Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals Pvt Ltd

Name :

Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals Pvt Ltd

Address  :

313, Mettupalayam Road

Town  :

Coimbatore

State  :

Tamil Nadu

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

641043

Phone  :

91 422 248 5000

Fax  :

91 422 243 6444

Web URL  :

Ganga Medical Centre  Hospitals Pvt  Ltd
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Microbiology
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Orthopedics
  • Plastic Surgery
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 450

Speciality Type :

Super Speciality :

  • Neuro Surgical

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI
  • Physiotherapy

Advance Facility

  • Blood Bank

Description

About Us
Ganga Nursing Home was started in 1978 by DrJGShanmuganathan amp MrsShanmuganathan The strength of the hospital was 17 beds With subsequent expansions in bed strength and State of the art facilities it is now comparable to any western institution In 1990 the Shanmuganathan Kanakavalli Speciality Centre was started by DrSRaja Sabapathy and DrSRajasekaran after their return in honour of their parents The thrust was on introducing newer and latest techniques in various fields of Accident Surgery Trauma and Spinal Surgery the introduction of Microsurgical procedures Reconstruction of severly injured limbs replantation of completely amputated parts advanced skeletal fixation Reconstructive system Microsurgery system to establish the hospital as one of the premier institutions of the country Starting with 786 inpatients and 2686 out patients in 1992 there was a steady growth to 4900 inpatients and 9000 out patients in 1999 Patients are reffered not only from across the length and width of the country but also from the neighbouring countriesThe hospital is now firmly established as one of the premier tertiary referral centres in this part of the world

The strongest feature of the hospital has been the proper blend of clinical and academic activities and the steady and planned increase of team members so that the services provided have been all encompassing and uptodate Apart from being one of the the largest clinical unit the hospital is well known for its academic activities From 1996 it has become a PostGraduate institution for higher training in Orthopaedic Surgery recognised by the Board of Examination Every year 4 candidates are selected for higher training in Orthopaedic Surgery There are also many training fellowships offered in the specialised fields of Trauma Hand Surgery Micro Surgery and Hand Surgery In 1999 Ganga Hosptial also became the first hospital in India to have a Handson Course in Microsurgery with a unique exposure of the candidates to clinical problems and Handson Lab experience The hosptial also offers excellent comprehensive courses in Spine Trauma amp Hand Surgery which are very popular and sought after The Spine Unit is recognised by the National Board of Examination as the first unit for higher training in Spine Surgery


History

Ganga Hospital was establised as a Speciality Centre for Trauma Spine and Micro surgery in 1992 The department was established with all advance facilities like fluroscope for dynamic myelogram good radiology department CArm Image Intensifier and stateoftheart CARL ZEISS Spine Operative microscope The deparment is also well equipped with instrumentation for all types of posterior and anterior approaches and spinal stabilisation

The department also pioneered to introduce many new procedures like Microdiscectomy anterior and posterior stabilistion fo the spine anterior correction and instrumentation for scoliosis multi staged correction surgeries for scolios and kyphosis The department has also got one of the largest series of excision of primary tumours of the spine The work load of the department has steadily increased to 399 spine procedures per year

At present more than 350 major spinal surgeries are performed every year which is comparable to the statsitics of many advanced spine surgery centres in the west Unlike many spine surgery centres which specialise only in a few procedures the department handles a variety of spine surgery problems ranging from congenital deformity correction to tumour excision
Mother India

As always the numbers are very impressive Under the National Rural Health Mission NRHM 8722 doctors 2914 specialists 14529 paramedics 33 413 staff nurses 69662 auxiliary nurse midwives and 10995 doctors and 3894 paramedics practising traditional medicine have been hired to ensure that everyone in rural India irrespective of where they live ... Read More

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