Narayana Hrudayalaya
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Narayana Hrudayalaya located in the city of Bangalore
, India
, is one of the world's largest pediatric heart
hospitals. It is the brainchild of the renowned cardiac surgeon, Dr. Devi Shetty
. Narayana Hrudayalaya also receives patients from outside India, and it has created a record of performing nearly 15,000 surgeries on patients from 25 foreign countries. It is also a renowned centre for telemedicine
and it offers this service free of cost.
Despite helping so many poor patients, it is known for being so efficient, that it has a higher profit margin (7.7% after tax) than most American Private Hospitals (6.9%). http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15879359
It is building large hospitals across India totaling 30,000 beds, to enable it to gain large economies of scale and bargain down the cost of supplies to the hospitals.
Industrial Area on the Hosur Road
in Bangalore. With the Phase I of the construction being completed, the hospital currently has six stories containing 500 beds and 10 operating theatres.
He is originally from the erstwhile Kinnigoli, South Canara district in India (now divided into Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts of Karnataka). After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, he trained in cardiac surgery at Guys Hospital in the United Kingdom. He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata. After some time, he moved to Bangalore and started the Manipal Heart Foundation at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has many patients and admirers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Srilanka and other parts of the world, especially in South Asia.
, the hospital also offers treatments in the area of Pediatrics
, Neurology
, Gastroenterology
, General Surgery
, Dental, Nephrology
, Urology
, Transplants
, Nuclear Medicine
, Medical Imaging
and Radiology
. It also houses a Blood bank
and Laboratory
. With the help of ISRO, Narayana Hrudayalaya has pioneered some of the aspects of Telemedicine
.
and Pediatric Cardiology, and also performs cardiac surgeries like Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, the Dor procedure and the Ross procedure
. A total of 13000 coronary bypass grafting operations have been performed in the hospital.The hospital also acts as a philanthropist
by charging less than the normal cost for procedures like angiogram
and cardiac surgery
to people who cannot afford to pay the huge costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya also has 17 Coronary Care units which are based in remote cardiac hospitals but are linked to Narayana Hrudayalaya. These units handle emergency cardiac-related cases and the patients are controlled and stabilised before the cardiac specialists are consulted. The hospital also runs postgraduate programs for doctors and other medical staff on heartcare and also offers India's only formal training program for pediatric cardiac surgery.
service was started in the hospital in the year 2002 to cater mainly to the rural populace in the country. The telemedicine network of the hospital connects to countries like Malyasia, Mauritius
and Pakistan
; with most of the cases referred through telemedicine being cardiac ones. ECG reports, Audio/Visual data, CT scans, X-rays, MRIs and their analysis are exchanged via the telephone line, broadband connection or satellite. The hospital uses a telemedicine ECG machine manufactured by Schiller India, a Germany-based company. The telemedicine services provided by the hospital are free and more than 21000 cases have been referred using this service. Narayana Hrudayalaya is also a part of "The Karnataka Telemedine Project" which was inaugurated on April 8, 2002 and links two rural hospitals in Saragur
, Karnataka viz. the Chamarajnagar District Hospital and the Vivekananda Memorial Hospital with the Narayana Hrudayalaya.
Current expansion plans are to establish up to 300 clinics by 2013 aross India and abroad with investment around 150 crore
Initial expansion plan is to roll out 30 clinics in Bangalore and Kolkata in next 6 months
With increased scale of operations, NHDC will become a largest player and leader in the dental care services industry in India
Narayana Hrudayalaya Dental Clinic aims to provide a custom-made, world-class, cost-effective treatment plan to suit every discerning patient's needs at affordable rates. Smile is the first thing that people notice about. We ensure that you are in good hands when it comes to something as precious as your smile. Every patient in Narayana Hrudayalaya Dental Clinic is treated with personal attention and care. The clinic has been providing dental solutions to local and international patients.
dental experts in fields like Aesthetic Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Implantology, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Pedodontics, Cosmetic Dentistry, Laser Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry and Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery.
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is one of the world's largest pediatric heart
Heart
The heart is a myogenic muscular organ found in all animals with a circulatory system , that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions...
hospitals. It is the brainchild of the renowned cardiac surgeon, Dr. Devi Shetty
Devi Prasad Shetty
Dr Devi Prasad Shetty is an Indian philanthropist and a cardiac surgeon. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India for 1 year between May 2010 and May 2011, after the MCI was reconstituted.-Life and career:...
. Narayana Hrudayalaya also receives patients from outside India, and it has created a record of performing nearly 15,000 surgeries on patients from 25 foreign countries. It is also a renowned centre for telemedicine
Telemedicine
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities...
and it offers this service free of cost.
Despite helping so many poor patients, it is known for being so efficient, that it has a higher profit margin (7.7% after tax) than most American Private Hospitals (6.9%). http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15879359
It is building large hospitals across India totaling 30,000 beds, to enable it to gain large economies of scale and bargain down the cost of supplies to the hospitals.
History
Narayana Hrudayalaya was started in the year 2001 by Dr. Devi Shetty under the aegis of the Asian Heart Foundation (AHF). Bangalore was chosen as the location of the hospital since his family members refused to finance a heart hospital in any other place. Financial contribution for the construction of the hospital was provided by Dr. Shetty's father-in-law.. Spread over 25 acres (101,171.5 m²), it is located in the BommasandraBommasandra
-Demographics: India census, Bommasandra had a population of 7570. Males constitute 58% of the population and females 42%. Bommasandra has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 80% and female literacy of 61%...
Industrial Area on the Hosur Road
Hosur Road
Hosur Road is the part of National Highway 7 which connects the city of Bangalore capital of Karnataka, and the Tamil Nadu border town of Hosur. It is a four to eight-lane highway which also has service lanes on either sides at the busier parts. Apart from being a part of the National Highway, the...
in Bangalore. With the Phase I of the construction being completed, the hospital currently has six stories containing 500 beds and 10 operating theatres.
He is originally from the erstwhile Kinnigoli, South Canara district in India (now divided into Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts of Karnataka). After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, he trained in cardiac surgery at Guys Hospital in the United Kingdom. He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata. After some time, he moved to Bangalore and started the Manipal Heart Foundation at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has many patients and admirers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Srilanka and other parts of the world, especially in South Asia.
Services
Apart from cardiologyCardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
, the hospital also offers treatments in the area of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
, Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
, Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
, General Surgery
General surgery
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...
, Dental, Nephrology
Nephrology
Nephrology is a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney.-Scope of the specialty:...
, Urology
Urology
Urology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...
, Transplants
Organ transplant
Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site on the patient's own body, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of regenerative medicine is allowing scientists and engineers to create organs to be...
, Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine
In nuclear medicine procedures, elemental radionuclides are combined with other elements to form chemical compounds, or else combined with existing pharmaceutical compounds, to form radiopharmaceuticals. These radiopharmaceuticals, once administered to the patient, can localize to specific organs...
, Medical Imaging
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
and Radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
. It also houses a Blood bank
Blood bank
A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a division of a hospital laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper...
and Laboratory
Laboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
. With the help of ISRO, Narayana Hrudayalaya has pioneered some of the aspects of Telemedicine
Telemedicine
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities...
.
Cardiology
Narayana Hrudayalaya performs approximately 24 open heart surgeries and 25 catheterization procedures a day, almost eight times the average at other Indian hospitals. In cardiology, the hospital specialises in Interventional Cardiology, ElectrophysiologyElectrophysiology
Electrophysiology is the study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. It involves measurements of voltage change or electric current on a wide variety of scales from single ion channel proteins to whole organs like the heart...
and Pediatric Cardiology, and also performs cardiac surgeries like Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, the Dor procedure and the Ross procedure
Ross procedure
The Ross procedure is a cardiac surgery operation where a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the person's own pulmonary valve. A pulmonary allograft is then used to replace the patient's own pulmonary valve...
. A total of 13000 coronary bypass grafting operations have been performed in the hospital.The hospital also acts as a philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
by charging less than the normal cost for procedures like angiogram
Angiogram
Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers...
and cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart...
to people who cannot afford to pay the huge costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya also has 17 Coronary Care units which are based in remote cardiac hospitals but are linked to Narayana Hrudayalaya. These units handle emergency cardiac-related cases and the patients are controlled and stabilised before the cardiac specialists are consulted. The hospital also runs postgraduate programs for doctors and other medical staff on heartcare and also offers India's only formal training program for pediatric cardiac surgery.
Tele-medicine
The telemedicineTelemedicine
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities...
service was started in the hospital in the year 2002 to cater mainly to the rural populace in the country. The telemedicine network of the hospital connects to countries like Malyasia, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
; with most of the cases referred through telemedicine being cardiac ones. ECG reports, Audio/Visual data, CT scans, X-rays, MRIs and their analysis are exchanged via the telephone line, broadband connection or satellite. The hospital uses a telemedicine ECG machine manufactured by Schiller India, a Germany-based company. The telemedicine services provided by the hospital are free and more than 21000 cases have been referred using this service. Narayana Hrudayalaya is also a part of "The Karnataka Telemedine Project" which was inaugurated on April 8, 2002 and links two rural hospitals in Saragur
Saragur
Santhe Saraguru which is now also called as saraguru or saragur or sargur a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Locally there are two historical story behind the name to this village one,is from the river kabini,it runs as chain around this village.since in kannada chain means...
, Karnataka viz. the Chamarajnagar District Hospital and the Vivekananda Memorial Hospital with the Narayana Hrudayalaya.
Narayana Hrudayalaya Dental Chain
Started in 2008, NHDC has expanded to 25 dental clinics, 19 in Bangalore and 6 in Kolkata in various stages of operationCurrent expansion plans are to establish up to 300 clinics by 2013 aross India and abroad with investment around 150 crore
Initial expansion plan is to roll out 30 clinics in Bangalore and Kolkata in next 6 months
With increased scale of operations, NHDC will become a largest player and leader in the dental care services industry in India
Narayana Hrudayalaya Dental Clinic aims to provide a custom-made, world-class, cost-effective treatment plan to suit every discerning patient's needs at affordable rates. Smile is the first thing that people notice about. We ensure that you are in good hands when it comes to something as precious as your smile. Every patient in Narayana Hrudayalaya Dental Clinic is treated with personal attention and care. The clinic has been providing dental solutions to local and international patients.
dental experts in fields like Aesthetic Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Implantology, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Pedodontics, Cosmetic Dentistry, Laser Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry and Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery.