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Mangaluru, Jan 19: 'Namma Kudla' as Mangaluru is known, is a well known education and healthcare hub. KMC Hospital Mangaluru, which has been the pioneer in medical excellence in undivided Dakshina Kannada, has contributed a great deal in the emergence of this region as a foremost name in the domain of healthcare and healthcare education. Needless to say, over the years KMC has become a brand synonymous with quality health care services in this region. It has been a long tradition with KMC Hospital that it endeavors to offer personalised approach to patients who walk into its portals seeking healthcare services. The institution has been carrying on this tradition of patient-friendly services through its two hospitals in Mangaluru.
One-stop Destination for Healthcare
KMC Hospital located in Ambedkar Circle in Jyothi is a super speciality corporate hospital established with the utmost objective of providing multispecialty services under one roof. With health care facility and services becoming highly specialised, complex and challenging it was felt that there was a vacuum in the availability of state of the art multispecialty services under one roof in Mangaluru. This void was filled by KMC hospital, Ambedkar Circle, much to the convenience of patients who were scouting for a hospital that could provide solutions to all their health problems in one single location.“Healthcare is a major issue concerning people these days and we feel that people want complete healthcare solutions under one roof.
Generally doctors have their clinics and a cross reference often puts patients into great hardships. Even going to laboratories outside is quite a laborious task. KMC hospital Mangaluru has provided all these services to patients in-house. Those who come to KMC hospital don’t have to undergo the trouble of going elsewhere in search of doctors or laboratories”, says Saghir Siddiqui, Unit Head KMC Hospitals Mangaluru.
KMC hospital located in the prime locality ofAmbedkar Circle (near Jyothi talkies) with 251 bed inpatient facility provides specialised medical and tertiary care services at affordable costs. The services in this hospital are backed by a qualified team of doctors, with some of the best names in the field of health care services in India. The hospital has set new yardsticks as far as patient-doctor relationship is concerned, which goes a long way in providing right kind of diagnosis to the patients.
“It is to the credit of KMC Mangaluru that it has the services of some of the best doctors in various specialised fields. Their expertise and experience goes a long way in providing best healthcare to the patients”, says Dr Anand Venugopal, Medical Superintendent, KMC Hospitals Mangaluru. This specialised team of doctors is fully backed by qualified teams of nursing, paramedical staff and state-of the-art infrastructure, making this hospital the most sought after healthcare destination.
KMC Hospital Mangaluru has always kept pace with latest advancement in the field of healthcare both in terms of infrastructure and clinical expertise with a view to provide the best servicesto the patients. It has been constantly upgrading the clinical expertise and infrastructure to be at par with international standards in healthcare. What makes KMC Hospital Mangaluru so different from the rest is that it offers services in some of the rare paradigms of healthcare, which are not prevalent in most hospitals, thus catering to each and every section of the society. For example the hospital offers specialised Podiatric Surgery / Diabetic Foot Care service to patients, which are not available in any of the hospitals in Mangaluru. A team of experienced and specialised doctors at KMC Hospital Mangaluru will cater to patients facing problems related to diabetic foot surgeries and guide the patients accordingly. Similarly, Hematalogy is another branch of clinical service dealing with blood related cancers and diseases, a specialty service available only at KMC Hospital, Mangaluru.
Excellence Rewarded
In its pursuit to excellence, KMC HospitalMangaluru has been labouringunceasingly and has many firsts to its credit. It has been rewarded with an ISO certified for achieving highest standards of in-preventive and curative health services since 2005. From 2006 onwards it has been recertified with ISO 9001:2008. KMC Laboratory Services has been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories. The hospital has one of the best blood banks in the city which has been accredited by NABH. It was the first blood bank to be recognized as Zonal blood testing centre for HIV by the Director General of Health Services, New Delhi and also by the Karnataka State Aids Prevention Society. KMC Hospital was also the first in the city to set up a Dialysis centre. The fully air-conditioned centre with 23 units offers exclusive facilities to HCV/HbsAg positive patients.
The Cardiology department of KMC has a team of dedicated and skilled doctors and professional support staff to deal with all sorts of cardiac treatments and surgeries with facilities to attend to Critical Cardiac Care patients. This department has the most modern Cath Lab and treatments are available on all cardiac-related ailments.
The Hospital is also equipped with the best Gastroentrology Department in the city which is backed by 3 full time experts in the field of Liver and Digestive sciences and houses state of the art equipments for Video guided endoscopy etc. We have experts in the fields of Nephrology and Urology team as well who have performed several successful cases of Kidney Transplant in the recent years.
Other important departments withspecialised services are Genetics, Padiatric surgery, podiatric surgery, spine surgery and many more. The hospital provides 24 hour service in the form of Accidents and Emergency, Radio Diagnosis and Imaging services, lab services, Medical Stores, Blood Bank and dialysis service.
Facilities available at the hospital include Cath Lab, 4D Echo, ECG, TMT Neurophysiology Lab – EEG, EMG, Preventive Health Check facility, Video Endoscope and Bronchoscope, lab at your doorstep/Domiciliary lab Collection, home care service etc.
KMC Hospital Mangaluru is guided by a visionary approach and set goals in its endeavour to provide qualitative healthcare. In this farsighted approach the hospital is guided by the motto of providing affordable and quality healthcare and in the process set high benchmarks in the field of healthcare education and research. True to its patient-friendly approach the hospital accords highest priority to patient satisfaction through fitting service and quality management system. This will be achieved by empowering the staff to rise to the occasion as and when the situation demands.
The hospital relies a great deal on feedback from patients to constantly improve its services by taking into consideration the suggestions of the public. The hospital has now come out with evening out-patient services to help students and professionals to avail OP services.
“People’s feedback is of vital importance to us because thiswill help us to know what the patients think about our hospital and the services we offer. We can bring about necessary changes if and when required on the basis of their feedback”, says Dr Anand Venugopal, Medical Superintendent, KMC Hospital Mangaluru.
KMC Hospital Mangaluru has been striving ceaselessly to achieve its goals without compromising on its mission of providing affordable healthcare. It has been a trendsetter in terms of social service as part of its corporate social responsibility. It has also been organising medical camps from time to time in order to fulfil its mission and goals. The recent launch of Diabetes Club Card has been a step in the right direction in achieving the set goal of providing affordable healthcare.
KMC Hospital Mangaluru has been moving in the visionary path set by its founders in its efforts to provide international standard of healthcare in Mangaluru. It will continue in its efforts to live up to the expectations of the people and excel in its chosen field.