Super Speciality Hospital

Started in 1998, Amrita Hospital has grown from a 115-bed super-speciality hospital to a 1400-bed multi-super speciality hospital with an attached medical college. It is now standing as one of the leading high-tech hospitals in Asia. Amrita Institute may be one of the rare places where science meets life; here, the advancement of science and technology is available to the common man at an affordable price. Amrita offers a total and comprehensive health solutions comparable to the best hospitals in the world.

Facilities

It has 25 modern operating theatres, 210 equipped intensive-care beds, a fully computerized and networked Hospital Information System (HIS), a fully digital radiology department, a 24/7 telemedicine service and a NABL accredited clinical laboratory, 50 clinical departments, and a dozen para-clinical departments. A full range of primary and specialty care medical services enables cross-specialty consultation which assures outstanding treatment for each patient.

Infrastructure

The massive healthcare infrastructure has over 26,00,000 sq. ft of built-up area spread over 100 acres of land. The daily patient volume is about 1400 outpatients  with a 95 percent inpatient occupancy. Annual patient turnover touches an incredible figure of over 4,60,000 outpatients and nearly 40,000 inpatients.

Medical Education & Research

The hospital now includes the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmaceutical Sciences, which are part of Amrita University offering educational programmes both at graduate and post graduate levels.

The present areas of advanced clinical research  include: Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Nano Medicine, Inborn Disorders of Metabolism, Bio-degradable Stent, Heart Muscle Disease, Tumour Immunology, Electrical Disorders of the Heart, Non Contact Mapping and RF Ablation Studies, Atrial Fibrillation – Genesis and Management, Vulnerable Plaque Recognition and Management, Studies on Tropical Pancreatitis & Hepatitis B.

Many ongoing projects are approved and supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Department of Science and Technology and other national and international research bodies.

Care with a Heart

More than ever AIMS is reaching out into the community and fulfilling its mission: “To provide outstanding and affordable medical care in a patient-friendly environment and in a spirit of compassion to all, regardless of race, caste, religion or economic condition. Charitable care to the fullest extent possible is provided to those in need.”

While AIMS has expanded its departments and services, it has retained its uncompromising commitment to providing charitable care to those in need. In 2002, free in-patient treatments and major financial concessions or subsidies were extended to 62% of all patients admitted to the hospital, or 16,884 patients, while over 7,000 received free out-patient treatment. In 2001, totally free treatment was given to more than 4,000 in-patients, or more than 20% of all inpatients That same year, major financial concessions were granted to 9,945 inpatients, constituting 49% of the inpatient population.

Dr. Subramanium, Professor of Paediatrics, explains: “The difference in Amrita is the motive factor. Here we are not forced to work for a financial return for the hospital. Elsewhere I would have to do that. Here there is an ethical approach to the work. I find the staff here are very aware, responsible and good at their work. Each staff member should be like a role model for others and that is happening. There is an atmosphere of calm, even in acute emergency sections. That is very rare in a hospital.

“Patients have a very wide access to our services at very low cost. Anyone can register here for a nominal fee, and I can send patients to see another doctor very easily with no extra charge to the patients. We can’t find that elsewhere. All my hopes about coming here have been confirmed.”

The quality and ethical standards of AIMS have influenced other hospitals in the area to improve the quality of care,  lower the cost of the services they provide, and begin reaching out to the poor.

The major speciality departments

• Centre for Heart Diseases
• Centre for Cancer Diseases
• Centre for Digestive Diseases
• Centre for Neurosciences
• Centre for Orthopaedics
• Centre for Plastic/Reconstructive and Microvascular Surgery
• Centre for Endocrinology & Diabetes
• Centre for Behavioural Sciences
• Centre for Solid Organ Transplant (Kidney, Liver)
• Centre for Laboratory Medicine
• Centre for Medical Informatics, Multimedia- Education, Telemedicine and Digital Health

For more, visit www.aimshospital.org