Apollo Sugar opens new clinic in Hyderabad (Lead, correcting name in second para)

Apollo Sugar Clinics Ltd (ASCL), a single specialty diabetes and endocrine healthcare service provider, launched its new clinic, its 45th in the country, here on Friday.

Supreme Court judge N.V. Ramana inaugurated the clinic which has come up in Banjara Hills.

Designed to provide the best standards of services and facilities for diabetes care, Apollo Sugar is equipped with a highly trained, experienced and compassionate team of doctors, a statement said, adding it also has multi-disciplinary care team members including specialised dieticians, educators, and diabetes trained nurses.

Speaking on the occasion, Justice Ramana said the key to successfully living with a disorder like diabetes is regular monitoring, assessment and adherence to prescribed medications and lifestyle related modifications.

Apollo Sugar's CEO Gagan Bhalla said that Apollo Sugar has benchmarked global best practices in quality healthcare delivery with stringent alignment to approved standards and protocols.

Apollo Sugar, Apollo Hospital Group's flagship chain of innovative single speciality clinics in collaboration with Sanofi, was formally announced by the group on September 30, 2014.

--IANS

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