Apollo Hospitals to open 500 sugar clinics by 2019-end.

Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals plans to open 500 Apollo Sugar Clinics by end of 2019 in India and overseas to spread network of diabetes care programme.

'We plan to open 500 Apollo Sugar Clinics across the country and outside by end of 2019. We will be have 50 clinics in the country by the end of this year,' Apollo Sugar Chief Executive Officer Gagan Bhalla told PTI.

Outside India, the healthcare provider is mulling expansion in the Middle East countries, he added.

Asked about the investments required for the proposed expansion, Bhalla said: 'On an average, an investment of Rs 50 lakh is required to open a clinic but it varies depending on the locations.'

It would be financed through the funds from Apollo Hospitals Group, he added.

The company currently has it's sugar clinics in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Karimnagar, Pune, Kakinada, Nashik, Tiruchirappalli, Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore, Visakhapatnam and Madurai.


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