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CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY Setting a new standard in cardiac care, the R D Birla International Cardiac Centre is arguably the most advanced anywhere in the country. Housing India’s latest Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting complex, the centre is well-equipped to perform a wide variety of coronary artery bypass graft surgeries including total arterial revascularisation on the beating heart. This is acknowledged internationally and termed as minimal invasive coronary artery surgery with LIMA plus RIMA in Y manner with multiple grafts of proven longitivity. This exclusive technique, pioneered and mastered by the surgeons at the hospital, will increase the life-span of patients by many years. the center performs 1800 cardiac surgeries every year with patients being referred here even from as far away as UK and USA.
Occupying the entire floor, the centre consists of a spacious pre-operative room, 4 operation theatres, 35 recovery rooms, 2 cath labs, a central monitoring station, a medical store and an auto clave room. They function as one cohesive, self-sufficient unit infusing renewed vigour into the life sustaining organ we know as the heart.
4 state-of-the-art operation theatres
Strict asceptic precautions and a sterile atmosphere is maintained wih continuous airflow filtered by hepafilters in all theatres. The universally proven Ohmeda Excel 210 SE, the 5250 RGM Respiratory Gas Monitor, H P Monitors and Siemens ventilators complete the anaesthesia workstation.
35 recovery rooms plus a Central Monitoring Station Besides these systems, all the vital signs are also recorded at a Central Monitoring Staton. This ensures minimal wastage of precious time in case of an emergency. Two Cath Labs Unmatched commitment to patient care 9 hours that gave a teenager a new life
While pateints needing orthopaedic treatment have increased at an alarming rate, orthopaedic technology has also made a rapid evolution. The orthopaedic department at the Bombay Hospital is widely considered to be among the very best in India. Successfully treating patients ranging from the newborn to the elderly. Including orthopaedic disorders present at birth, to those caused by ageing, illness, athletic injury or automobile accidents. This department performs as many as 2000 major surgeries at the 5 dedicated operation theatres each year. Including complex knee, shoulder, elbow, and even hip replacement surgeries. The extensive measures taken to provide a sterile environment has resulted in a minimal infection rate comparable with the very best in the world. That, along with one of the finest team of surgeons and advanced technology has enabled Bomby Hospital to successfully carry out some of the most complicated orthopaedic surgeries ever conducted in the country. A new hip at 96! Having taken the necessary precautions, a team of doctors conducted a complte hip replacement surgery that lasted XO hours. So successful was the operation that Shri desai walked without any discomfort until he passed away at the ripe old age of 100. These Departments are also major thrust areas of the Hospital. The new technique developed by Dr. D. D. Gaur, known as Gaur's Balloon technique on Retroperitoneoscopy, which has been developed by him at the Hospital, has been receiving world-wide acclaim. A division of Laproscopic Urology has been established in the Department. The year 1991-92 was a land mark year for the Department with the commissioning of its new premises. Ten General Ward beds - 6 male beds and 4 female beds have been added to the Speciality. These beds are individually fitted with piped oxygen and suction facility, a rare facility for this category of beds in the country. In addition, seven isolation cubicles with piped oxygen and suction facility and attached toilet for exclusive use for post-operative care of kidney transplant cases have also been commissioned. This facility is the first of its type in a private hospital in Bombay. Dr. D. D. Gaur, Honorary Consultant in Urology, has been working on a novel and exciting mode of Urological Surgery - Retroperitoneoscope - and has developed a number of special instruments. He has presented his experience at various conferences including a conference in U.S.A. where his contribution in the field of Urology was internationally acclaimed. A total of 1688 operative procedures were undertaken during the year including 407 endoscopic procedures and 93 Kidney Transplants.
The Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery holds pride of place at the Bombay Hospital. It has the expertise and the capabilities to treat all types of brain disorders and tumours. Also conducted within this department are surgeries on the spinal chord, icrodisectomy and AV Malformations. Like the cardiac care centre, the Neurology and Neurosurgery department also uses a range of technically superior equipments for its various applications. These include:
Comatose on entry, elated on exit While cancer ranks as one of the most feared diseases to haunt mankind, the Bombay Hospital provides a constant ray of hope over 4000 patients who trace their way here, each year. Ever since the first cancer patient was successfuly treated here in 19XO, Bombay Hospital has played a pioneering role in the effective treatment of cancer. Ensuring it stays abreast with the latest developments in the fight against this killer disease, Bombay Hospital uses a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy to treat its patients. With its enviable team of doctors and sophisticated equipment, the department successfully performs close to 1000 surgeries every year. Another 3000 cases per year are treated through linear accelerator. This has given Bombay Hospital the reputation of being one of India's premier cancer treatment facilities. She fought cancer...and won! The Taparia Institute of Ophthalmology, probably the best equipped Institution for Ophthalmology in the country, equipped as it is, for computerised scanning of the eye for any intra-ocular tumours, haemorrhage or other ocular orbital lesions, as also a Yag Laser, Argon Laser, Photo Slit Lamps, Posterior System VI, etc., carried out 1,588 operations during the year, including a large number of complicated operations in the field of Vitreoretinal disorders. A number of Keratoplasty procedures were also performed. The Department of Surgical Oncology, with some of the country's leading specialists on its panel of Honoraries, has the excellent back-up support facilities of Histopathology, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and Blood Bank. Great stress is laid on conservative surgeries whereby vital functions are conserved without compromise - the final outcome of the surgery. During the year 2245 operations were performed in this Unit alone, apart from a large number of Oncological Surgical procedures performed in other Departments like Neurosurgery, Gynaecology and General Surgery. Our other specialities include
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