Apollo Hospitals is not just one of the country's premier healthcare providers but also plays a pioneering role in helping India become a centre-of-excellence in global healthcare. In keeping with its image as the pioneer in providing latest medical treatments, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi established a hyperbaric chamber, which has been working since June 2000. When the service started in 1998 it was for the first time that a private hospital invested and offered hyperbaric oxygen as a speciality in India.