The Aragonda branch of the Apollo Hospitals on Wednesday organised a 3 km-long walkathon from the Government High School to the hospital on Wednesday as part of its efforts to raise awareness on ‘total knee replacement’, and also to mark the completion of 500 such surgeries.
A team of orthopedic surgeons from Chennai and Aragonda, along with 2,000 students of various high schools in Tavanampalle and Irala mandals, took part in the walkathon.
Addressing a press conference at Aragonda, Apollo Hospitals chief surgeon Madhan Mohan Reddy, also former Director of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)‘s BIRRD Hospital, said that the Aragonda hospital has achieved a record of performing 500 total knee replacement surgeries in four years.
