Billroth Hospitals

Billroth Hospitals is a hospital chain which is 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.

Billroth Hospitals
Billroth Hospitals
Geography
LocationChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates13.4°N 80.13°E / 13.4; 80.13 (Billroth Hospital)
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds600
History
Opened1990
Links
Websitewww.billrothhospitals.com

Founder

V Jeganathan was born on the 19 December 1953, and he died on the 17 May 2007. He died from a heart attack. As well as being the founder, and director of Billroth Hospitals he was also a well known Surgical Gastroenterologists, Laser, and Laparoscopic Surgeon.[2]

Departments
  • Institute of Chest Medicine
  • Institute of Cardiology
  • Institute of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Institute of Ophthalmology
  • Institute of Plastic Surgery
  • Institute of Endocrinology
  • Institute of Dental Sciences
  • Institute of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery
  • Department of Orthopaedics
  • Institute of Dermatology
  • General Surgery
  • General Medicine
  • Institute of Podiatric
  • Institute of Radiology
  • Institute of Paediatric
  • Institute of Oncology
  • Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Institute of Neuro Surgery
  • Institute of Nuclear Medicine
  • Institute of Neurology
  • Institute of IVF
  • Institute of Gastroenterology
  • Institute of ENT
  • Institute of Urology & Nephrology

Home Care
  • Home Care
  • Ambulance Services
  • Pharmacy Services
  • Lab Collection Services
  • Physiotherapy Services
  • Nursing Services

Facilities
  • Ambulance & Emergency Services
  • Critical Care Unit
  • Diagnostic Services such as Dual Source CT[3] and several Others.
  • Dialysis
  • Endoscopy[4]
  • Pharmacy Services

Achievements
  • Fast Track Cardiac Surgery.
    • In this 4-day fast track surgery, Day 1 is operation, Day 2 is ICU mobilization, Day 3 is Ward care and Day 4 is the discharge of the patient.[5]
  • Bloodless Heart Surgery was performed by a team of doctors under the Chief Cardiac surgeon Dr. S Thiagarajamurthy
    • Surgery was performed on a patient who underwent an aortic valve replacement procedure and coronary artery bypass surgery who refused a blood transfusion.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Where care comes First". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 11 April 2008.
  2. "Dr. Jeganathan dead". The Hindu. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007.
  3. "Dual Source CT Scanner installed at Billroth". The Hindu. 8 August 2010.
  4. "Endoscopy at Billroth Hospitals". Billroth Hospitals.
  5. "Billroth Hospitals goes on fast track in performing heart surgery". The Hindu. 19 March 2009.
  6. "Bloodless' heart surgery performed". Indian Express. 8 January 2009.
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