Apollo Hospitals controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
Supreme Court scrutiny of free-treatment obligations
The Supreme Court warned Indraprastha Apollo that AIIMS could be directed to take over if free treatment for poor patients was not provided under obligations associated with a Delhi government land lease.
2024
Medical-negligence penalty against Apollo Speciality Hospital
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission fined Apollo Speciality Hospital in Chennai and two doctors ₹30 lakh in a case involving a patient who did not regain consciousness after spinal surgery and remained in a vegetative state until death.
2019
Consumer commission compensation order in patient-death case
The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission found Indraprastha Apollo Hospital negligent in the treatment of a woman who died in 2007 and ordered compensation of ₹10 lakh to her father.
2016
Bilaspur hospital patient-death investigation
A patient died at Apollo’s Bilaspur hospital while being treated for stomach pain. The hospital initially attributed the death to poisoning, but a later forensic report obtained in 2019 found no poison. Four doctors were arrested in 2023 and later released on bail.
2016
Kidney-transplant allegations involving Apollo Delhi
Press reports connected a doctor associated with Apollo’s Delhi hospital to questioning in a kidney-transplant investigation. The reference material also notes further investigation related to the earlier cash-for-kidney matter in 2023.