Date:26/01/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/26/stories/2007012621260200.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Apollo Pharmacy launches `any time medicine' card

Staff Reporter

To replicate service across the country

HYDERABAD: Apollo Pharmacy of Apollo Hospitals Group has launched `any time medicine' service, which entitles customers to a host of benefits.

Shobana Kamineni, Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, formally launched the ATM service at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills here on Thursday.

Under the service, a customer on purchases made at any of the Apollo Pharmacies across the State for Rs. 6,000 within a year, could avail of benefits like a discount of Rs. 500 against purchases made at Apollo Pharmacies or on any OP investigation or treatment at Apollo hospitals in the State or a free health insurance of Rs. 20,000.

Ms. Kamineni said the ATM service was a way of adding value to the loyal customers of the group.

The service would be replicated across the country shortly, she added.

Apollo Pharmacy had a network of about 500 outlets across the country and plans were on to increase the number to 1,250 in two years, she said.