Billroth Hospitals
| Billroth Hospitals | |
|---|---|
| Billroth Hospitals | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | 13°24′N 80°08′E / 13.4°N 80.13°ECoordinates: 13°24′N 80°08′E / 13.4°N 80.13°E |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 600 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.billrothhospitals.com |
Billroth Hospitals is a super speciality hospital chain based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by Dr. V. Jeganathan on 30 November 1990.[1] Billroth Hospital has its branches in Shenoy Nagar, R A Puram and Tiruvallur.
Founder
Dr. V Jeganathan born on 19th Dec 1953, apart being the founder and director of Billroth Hospitals he was a well known Surgical Gastroenterologists, Laser and Laparoscopic Surgeon. He died on 17 May 2007 due to a heart attack.[2]
Facilities
- Ambulance & Emergency Services
- Critical Care Unit
- Diagnostic Services such as Dual Source CT[3] and several Others.
- Dialysis
- Endoscopy[4]
Achievements
- Fast Track Cardiac Surgery - benefits of this are speedy recovery, shorter period of stay in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and hospital. In this 4-day fast track surgery, Day 1 is operation, Day 2 is ICU mobilisation, Day 3 is Ward care and on Day 4 is discharge of the patient.[5]
- Bloodless Heart Surgery was successfully performed by team of doctors under the Chief Cardiac surgeon Dr S Thiagarajamurthy on a patient who underwent an aortic valve replacement procedure and coronary artery bypass surgery who refused blood transfusion.[6]
References
- ↑ "Where care comes First". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2008.
- ↑ "Dr. Jeganathan dead". The Hindu. 18 May 2007.
- ↑ "Dual Source CT Scanner installed at Billroth". The Hindu. 8 August 2010.
- ↑ "Endoscopy at Billroth Hospitals". Billroth Hospitals.
- ↑ "Billroth Hospitals goes on fast track in performing heart surgery". The Hindu. 19 March 2009.
- ↑ "Bloodless' heart surgery performed". Indian Express. 8 January 2009.
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