Apollo inks MoU with CSC to offer healthcare via telemedicine

Group plans to make healthcare available to more than 1,00,000 CSC centres using the telemedicine platform

Apollo Hospitals Group today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Common Services Centers (CSC) Scheme of the government to deliver healthcare using telemedicine platform to patients in rural areas.

"Apollo Tele Health Services, a group company of Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd, has signed a MoU with the Common Services Centers Scheme of Government of India," Apollo Hospitals Group said in a statement.

This collaboration is aimed at providing primary, preventive and promotive healthcare through tele consultation to rural patients from telemedicine speciality centers situated within Apollo hospitals across the country.

It will run virtual clinics for patients using telemedicine technology.

Commenting on the development, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Executive Director Sangita Reddy said: "Apollo's association with CSC is aimed to provide health care services to the rural parts of our country.

Apollo plans to make healthcare available to more than 1,00,000 CSC centres using the telemedicine platform under its Rural Connect program."

Telemedicine service offers the patients a platform for evaluation by medical experts and doctors without having to be physically present at a clinic.

"We are proud to have partnered with Apollo Hospitals in helping us realise the dream of providing healthcare to one and all," Common Services Centers Scheme CEO Dinesh Kumar Tyagi said.