New Delhi: Apollo Telehealth has announced that it is good Nidra program launched in March 2022 to help patients manage obstructive sleep apnea (YEARS), has been accessed by more than 10,000 patients one year after the program. He sleep program offers physicians and patients with OSA an alternative therapy that covers screening and diagnosis at home or in the hospital using technological tools that Apollo says are convenient and cost-effective.
The telehealth platform reported that its program was implemented fully equipped Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with connected facilities to monitor treatments remotely, plus a back-end support team that includes sleep technicians, sleep coaches, and counselors to instruct and guide patients through each stage of the treatment program.
To date, more than 7,000 sleep exams have been completed through this sleep program, including more than 2,000 consultations, more than 1,500 sleep studies, and more than 3,000 diet and counseling sessions. In addition, more than 1,000 patients received therapy for more than 350 days to treat their sleep disorders.
Reporting on the need for sleep therapy, Dr. sangita reddy, Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, said: “Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic and can have negative impacts on health, businesses and economies. The consequences of neglecting it welcome increased risk of noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart conditions.”
Speaking about the success of the Good Nidra Program, vikram thaploo, CEO, HealthNet Global shared, “OSA is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. About a billion people worldwide experience OSA, and up to 80 percent of people who have sleep apnea go untreated. Sleep apnea is a serious chronic condition that affects patients’ quality of life and general health, as well as their ability to sleep. This new program can help the medical industry as a whole to tackle this deadly disease in an effort to save more lives and increase public awareness about it.”
