Sarvodaya hospital, a boon to city

Sarvodaya hospital, a boon to city
New Indian Express

The need of a hospital of the South West area on Bangalore has been met. Sarvodaya hospital, a new 250-bed multi-speciality and super speciality hospital will serve people of Rajajinagar, Basaveshwarnagar, Vijaynagar, Mysore road, Peenya, Dasarahalli, Yeshwanthpur, Kengeri, Tavarekere, and Nelamangala, and to people from other parts of the State and neighbouring States.

The unique feature of the hospital is the 40-bed critical care unit with a separate medical ICU, surgical ICU, neonatal ICU and cardiac care unit.

It also boasts of eight modern operation theatres with laminar flow, providing clean atmosphere to carry out cardiothoracic, neuro surgery, ortho, eye and vascular surgery apart from laproscopic surgery, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecological operations, ENT surgeries, urology and renal transplants surgeries, gastrointestinal and dental surgeries.

Other facilities in the hospital include a 24-hour pharmacy, blood bank, and casualty. Latest equipment in MRI, CT, ultra sound with colour doppler, mammography, an ultra modern medical laboratory, and physiotherapy are also available.

The team of cardiothorasic surgeons include Dr Mukundan, and Dr Arivazhagan, CEO of Sarvodaya Heart Centre, who take care of all bypass surgeries and valvular replacements with 100 per cent success rate. Dr S S Ramesh, Dr Keshav and Dr Yavagal will take care of angiograms and angioplasty.

Vascular surgeries are attended to by Dr K R Suresh, Dr Ganesh Nayak, Dr Ravivarma and Dr Somashekar. A team of 20 anaesthetists work round the clock.

Polytrauma cases, joint replacements and spinal surgeries are taken care of by orthopaedic Dr S Muthu and his team.

Former professor of surgery at Bangalore Medical College, Dr K Jaganmaya is the Medical Director.

The man behind the hospital is its Chairman V Narayanaswamy. He also runs a law college, a primary school, two nursing schools and two nursing colleges. He has also founded an old age home, where 25 inmates receive free food, shelter and medical facilities.

Dr (Lt Col) BTK Reddy, the administrator of Sarvodaya Hospital is the man behind the scene. He has 29 years of experience in the Indian Army Medical Corps, and has served all over the country, including during the Indo-Pak conflict. He has also rendered his services at Vydehi Medical College and at the Bangalore Hospital as administrator.

The hospital is located at No 11/2, Magadi Main Road, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Bangalore- 560079. For details, call 57609884/ 23119636/ 41734402.