HEALTH CARE

In December 2007, Bangalore ranked 2nd among the 593 districts in the country in terms of existence of health facilities. Chennai tops the list. Bangalore rural district stood at an impressive 67. The National Population Stabilization Fund (NPSF), in collabroration with National Informatics Center [NIC], has undertaken a unique exercise to create maps which show the existence of health facilities in each district across the country.

In Bangalore, only 26% women have three or more children (rural is at 44%), while the contraceptive prevalence rate is 83%. The under-five mortality rate too is encouraging at 14% but for rural it stands at 71%. More than 3 ANC [ante-natal care] visits in rural Bangalore  is at 87% and Bangalore city is at 58%.

Only 10 districts in Karnataka have below-100 ranking, where was in Kerala 4 districts rank below 10. 

Bangalore is finding a place in the globa map for advanced spinal surgery due to the growing number of spinal surgeons in the Bangalore. Every month, Hosmat attends to 2-3 patients - mostly from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh and Africa. As of October 2007, the state government has chalked out an ambitious plan to acquire around 500 acres of land near the Devanahalli International Airport for a super-speciality Health Park.  With an increasing number of super-speciality hospitals, Bangalore has become increasingly popular in the field of health tourism. However, just like any other govt mega plan, the Health Park has been just on paper.

Indus Valley Ayurvedic Centre
Lalithadripura
Mysore
IVAC is set up to promote ancient Ayurvedic science using modern state of the art facilities. IVAC seeks to bring Ayurvedic medicinal and holistic healing practices into main stream medicine in the new millennium.

Institute Of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences
Jindal Nagar,
Tumkur Road,
Bangalore - 560 073,
Tel: +91-80-2371 7777 (7 lines)
Fax: +91-80-2371 7785
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National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro sciences (NIMHANS)
P.B 2900,
Hosur Road,
Bangalore - 560029
Tel: +91-80-2264 2121

Mallya Hospital
No. 2, Vital Mallya Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91-80-2222 7979, 2222 7799.

Manipal Hospital
Airport Road,
Bangalore - 560017.
Tel: +91-80-2252 66646, 2252 66441
Fax: +91-80-2252 66757

Narayana Hrudayalaya
(Dr. Devi Shetty)
#258/A, Bommasandra Industrial Estate,
Anekal Taluk,
Bangalore - 562158 Phone: +91-80-7835000-18, +91-98440 44544
Fax: +91-80- 7835444, 7832648

Sagar Apollo Hospital
#44/54, 30th Cross,
Tilaknagar,
Jayanagar Extension,
Bangalore - 560041
Tel: +91-80-2265 36700
Fax: +91-80-2265 36714

Soukya
Soukya Road; Samethanahalli; Whitefield;
Bangalore-560067
Tel: +91-80-2794 5001-4
Fax: +91-80-2794 5010
Soukya is a unique centre that helps restore the natural balance of your mind, body and spirit by combining modern medical advancements, ancient medical techniques and complementary therapies used worldwide.

Wochhardt Hospital and Heart Institute
14, Cunningham Road,
Bangalore - 560052
Tel: +91-80-2222 61037, 2222 68367
Fax: +91-80-2228 1149

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• Apollo to offer blood test pick up at home!
  Feeling sick, but dread going out for a blood test in Bangalore's traffic? Well, you don't have to endure traffic jams or worry about parking, as you can now get your blood or urine samples picked up from home.
  
  Home Collections — a free service launched by Apollo Clinic, Malleswaram — has brought diagnostic services to the doorstep, especially to bedridden or elderly patients.
  
  
• West eyes Bangalore for healthcare outsourcing
  Medical tourism in the City might just be poised for another big leap. About five major corporations in the USA and the UK are exploring possibilities of outsourcing healthcare services extended to their employees, by tying up with hospital chains like Wockhardt Hospitals (WH).
  
  
• Ayush practitioners bring relief to patients in rural areas
  For the first time in the country, ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (Ayush) practitioners are being pressed into service at government hospitals and primary health centres and Karnataka has already recruited a number of them at PHCs.
  
  
• Foundation laid for Cyberknife project
  HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG) the leader in comprehensive high quality cancer care centers today broke the ground to set up its Cyberknife project.

  Talking to newsmen here, HCG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr Ajai Kumar said that this would be the India's first whole body robotic stereo tactic radio surgery equipment. The project was being set up in collaboration with Singapore based Advanced Medical Systems Private Limited (AMS).
  

• Manipal Group forays into healthcare retail
  Manipal Group today announced its foray into healthcare retail by opening integrated outlets offering a mix of services and products in preventive, wellness and beauty under one roof with the brand name "Manipal Cure and Care".

  The healthcare major would open 50 exclusively owned outlets during the next one year with an investment of Rs 40 crore. It would further invest between Rs 100 to 150 crore in the next two years to spread its footprint across the country.
  

• Medical Tourism to beat IT/BPO
  Move over Mumbai. As medical tourism is slated to become a 2.3-billion dollar industry by 2012 — next only to IT and BPO — hospitals in Bangalore are gearing up to manage the swelling overseas market.
  
  
• Bangalore gets new Appollo super speciality hospital
  Appollo Hospitals, the largest healthcare service providers in Asia, today opened a 250-bed super speciality tertiary care facility in the city. Hospital Chairman Pratap Reddy told reporters here that the new centre was aimed at providing best quality healthcare to the people of the city and its surrounding areas and would serve as a benchmark for quality in the healthcare system.
  
  
• State-of-the-art cancer centre in City soon
  Narayana Health City on Hosur Road will house a cancer research centre and general hospital in nine months. Dr Devi Shetty, promoter of the Health City, has taken up the project as a joint venture with Ms Kiran Mazumdar, the chief of Biocon.
  
  
• Teleradiology Solutions' unit inaugurated
  Teleradiology Solutions, a leading provider of teleradiology services in the country, today opened its new centre at Whitefield, near here. The new centre would offer teleradiology services to hospitals, including interpretation of all non-invasive imaging studies like CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine studies and digitised X-rays via teleradiology (remote interpretation), a company release here said.
  
  
• HAL launches heli ambulance, charter service
  Public Sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), scripting yet another chapter in its long list of achievements, today launched a specially designed Chetak helicopter for emergency medical evacuation and air charter services here. HAL Chairman Ashok K Baweja formally inaugurated the operations of 'Vayu Vahan' at the Rotary Wing Academy in Bangalore airport.
  
  
• Narayana Nethralaya to start corneal implant
  Narayana Nethralaya has become the first eye hospital in India to obtain technology to start Intacs-corneal implants treatment for keratoconus.
  
  
• Health Minister R Ashok gives IT City a ‘health’ tag
  The State Government is committed to provide telemedicine facility in all 27 districts of the State, said Health Minister R Ashok.
  
  
• Premji to invest in Narayana Hrudayalaya, Jerry Rao to invest in Grover Vineyards
  Take the case of two of Bangalore’s prominent corporate chieftains: Wipro chairman Azim Premji and MphasiS BFL chief Jerry Rao. While the former is betting on healthcare, the latter is showing a preference for wine. Mr Premji, is close to acquiring a 26% stake in Bangalore-based cardiac hospital — Narayana Hrudayalaya — owned and run by Dr Devi Shetty, for about Rs 100 crore.
  
  
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