Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

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Apollo Hospitals rises on launching movement disorder clinic in Chennai

Date: 19-09-2011

Apollo Hospitals is currently trading at Rs 528.05, up by 2.90 points or 0.55% from its previous closing of Rs 525.15 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 525.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 529.00 and Rs 521.10 respectively.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 599.00 on 13-Oct-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 409.00 on 17-Sep-2010.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 529.35 and Rs 515.05 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 6899.28 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 31.55% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 37.46% and 29.42% respectively. 

Apollo Hospitals has introduced a ‘movement disorder clinic’ in Chennai. This clinic is located in the Apollo Hospitals centre in the city, which will provide diagnosis and treatment for patients ailing with chronic disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, secondary tremor and Tourette’s syndrome.

The clinic will provide assistance like clinical evaluation, genetic tests, surgery and counseling. Clinical evaluation will be done by neurologists, with experience in movement disorders, while assessments will be undertaken by neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapist and speech therapists. Investigations such as high resolution MRI scans, functional MRI and electrophysiology will also be done at the clinic.