Apollo Health Card For Women

HYDERABAD: Marking the Women's Day, Apollo Hospitals has launched WE (Women's Health Empowerment) scheme offering them an exclusive Web site and a health card. Priced at Rs 495, the card allows women to undergo a comprehensive health check, which include tests for blood picture, urine examination, blood sugar, ECG, ultrasound abdomen and bone densitometry.


"Individually these tests cost Rs 3,650," Ms Sangeetha Reddy, Director (Operations) of Apollo Hospitals, said. Addressing a gathering here, Dr Seshagiri Rao, Head (Department of Cardiology), said women were susceptible to heart disease after menopause. Dr Vindya, a senior gynaecologist, said women lost calcium in during the period,said by Apollo In press.