Its more than five decades since we have been rendering quality medical care to patients through Ravi Nursing Home in Chirala. It was Dr Doppalapudi Dasaradha Ramaiah, who brought the first ultrasound scan machine, gastroscopy equipment, to benefit the patients of Chirala. I am confident of the new Apollo Spectra Hospital making a mark in Chirala and helping patients to get the best medical care services here itself.

“As we open the doors of Apollo Spectra Hospital in Chirala, we bring with us a commitment to world-class healthcare and unwavering compassion. Apollo Spectra is guided by a ‘patient-centric’ approach and strengthened by the introduction of quality systems built on Apollo’s deep expertise in the healthcare domain. We believe this format has strong potential to address the ever-growing need for quality & customized health care especially for a wide range of surgeries which do not require long stay. The format blends access, convenience and quality with an intent to address immediate needs of the neighbourhood it operates in. Our state-of-the-art facility, combined with a legacy of excellence and a team of highly skilled specialists, ensures the best medical care right here. Our endeavour is to make every patient feel valued and receive the best possible treatment close to home”, says Sriram Iyer, CEO, Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd.

Apollo Spectra Hospital, Chirala; features the latest in medical technology, including four ultra-modern operating theatres, an avant-garde diagnostic lab, an ultrasound scan with a transvaginal probe and printer, 12-channel ECG machines, foetal monitors and dopplers, and gastroscopy equipment. Additionally, the ICUs are equipped with para monitors, defibrillators, and a range of other cutting-edge devices, ensuring the highest safety standards for every patient.

“Our family’s five-decade legacy of providing the highest quality care in Chirala, coupled with the global standard expertise of Apollo Spectra Group and backed by the renowned Apollo Hospitals Group, is set to transform the patient experience to next level. With this modern facility now in their vicinity, patients in Chirala and neighbouring areas no longer need to travel to distant Hyderabad or Chennai in search of top-notch medical care. This local access to world-class healthcare will elevate patient care to unprecedented levels”; says Dr Doppalapudi Ravikiran, M.D, Manikyamma Multispeciality Hospital, Chirala.

 Over the last few decades Chirala, Bapatla and nearby towns witnessed tremendous growth, but healthcare systems in this area still lack critical infrastructure to keep up with the ever growing needs. Even today critical patients from Chirala have to go to Guntur or Ongole. Apollo Hospitals has rendered world class medical services for the last four decades in various cities across India and have set new standards in the world of healthcare. We from Ravi Nursing Home, strongly believe in advancing healthcare by partnering with Apollo Spectra Hospital. Our motto is to bring quality healthcare together, which is more patient friendly and easily accessible. We are committed to bringing medial and surgical services that are on par with international standards, coupled with best practices. Apollo Spectra Hospitals, Chirala is the 23rd hospital of the Apollo Spectra Hospitals chain in India. It has 13 functional ICU beds along with NICU and paediatric ICU. It has in-room birthing suits, supported by cutting edge technology, ensuring highest safety standards. Patients can expect care from specialists from diverse specialities under one roof. We will be commencing all other super specialities shortly, Dr Ravikiran added.

Shri Vegesana Narendra Varma, MLA, Baptla; said, though I belong to Bapatla, the medical facilities at Bapatla are relatively lesser in comparison to Chirala and several patients prefer to come to Chirala. With a reputed Hospital like Apollo Hospitals coming to Chirala, makes it the destination for best medical care, which is a long felt need of the people in the region. Medical infrastructure wise this area is backward, but off late some new developments are seen in medical facilities and hope to see more hospitals like Apollo Hospitals setting up their services here. Ravi Nursing home run by Dr Manikyamma has very good reputation for medical care and the new Apollo Spectra Hospital at Chirala will benefit the patients immensely.

Dr Vijaya Agarwal, DMS, Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd., said, Apollo bring four decades of world class healthcare experience with hospitals across the country rendering services to patients. We provide affordable care using local resources, state-of-the-art technology backed by best talent in the country. Our healthcare services not only focus on curative healthcare, we lay great emphasis on preventive healthcare. Our vertical ProHealth is the preventive healthcare vertical, which is backed by Artificial Intelligence. AI prescribes customised healthcare package depending on the need of the patient. The results provide the current status and predict the future disease risk patterns of the patient. This helps to diagnose the disease at a very early stage and prevent it with appropriate care. We have a very strong quality management program, which is called Q4E, Quality for excellence, which monitors 40 different quality indicators, monitored by a central by a team of experts, any deviation in the quality is fixed then and there. Through this hospital we will be serving the people of Chirala, who no more need to go out of Chirala for higher health care needs.

Shri Karnam Balaram, former MLA and MP; speaking at the inauguration said, Ravi Nursing Home was the most reputed hospital in Chirala. Dr Manikyamma cared for generations of women during their pregnancy in Chirala and Dr Doppalapudi Dasaradha Ramaiah, was reputed to the best care. Dr Ravikiran and Dr Nirupami are continuing the legacy of their parents. People have the highest confidence in the care rendered by Apollo Hospitals and happy that Apollo is bringing those quality services for patients here.

Highly experienced specialists, trained both abroad and in India, helm the diverse specialities at Apollo Spectra Hospital, Chirala. These include General and Laparoscopic Surgery; Obstetrics and Gynecology; General Medicine; Chest Medicine; Anesthesia and Critical Care; Nephrology; Cardiology; Neurology; Gastroenterology; Urology; Plastic Surgery; Orthopedics; Pediatrics; Radiology; E N T; Dermatology; Psychiatry; and more. This extensive range of expertise ensures that patients receive comprehensive care under one roof.

Apollo Spectra Hospitals, the largest network of multi-speciality short stay surgical hospitals in India, has presence currently in sixteen cities across India, including in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai, the hospital at Chirala is the twenty third hospital of the chain. The network hospitals with over 3000 leadings specialists performed over 3,50,000 successful surgeries. The Group further plans to expand its footprint to certain important cities in North India as well, in this financial year.