300 more Apollo Sugar Clinics on the anvil

Apollo Sugar Clinics, a diabetes care focused chain under the Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals group, is planning for an expansion with 300 clinics across in India to be opened in the next three years. This expansion plan would also include working with hospitals and also individual doctors in tier-II cities and rural areas.

This special care unit of Apollo Hospitals is planning to work with 1500–2000 general practitioners with MBBS and MD qualifications to deliver affordable diabetes and endocrine care through their flagship annual campaign called 'Sugar 360' in tier-2 cities and rural areas of the country.

Apollo will work with the government through a PPP model to drive this huge initiative, which would also be in line with the government's move to arrest the increasing incidence of diabetes across the country.

In the upcoming Union Budget they are also expecting more investment from the government in the the healthcare sector and wanted the government to focus more on preventive care.