Apollo Gleneagles, Kolkata announced the launch of a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic along with hospitals across the Apollo Group of Hospitals network.

The Post-COVID Recovery Clinics will address the rising number of patients who have recovered from COVID but are suffering from the mid and long-term persistent effects of the infection. Over 50% of COVID patients suffer from problems that include breathlessness, chest pain, and heart issues, joint pains, vision problems, and memory loss months after contracting Covid-19. The Post-COVID Recovery Clinics will be manned by a team of specialists including neurologists and immunologists to help patients deal with the aftermath of COVID-19 and restore them to health. In Kolkata, the Post-COVID Recovery Clinic will be conducted at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata.

COVID-19 impacts almost all the vital organs in the body. Apart from acute events like stroke and myocardial infarction, chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension are part of the post-COVID syndrome. A number of sudden deaths in post-covid patients have been reported and most of these are attributed to acute cardiac events.

The Post-COVID Recovery Clinics will initially be launched in Apollo hospitals treating COVID in Chennai, Madurai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mysore, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Delhi, Indore, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad. The clinics will be manned by a dedicated team consisting of a family physician assisted by a nurse.