Apollo Tyres launched a dedicated Mobile Medical Unit, named the ‘Apollo Tyres Healthcare Express,’ aims at delivering essential healthcare services to truck drivers and related communities in and around Chennai.
Apollo Tyres Brings Healthcare to Truckers
The initiative was officially flagged off by C Thomas Mathew, Unit Head of the Chennai Plant, Apollo Tyres Ltd.
Designed to extend medical support to the underserved trucking population, the Healthcare Express will provide preventive care and treatment while raising awareness on critical health concerns, including HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), vision care, tuberculosis, diabetes, and hypertension.
Staffed by a trained team consisting of an MBBS-qualified Medical Officer, Pharmacist, Optometrist, Outreach Workers, and a Project Coordinator, the mobile unit will offer a range of services from general medical consultations to specialised screenings and awareness programmes.
Covering major transport hubs within a 50-kilometre radius, including Madhavaram, Manjambakkam, and Poonamallee, the Healthcare Express aimed to reach more than 10,000 members of the trucking community. Access to these services will be available at a nominal consultation fee of Rs 10 per visit.
This initiative builds upon Apollo Tyres Foundation’s longstanding commitment to the health and welfare of India’s truckers. Since launching its healthcare programme in 2000, the Foundation has reached over 12 million beneficiaries. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it significantly scaled up its outreach, delivering health awareness to over 1 million individuals, facilitating testing for more than 10,000, and helping over 150,000 people receive vaccinations in partnership with local authorities.
Apollo Tyres continues to affirm its social responsibility by addressing the healthcare needs of a vital segment of the nation’s transport ecosystem.
