Godrej Memorial Hospital

Godrej Memorial Hospital unveils its Advanced

 

Cardiac Care Centre and Cath Lab

Makes modern cardiac technology accessible to all

 

Godrej Memorial Hospital, a unit of Godrej Memorial Trust, today inaugurated an Advanced Cardiac Care Centre that is committed to provide advanced cardiac and vascular care to residents of Mumbai and suburbs. The specialty care Centre is well-equipped to conduct angiography, angioplasty, bypass and valvular surgery. Along with cardiac cases, the Centre is well equipped to perform neurological procedures in a minimally invasive manner. The Centre was inaugurated by Dr. F.E. Udwadia, Physician and Director of Critical Care Unit, Breach Candy Hospital. Mr. Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited also graced the occasion.

 

The new Advanced Cardiac Care Centre, a part of the Godrej Memorial Hospital at Vikhroli, will be equipped with a new Cath lab, a dedicated operation theatre and an Intensive Care Unit. The Centre will be functional round the clock and open to all. 40 beds will be dedicated to patients undergoing treatment at this Centre, 10 of which will be for Intensive Cardiac Care. A team of eminent cardiologists and cardiac surgeons will be dedicated to the Advanced Cardiac Care Centre. The nurse – patient ratio will be maintained at the recommended level of 1:1 for the 10 Intensive Cardiac Care beds. 

 

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. F.E. Udwadia, considered as the father of respiratory medicine in India, said, “Godrej Memorial Hospital is exemplary in providing advanced healthcare to the common man at affordable prices. In continuation with this purpose, its Advanced Cardiac Care Centre offers interventional cardiology treatment, thus making it a boon for heart patients in and around Mumbai.”

 

The state-of-the-art Cath Lab is supported with the latest technology like Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), Road Mapping and Haemo-dynamic monitoring. Besides enabling advanced cardiac treatment, it will also be used in neurological emergencies.

 

Dr. Suhas Gangurde, Chief Executive Officer, Godrej Memorial Hospital, said, “Hitherto, we had no interventional facilities to treat an increasing number of patients suffering from heart ailments. This Advanced Cardiac Centre completes our repertoire of cardiac treatment.” 

 

Godrej Memorial Hospital (GMH) offers free treatment for selected ailments under the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Aarogya Yojana. The Anti Retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS patients which is an initiative of NACO (National AIDS Control Organisation) and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) is run free of cost at GMH. The Hospital has also partnered with a US based NGO, Project Smile Train, to provide free cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries to underprivileged children.

 

 About Godrej Memorial Hospital

Godrej Memorial Hospital (GMH), commissioned in September 2004 is a modern, 110 bed, multi-specialty hospital committed to provide quality and affordable healthcare to all. It is a unit of the Godrej Memorial Trust, a non-profit public charitable trust dedicated to providing medical relief to the unprivileged class of society. It is one of the few hospitals in the country to be accredited with NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Health care Providers) & NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories) by the Quality Council of India (QCI). Some of the unique services of the hospital include HBOT Center (Hyper Baric Oxygen Therapy Center), Anti Retroviral Treatment Center (ART CENTER), Smile Train and Emergency Medical Services.

 

About Godrej Memorial Trust

Godrej Memorial Trust is a voluntary, non-profit public charitable trust established in 1984. The objective of the Trust is to develop and maintain hospitals, clinics, dispensaries and other institutions to provide medical care to the poor and the needy. Since its inception, the Trust is engaged in running a charitable clinic at Okhla, New Delhi. After a decade of professional experience in delivering medical care through the clinic in Delhi, the Trust set up the Godrej Memorial Hospital, at Vikhroli East, Mumbai, with the aim of fulfilling its social obligation towards the community.