K G Hospital, Coimbatore

From a 25 bedded Hospital in 1974 to a 550 bedded multi-specialty Hospital, the K Govindaswamy Naidu Medical Trust run K G Hospital attracts about 350 patients in the OPD daily.

Significant Achievements in the Last One Year

Stem cell transplantation was introduced in the Hospital this year. The Hospital has performed two successful complicated stem cell transplantations - one on a 70-year old lady with coronary artery disease and the other one on a 38-year old lady who had sustained a spinal cord injury following a road traffic accident. KG Hospital has entered into a tie-up with Japan based Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative transplantation.

Biggest challenges

The rising cost of medicines and inflationary spiral have been affecting the Hospital. "To help patients, we prescribe generic drugs which are quite cheaper than branded ones," says Dr G Bakthavathsalam, Chairman. According to him, Government regulations on waste management disposal, ever demanding need of the community to provide healthcare at affordable cost and proliferation of hospitals are deterrent factors.

Adopting New Technologies

"To help patients, we prescribe generic drugs which are quite cheaper than branded ones" - Dr G Bakthavathsalam Chairman K G Hospital, Coimbatore

State-of-art-equipment like 128 Slice CT scan, Somatom Definition AS +, Siemens' Avanto Magnet 1.5 Tesla MRI machine, Konica Minolta Direct Digitiser Regius and GE Innova cardiac cathlab has been purchased by the Hospital last year. "KG Hospital has never compromised in procuring the best equipment in spite of the cost factor," says Dr Bakthavathsalam.

Patient Friendliness

"A sense of bonding and commitment has been created in the Hospital, where people volunteer and do their best to satisfy patients by staying back late and ensuring that no patient returns from the Hospital dissatisfied or not seen by the doctor concerned," says Dr Bakthavathsalam. Patient managers have been appointed to ensure patients receive personalised attention and prompt service from all the doctors, nurses and others.

CSR

The Hospital has launched a programme titled 'Save A Million Hearts.' Through this programme the Hospital plans to screen around million people over a period of ten years in its pursuit to combat heart ailments in the community. The objective of this programme is to create mass awareness about the cardiac risk factors and heart diseases among the public. It has conducted over one lakh free eye surgeries for the poorer sections of the community including 5,000 free eye surgeries for poor children, 450 subsidised kidney transplants, 3,000 free dialysis treatments, 150 free heart surgeries for children and 85 free coronary bypass surgeries have been conducted so far.

Long-term Vision

Long-term vision of the Hospital is to set-up a cancer hospital, a hospice for the terminally ill and a hi-tech trauma care hospital for accident victims. It also hopes to start a Medical College in the future. The Hospital is exploring ways and means to diversify the heart Hospital by adding more super specialties and to introduce stem cell transplantations for more ailments.