Apollo First Med Hospitals, Kilpauk, Chennai

Apollo First Med Hospitals in Kilpauk is an 80-bed secondary-care hospital in central Chennai. Established in 2002, it is part of the Apollo Hospitals group and is located at 154 Poonamallee High Road. The specialty list includes cardiology, gastroenterology and hepatology, general and laparoscopic surgery, nephrology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics and trauma, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, urology, vascular surgery and sports medicine.

The hospital’s current procedure pages list endoscopy and colonoscopy, pulmonary-function testing, ECG, echocardiography and treadmill testing as part of medical evaluation. Internal medicine also performs lumbar puncture, arterial blood-gas analysis and venipuncture when indicated. Surgical pages include rhinoplasty, periorbital operations, breast surgery and reconstruction, body contouring, fat grafting and hand reconstructive procedures. The branch also lists minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery as core services.

Diagnostic facilities at Kilpauk include MRI, CT, Doppler ultrasound and conventional ultrasound. The hospital combines these services with operating-theatre and critical-care support, allowing common acute medical and surgical problems to be assessed and treated locally. Its 80-bed scale makes it more compact than Apollo’s large tertiary campuses, with a stronger emphasis on secondary care and selected surgical treatment.

Patients with gastrointestinal complaints requiring endoscopy, common surgical conditions, orthopaedic or trauma problems, renal or urological disease, women's-health needs and selected reconstructive or plastic-surgery indications may find First Med relevant. The branch is most suitable when the required care fits a smaller multispeciality hospital with on-site imaging and inpatient support.

For central-Chennai patients, this setup can provide an intermediate level of hospital care between an outpatient clinic and a large quaternary centre. More complex transplant, advanced oncology or highly specialised cardiac cases may require referral within the wider Apollo network.