{
  "id": 18119677,
  "title": "Apollo Foundation’s hospital in Aragonda blends healthcare with education, nutrition and sanitation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/apollo-foundations-hospital-in-aragonda-blends-healthcare-with-18119677",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T12:36:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/apollo-foundations-hospital-in-aragonda-blends-healthcare-with-education-nutrition-and-sanitation/article71659523.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Apollo Foundation's hospital in Aragonda, Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district, has transformed from a 50-bed rural hospital into a comprehensive community development model that integrates healthcare with education, nutrition, sanitation, and preventive health. Through its Total Health programme, the foundation aims to address the broader social determinants of health, offering services ranging from maternal and child healthcare to youth development, women's economic independence, and elderly care. The programme has conducted over 1,200 antenatal and postnatal check-ups, trained 2,600 schools in hygiene practices, provided yoga sessions to more than 10.8 lakh elderly people, and completed 1,000 total knee replacement procedures. Apollo Hospitals Group founder chairman Prathap C. Reddy emphasized that the initiative reflects his belief in making quality and affordable healthcare accessible to every Indian, regardless of their location.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}