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.

HCG - South Asia's Largest Cancer Care Network
#8 P.Kalinga Rao Road
Sampangi Ramnagar,
Bangalore - 560027
Tel : +91-080-4020 6000
Fax : +91-080-2248 5962

Indus Valley Ayurvedic Centre
Lalithadripura
Mysore

Institute Of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences
Jindal Nagar,
Tumkur Road,
Bangalore - 560 073,
Tel: +91-80-2371 7777 (7 lines)
Fax: +91-80-2371 7785
Email:inys@vsnl.net

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

Ramakrishna Nursing Home
806, 15th Cross, III Block Jayanagar,
Bangalore 560011.
Tel: 26656800 | 26633143 | 26633145 | 26633148
Fax: 6534777.

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

Fortis Hospitals (earlier 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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