Apollo to open Sugar Clinics in Middle East

Apollo to open Sugar Clinics in Middle East
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Apollo to open Sugar Clinics in Middle East. Apollo Sugar Clinics, a diabetes care-focused chain from the Apollo Hospitals Group, today said it will be entering the Middle East soon and also expanding domestic operations by adding 12 more clinics by the end of the month.

Mumbai : Apollo Sugar Clinics, a diabetes care-focused chain from the Apollo Hospitals Group, today said it will be entering the Middle East soon and also expanding domestic operations by adding 12 more clinics by the end of the month.

Sangita Reddy

"After successful operations here, we're now exploring international market and the initial focus is the Middle East, which has increasing number of diabetic people," Apollo Sugar Clinics chairperson Sangita Reddy said. Apollo Sugar Clinics has already built up a chain of 28 speciality clinics across the country as on date and is looking at opening 40 clinics by October.

"We've partnered with Sanofi, which is a global leader in diabetes management. We've benchmarked global best practises in healthcare delivery With the increasing number of people becoming diabetes here, we must act quickly", she said. The company has announced its entry into Mumbai with the opening of four neighbourhood care delivery centres and aims at offering world-class diabetic care.

The French healthcare giant Sanofi invested Rs 90 crore to pick up 20 per cent stake into Apollo Sugar Clinics in January this year. In India, diabetes afflicts over 65 million, while over 77 million are diagnosed as pre-diabetic and the number of diabetics is expected to touch 109 million by 2035.

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