[1][2] Established in 1995, it is the third super specialty tertiary care hospital set by the Apollo Hospitals Group, jointly with the Government of Delhi.

The hospital is spread over 15 acres, and has a built-up area of 600,000 square feet.

[4] The first successful pediatric and adult liver transplants in India were performed at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in November 1998.

[citation needed] Indraprastha Apollo Hospital was accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) USA as the first internationally accredited Hospital in India in 2005[5] and South Asia.

[4] The Apollo Heart Institutes at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is part of one of the largest cardiovascular groups in the world with over 1,70,000+ heart surgeries, which include complicated coronary artery bypass operations, surgery for all types of valvular heart disease, and infant and neonatal heart surgery – with success rates comparable to international standards.