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The Heart Centre at Bangalore:
The flag ship 50 bedded exclusive cardiac care hospital located at the Central Business district of Bangalore is dedicated for cardiology and cardio thoracic surgery offering state-of-the-art cardiac care facilities & services. It has the distinction of being the first cardiac-care hospital for having received ISO 9001:2000 - certified by TUV Rhineland - in India.
 
The Heart Centre has a choice of Private Rooms and Semi Private Rooms. Two five bedded Intensive Care Units, a Post Operative ICU, a well equipped Non-Invasive Department, a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and two Operation Theatres ensure that the hospital can take care of any cardiac emergency. In addition it has accesses to a 24-hour Emergency Ward, Pharmacy, Clinical laboratory and Blood Bank.

The hospital has a specialized digital Cath lab facility with state-of- the- art ICU & CCU care. The department is geared up for all cardiac emergencies round-the-clock. Private suites and semi private rooms are made available to cater to individual preferences.
 
 
The Group also has a team of highly skilled cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, and interventional radiologists who provide specialized care in all areas of cardiovascular care. The medical team is ably supported by skilled and trained nursing, paramedical staff, customer support and administrative services.
 
Some of the significant achievements of the Heart Centre:

Treated over 90,000 patients in a short period of seven years.

Over 30,000 echocardiograms and 2,500 Dobutamine Stress Echocardiograms have been conducted, which isthe largest number in South India.
With ISO 9001:2000 to its credit, the Heart Centre is in the process of implementing "six sigma" to offer the best service possible to its patients
The Heart Centre was the first to acquire and perform Intracoronary Brachytherapy (Radiation) in India, after the approval of U.S - F.D.A. in November, 2000. The Laser Myocardial Revascularisation equipment is unique and first of its kind in India, in that it can perform both Direct Myocardial Revascularisation (DMR) by surgery and Percutaneous Transluminal Myocardial Revascularisation (PTMR) through catheters.
 
 
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