Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi
A 300-bed super specialty hospital in Prasanthigram, Puttaparthi, founded in 1991 by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, providing world-class tertiary care completely free of charge.
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Overview
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram, is a 300-bed tertiary care hospital founded by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on November 22, 1991. It was constructed in six months with a structural area of 320,000 square feet and is described as the first super specialty hospital in India to offer world-class tertiary care through state-of-the-art medical technology, totally free of charge to all patients. The hospital does not have a billing department. It is equipped with 14 operating theatres, two cardiac catheterisation laboratories, five in-patient wards, and a 24-hour emergency unit. Its departments include Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Gastroenterology, Urology, Orthopaedics, Radiology, Anaesthesiology, Nursing, Laboratory Services, HMIS, Blood Bank, Tele-Medicine, Dietary Services, Engineering, and Medical Records.
History
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram, was founded by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on November 22, 1991. It was constructed in six months with a structural area of 320,000 square feet. It is described as the first super specialty hospital in India to offer world-class tertiary care through state-of-the-art medical technology, totally free of charge to all patients. The hospital does not have a billing department. The Department of Radiology began functioning on the day the hospital was inaugurated, 22-Nov 1991, with one fixed 300mA X-ray machine and one portable 60mA X-ray machine. The Department of Ophthalmology has been providing advanced eye care since 1994. The Department of Nursing started functioning at the inception of the Institute with 10 staff nurses; it later grew to 140 staff nurses and other paramedical staff. The hospital is equipped with 14 operating theatres, two cardiac catheterisation laboratories, five in-patient wards, and a 24-hour emergency unit.
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First super specialty hospital in India to offer world-class tertiary care through state-of-the-art medical technology, totally free of charge to all patients.
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- 1Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigramprasanthigram.sssihms.org
- 2NURSING - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigramprasanthigram.sssihms.org
- 3RADIOLOGY - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigramprasanthigram.sssihms.org
- 4BLOOD BANK - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigramprasanthigram.sssihms.org
- 5Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthiwikidata.org
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