Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

In a bid to facilitate hassle-free travel for patients from the North-East, Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals Enterprises has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).

The partnership provides a prepaid preventive package for people in the north-eastern and eastern parts of the country who travel to Chennai for health checkups. A separate 72-seat coach will be added to a train starting from Kolkata for medical tourists every 15 days starting November-end.

Apollo Hospitals is the leading private sector healthcare provider in Asia and owns and manages a network of speciality hospitals and clinics, a chain of Pharmacy retail outlets across the country, and provides Consultancy Services for commissioning and managing the Speciality Hospitals.