CHENNAI PRESS NEWS

Chennai, November 26, 2025: Apollo Homecare, India’s pioneering organised home healthcare provider and part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, today celebrated its 10th anniversary—marking a decade of delivering hospital-grade care at home to millions of patients nationwide. Established in 2015 under the vision of Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Apollo Homecare was created to bridge India’s post-discharge and chronic care gaps by bringing Apollo’s trusted clinical excellence directly into patients’ homes. (L to R) Vishal Lathwal, CEO, Apollo Homecare; Harshad Reddy, Director, Apollo Home Healthcare Ltd, Director – Group Oncology & International Business, Apollo Hospitals Group; Ms. Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Founder & Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group; Ms. Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr Madhu Sasidhar, President & CEO, Apollo Hospital Division Over the years, Apollo Homecare has grown into the count...

Chennai, November 25, 2025: In a first for Tamil Nadu, SRM Prime Hospital has successfully closed a recto-neovaginal fistula in a 22-year-old transgender woman using a bovine pericardial patch, avoiding the need for major open-abdominal surgery. The patient, from a poor economic background, had developed the fistula — an abnormal connection between the rectum and the neovagina — after undergoing gender-affirming surgery at another hospital, leading to the passage of flatus and faecal matter through the neovagina. The minimally invasive, day-care endoscopic procedure was performed by Dr. Arulprakash S., Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant, and Dr. Tarun J. George, Senior Consultant, Medical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, under the guidance of Dr. C. Paul Dilip Kumar, Director–Medical Services, SRM Prime Hospital. According to Dr. Arulprakash, such fistulas occur in only about 1% of gender-affirming surgeries and are rarely encountered. A previous attempt elsewhere to close the fistula...