Now, as Asia’s foremost and trusted integrated healthcare services provider, the group’s presence includes Hospitals, Pharmacies, Primary Care & Diagnostic Clinics and Telemedicine units across 10 countries, Health Insurance Services, Global Projects Consultancy, Nursing Education, Hospital Management and a Research Foundation with focus on Global Clinical Trials, Epidemiological Studies, Stem cell & Genetic Research. Today, Apollo Hospitals are consistently ranked amongst the best hospitals globally for advanced medical services and it has touched the lives of over 45 million patients, from 121 countries.
What makes Apollo outstanding in all its endeavours is the personalized care that is given to the patients. The nurses are the pride of Apollo and their motto “Service with a smile” is meticulously translated into action while serving the sick. An Apollo nurse is not merely a caregiver, she is a computer savvy, confident and highly resourceful person who can deftly handle the ‘state-of-the-art’ equipment in the hospital. Tender Loving Care (TLC) was at the core of Apollo Hospitals model of care and it continues to be the magic that inspires hope, warmth and a sense of ease in the patients.
Endowed with the unique qualities of love, courage and mercy which are the hallmark of the nurse, an Apollo Nurse is much in demand in today’s modern health care system.
The Apollo hospitals group has achieved the unique distinction of achieving accreditation for four of its hospitals at Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ludhiana and Bangalore in quick succession. Indraprastha Apollo hospitals Delhi became the first hospital in India, while Apollo Hospitals Chennai  became  the  first  hospital  in  South India to achieve this unique and  converted  accreditation. Apollo Hospitals was the first to invest in the pre-requisites that led to international quality accreditation like Joint Commission International (JCI) and Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals was the first hospital in India to be accredited with this gold standard in 2006.

APOLLO TELEMEDICINE network foundations was commended for its primary efforts to introduce telemedicine to the RURAL POPULATION, by the former US president Mr. Bill Clinton after he viewed a live Tele consultation at Cll Conference in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. An early adopter of technology, Apollo Hospitals was one among the first few in the world to leverage technology to build integrated healthcare delivery models, which facilitate seamless healthcare delivery through electronic medical records, hospital information systems and telemedicine based “outreach” initiatives.

“Our mission is to bring HealthCare of International standards within the reach of every individual. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of excellence in Education, Research and Healthcare for the benefit of humanity.

Apollo Hospitals, pioneer in the health care industry, is the First Super Speciality Hospital established at Chennai in 1983, was the first corporate Hospital in India. Apollo has established several land marks in the fields of medicine and surgery. This has been mainly because of it’s excellent professional skills drawn from India and Abroad and also due to the strong support services that has been able to develop, of which Nursing is one of its forte. Apollo is Asia’s trusted health care provider and have seven JCI accredited Hospitals, the largest health care group other than US.

Apollo Hospitals has taken the spirit of leadership well beyond business metrics. It has embraced the onus of keeping India, healthy. Apollo Hospitals has assumed the responsibility to educate and influence mind set of people of India, related to Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). On first January, 2015, Apollo Hospitals declared war on NCDs, and is leading the entire healthcare fraternity into this battle. The Billion Hearts Beating Foundation was envisioned by our chairman Dr. Reddy to keep India's heart healthy and over half a million people have taken a pledge on www.billionheartsbeting.com

Apollo Hospitals has always strongly believed in social initiatives that help transcend barriers. In keeping with this, the group has started several impactful programmes Save a Child's Heart Initiative (SACHI)
–a community service initiative was introduced with the aim of providing quality paediatric cardiac care to children from under privileged sections of society suffering from heart diseases
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Nursing skills acquired by the nurses from Apollo Hospitals have been in great demand both in India and Abroad. Consequent to which, several of them have been recruited time to time to many hospitals in the Gulf countries, United states and other neighbouring countries. Apollo’s training has been framed with a view to equip nurses to independently handle any emergency situation.

It was therefore Apollo’s long –felt desire to start a School of Nursing with Diploma course, and a College of Nursing with a degree course, so that the wide gap in Nursing strength, prevailing in the country compared to the demand across India, will no more pose problems. Besides recruitment for Apollo hospitals coming up in various metropolitan centres, nurses qualifying from  Apollo  School  of Nursing and College of Nursing will find themselves well – equipped to apply to other multi-speciality hospitals

The onus being on holistic preparation of nurses the Apollo Hospitals Educational Trust (AHET) was established in the year 1996, with the twin objective of education and manpower development. The AHET is headed by our enterprising chairman Padmavibushan Dr.Prathap C.Reddy, our dynamic Executive Vice Chairperson Mrs. Preetha Reddy, and versatile Chief Operating Trustee Mr. V. Satyanarayana Reddy and Administrator Mr. Christopher John. Apollo Hospitals Educational trust is created by the Apollo Hospitals to promote medical and paramedical education, to establish educational institutions, to develop research facilities and to run health clinics and Hospitals.

Apollo School of Nursing was established in the year 1992 which is approved by Directorate of Medical Education, Govt.of Tamil Nadu by its G.O.No 817 dated 17.07.1992 and recognised by Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi & Tamil Nadu Nurses & Midwives Council, Chennai.

Objectives

The aim of Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery programme is to prepare a general nurse to function as a member of the healthcare team, bringing competency to the hospital and the community. The programme is geared to serve the health needs of the country, the community and the individual and it will serve as a basis for advanced study and specialization in nursing. This programme also assists the nurses in their personal and professional development.

Vision

The vision is to nurture, mould and develop well qualified and competent nurses through excellent teaching,  to achieve the fullest potential in clinical outcome, discovering, new horizon augmenting the technology and providing her sustainable ambience at global level.

Service with a Smile
Tender Loving Care
Medical Excellence with Human Touch
Respond to Needs Empathetically

Students after completion of the course are absorbed as full fledged Staff Nurses in the chain of Apollo Hospitals on regular basis with salary as per the institutional scale. Our students enjoy the privilege of being placed in Govt. Sectors & overseas by showcasing their clinical expertise learning.