It recently installed a state of the art Cobalt Unit. Apollo Heart Hospital provides a complete network for cardiac patients. It has a total bed capacity of 500 beds distributed between Apollo Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi. Apollo is linked to the Mayo Clinic and the Minneapolis Heart Institute, a premier heart institute led by the team of doctors who pioneered the Jarvik artifical heart.

Probably the greatest conceptual advance of this century in Therapeutic Oncology is the principle of the elimination of the neoplastic process with conservation of both anatomy and physiology. Outstanding examples are conservation of limbs in Osteosarcoma, preservation of female breast in malignancies of the organ and the saving of the larynx in laryngeal cancer by a multimodal approach in management. Equally amazing has been the cure of certain acute leukemias by Bone marrow transplantation.

Imaging with MRI, a hypertension research centre and facilities for haemodialysis and kidney transplantation are available at Akila Hospitals at Trichy. The hospital boasts a transplant team with 8 specialists, bone marrow transplant team along with five specialists on call to Sri Lanka, Sharjah, Kuwait and major Indian cities.

In Chennai, the Vijaya Heart Foundation's 79 beds has a state of the art cardiology and cardo-thoracic surgical unit manned by competent and experienced staff. The Vijaya Health Centre with 270 beds, offers diagnostic facilities in laboratory, X-ray, ultrasound, treadmill, endoscopy. C.T. Scan, M.R.I. and nuclear medicine.