A network hospital of Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd., Fortis Escorts Heart Institute pioneered the concept of fully dedicated cardiac care facility in India. Its path breaking work over the last 23 years made it stand tall in the cardiac care regime in the country. For its unparallel services, it’s now been recognized worldwide as a center of excellence.
The use of latest equipments ensures a high level of success in cardiological treatments that include cardiac bypass surgery, minimally invasive surgery (robotics), interventional cardiology, non-invasive cardiology and pediatric cardiac surgery. It houses most modern laboratories where various investigative tests are done in the field of nuclear medicine, radiology, biochemistry, hematology, transfusion medicine and microbiology.
At present, the group of 200 well experienced cardiac doctors and 1600 employees direct their group efforts to deal with numerous cardiac problems. Along with a one stop destination for cardiac treatments, the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute is a center of excellence that support and promote research studies in the field of cardiac care. The hospital organizes regular workshops for the doctors and other staff members so that they can also keep them up to dated with the latest trends in the field of cardiology.
Departments at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
All the departments at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute are well appointed with state-of-the-art facilities. The patients in these departments stay under medical monitoring round the clock so that any emergency situation can be handled with expert hand. The various departments at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute are –
- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
- Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Pediatric Cardiac Care
- Anesthesiology & Critical Care
- Critical Care Medicine
- Radio Imaging
- Hematology
- Biochemistry
- Microbiology
- Internal Medicine & Diabetology
- Orthopedics
- Pulmonology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Dental Surgery
- General Surgery, Adult & Pediatric
- ENT
- Physiotherapy
- Nuclear-Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Gastroenterology
- Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiology
- Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Surgical Oncology
The hospital has special arrangements to deal with medical emergencies. The critical conditioned cardiac patients are offer aero-medical air transfer by the group of professionals comprising of a cardiologist, an anesthetist, a nurse and a cardiac surgeon. Moreover, this center also has a fleet of 6 mobile Critical Care Units (CCUs) having onboard ventilator, defibrillator, a cardiac monitor and an Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP).