Apollo Fertility expands its presence with a state-of-the-art Centre in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad!
Hyderabad, 8th April 2021: Apollo Fertility, a part of the Apollo Health & Lifestyle and Apollo Hospitals group, launched its second and one of the biggest standalone, state-of-the-art fertility centre in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad, bringing a ray of hope to couples who are unable to conceive naturally. Apollo Fertility had earlier launched its first Centre at Kondapur in Hyderabad. Chief Guest Mr. Chandra Sekhar C., Group CEO, Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd.; inaugurated the Apollo Fertility Centre on Road No. 3, Banjara Hills, today. Also present were Anubhav Prashanth, COO, Apollo Fertility & Apollo Cradle; and Dr Sunitha Ilinani, Chief IVF Consultant, Apollo Fertility.
Spread across 7000 Sq. ft, equipped with state of the art IVF lab to provide superior environment for Embryos along with Operation theatre with HEPA filters and laminar air flow to provide ultra clean air during all procedures. Located at Banjara Hills, this is Apollo Fertility’s 16th unit of the brand. A trained team of clinicians & Embryologists, having a combined experience of more than 6000 IVF cases, will be offering world class services here.
Apollo Fertility centres, following the mission of Apollo Hospitals, aim to bring fertility treatment of international standards within the reach of every individual. This centre will have facilities that cater to all sorts of infertility related issues providing wide array of services ranging from IUI, IVF ICSI, Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopic surgeries including PGS and advance ART Treatments offering all gamut of services under one roof. The highly trained and experienced team of doctors including Dr Sunitha Ilinani, with nearly two decades of experience in Reproductive Medicine, are equipped to address both male and female infertility issues.
Over the past few years, infertility has emerged as one of the most common health issues among many young couples. Sedentary lifestyle, stress, irregular sleep patterns, diabetes, obesity, smoking and alcohol are but a few of the reasons for the rise of infertility in India. According to The Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction, infertility currently affects about 10 to 14 percent of the Indian population, with higher rates in urban areas, where one out of six couples is impacted.
Speaking on the launch, Mr Chandrasekhar C., CEO, Apollo Health & Lifestyle Limited, said, “We are extremely happy and proud to launch one of the biggest state of the art standalone fertility centre in Hyderabad. India has become the most sought after destination for all the infertility-related treatments, for the affordable and qualitative treatment that the country is able to provide. After the successful launch of Fertility services in Kolkata, Noida, Borivali and Solapur in past 3 months, this will be the group’s Second flagship centre in Hyderabad that will cover the Central suburbs and areas in Telangana. We are also planning to add 5 more satellite clinics in Hyderabad itself in the coming month to bring our services and expertise closer to patients in the neighbourhood. “
“With a wide range of services being offered under one roof, our state-of-the-art centre will be boon to many parents living in and around Telangana, who are trying to conceive and can now avail our world-class services. Apollo is the most trusted healthcare brand in India, and we hope our fertility services will address an essential gap in quality Infertility treatment in the region,” he adds. Apollo Health & Lifestyle is a part of Apollo Hospitals Group, but is focussed on primary care and speciality services, in small formats in the neighbourhood. Apollo Fertility is a part of it and has been growing in the last three to four years. The Centre standout because of their transparent and ethical standards, coupled with world class protocols. These protocols help to identify the root cause of the problem, thereby enable to give accurate treatment and generate better outcomes, in fact Apollo Fertility’s outcomes are on par with the best centres in the world. This will also reduce unnecessary treatment costs. The reasons of infertility are manifold, 40% of the problems are related to male fertility, 40% is related to female fertility and balance 20% are related to both. The scientific way of treatment involves examining both man and woman and giving the appropriate treatment, but the current practice is to focus on female fertility and searching for the cause after the failure of a couple of costly procedures performed on the woman.
Anubhav Prashanth said, this is the sixteenth centre of Apollo Fertility, Apollo always believes that patient care should be brought closer to the end patient, so we will be opening six more satellite centres in and around Hyderabad to enable patients to access our expertise in their neighbourhood.
Dr Sunitha Ilinani speaking on the occasion said, Infertility is definitely an issue in our country and is rising alarmingly. The reasons are our unhealthy lifestyle, issues of obesity, smoking, environmental pollution, stressful work conditions, rise in medical condition like diabetes, hypertension, has only aggravated the problem. In such a scenario, couples are often confused to choose the right treatment , here Apollo Fertility can guide them in their journey to parenthood.
Apollo Fertility, with its strong presence in 8 cities across India, plans to rapidly expand its footprint across other parts of the country with its evidence-based approach towards reproductive medicine. In the current financial year the Brand intends to launch 10 new standalone Fertility Centres across India.