Honours and acknowledges Chairman of Apollo Hospitals; Dr Prathap C Reddy’s pioneering efforts in encouraging preventive healthcare in India
Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Tamil Nadu formally released a postal stamp on preventive healthcare. The commemorative stamp honours and acknowledges the Chairman of Apollo Hospitals; Dr Prathap C Reddy’s pioneering efforts in encouraging preventive healthcare in India.
R Anand, Postmaster General, Chennai City, Preetha Reddy, Vice Chairperson Apollo Hospitals and Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals attended the special occasion at Raj Bhavan, Chennai
Speaking on the occasion, Banwarilal Purohit said, “Dr Reddy and Apollo are synonymous with healthcare excellence in the world. They excel in end-to-end healthcare of consumers from 140 plus countries and have many firsts including the recent launch of South East Asia’s first ever Proton Cancer Care Therapy centre. Preventive Care was first pioneered in India by Dr Prathap Reddy and today I am happy to commend his dedication to disease prevention through this special stamp.”
Preetha Reddy, Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals said, “Our Chairman, Dr Prathap C Reddy’s dream is to do all that is needed, to ensure that everyone has good health and happiness. His life’s objective has been to not just make advanced medical care accessible to patients, but also, to prevent the onset of disease. Apollo’s Preventive Healthcare initiatives have been working tirelessly for almost four decades to ensure that his dream is realised. We take pride in having touched 20 million lives through our preventive healthcare endeavours. It is a very significant moment for the entire Apollo family as a special preventive healthcare commemorative stamp is being released, in recognition of our efforts.”
Alok Ojha, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, congratulated Dr P C Reddy, Chairman Apollo Group and his team for successful completion of 20 million health checks and delivering excellence in health services for past 36 years. Such glorious services have set a world record in preventive health check.
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