Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad

Overview

Akshay Apollo is one of the well-known hospitals in Ahmedabad and has a prestigious name for being a comprehensive cancer centre. The Oncology Centre of Excellence has a wide-reaching and specialised team that is skilled in holistic treatment, prevention diagnosis, education and awareness, as well as being a valuable research wing for cancer. 

There are professional teams who run this wing that comprises of surgical, medical and radiation experts. Founded in May 2003, it has already developed into a large multi-speciality hospital, with a track record of caring for 10,000 patients annually, and boasts of the only 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner in all of Gujarat.

Location 

Akshay Apollo Hospital is at a convenient distance from the airport, making it accessible to international patients. Akshay Apollo is only 11 km from the airport, which is only a 25 minute drive. There are several hotels in the vicinity as well if the patient doesn’t wish to avail in-patient facilities. 

Akshay Apollo Hospital provides airport pick up facilities, flight booking as well as hotel booking. Here you can also access local tourism options, as well as book an appointment with the visa or travel office. 

You can choose to have hospital transportation facilities pick you up, or use the bus or yellow taxi, Uber or Airport Taxis to reach the hospital. The nearest airport is the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, which provides facilities for accessibility, like wheelchairs. It offers great connectivity so you can travel easily to Akshay Apollo Hospital with no issues. 

Accreditation

Akshay Apollo Hospital accreditations include JCI and NABH, which means it has achieved the standard of providing the patient with the best care possible, and that it carries out evidence-based practices. Akshay Apollo Hospital gives importance to access, efficiency, affordability, effectiveness and quality of their healthcare.

Facilities 

Akshay Apollo offers facilities that are designed to make the patient as comfortable as possible and making the patient admission procedure an easy and seamless one. 

● For convenience, they have 234 beds, TV’s in each room, and allow the patient to choose their meals. 

● For the sake of efficiency, there are interpreters and translators that can make communication seamless for international patients. 

● There is free Wi-Fi accessible from all parts of the hospital, and in-room phones are also available. 

● It has an onsite pharmacy and even offers online consultation. 

● There are family accommodation options, religious facilities (prayer rooms and such), and private rooms and mobility accessible rooms too. 

Procedures