INTRODUCTION

Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital is an Ultra modern multi specialty tertiary care hospital with medical research center. The hospital has an inpatient capacity of 350 beds inclusive of 50 critical care beds in different specialties. As a tertiary care hospital, the services offered are comprehensive covering investigation and diagnosis to therapy, surgery and post operative care. The inpatient services are complemented with a day center, outpatient facilities and an exclusive center for health check up for executives.

Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital’s philosophy is ‘To provide world class quality health care services to all sections of the society at an affordable cost’ with emphasis on philanthropy. Towards this objective, the hospital has well qualified and dedicated medical professionals, para medical staff and managerial support who regularly enhance their skills to the most contemporary world standards.

         With over a hundred doctors, there is always an experienced specialist on hand to initiate treatment without delay. The various specialties covered are General medicine, Paediatrics, Dermatology, Venerology, Leprosy, General surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Dentistry.

         Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital’s main thrust areas in surgery are General surgery, Paediatric surgery, Orthopaedic surgery, ENT and Ophthalmology. Every operation theatre is complete with an attached recovery room, constant positive air pressure supply, total environment control and an alert team of trained medical and nursing staff.

         Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital’s critical care unit is managed by highly qualified intensivists. Critical care beds are distributed over the Intensive Coronary Care Unit, Intensive Surgical Care Unit, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Intensive Care Unit. Each critical care bed is equipped with a highly sophisticated cardiac monitoring system, infusion and syringe pumps, Oxygen supply and Pressure for suction. The critical care unit is equipped with ventilators and defibrillators as life support systems.

         The diagnostic facilities offered by Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital are comprehensive to include laboratory services, imaging, cardiology and Pulmonology.  

        The laboratory services are available round the clock. The services include Biochemistry, Haemotology, Microbiology, Serology, Histopathology and Transfusion medicine. The laboratory also offers an emergency / Stat menu of tests with a very short turn around time. Stringent quality assurance exercises in the department of laboratory medicine ensures reliable and high quality test results. The department participates in external quality assurance programme conducted by the Christian Medical College, Vellore where it has achieved and consistently maintained a high ranking.

         Imaging forms a key part of the diagnostic facilities at the hospital. The department offers general radiography, TMT & Echo cardiography as well as Ultra sonography

         Pulmonary function and stress testing offers a non – invasive way of evaluating the lungs and the heart, and also in identifying high – risk individuals who need further testing, treatment and changes in work environment.

         Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College & Hospital Blood bank is responsible for the safety and supply of blood for transfusion. In addition to screening blood donors for infectious diseases such as HIV, Malaria, VDRL and Hepatitis B, it has introduced routine testing for the lethal Hepatitis C virus, using advanced technology.

Emergency medical services are available round – the – clock for emergency cases, which receive immediate attention. With investigational services functioning day and night, patients are assured of speedy diagnosis and expeditious treatment.

Infection Control measures – the infection control surveillance at our hospital is backed by the Microbiology department which possesses powerful facilities for detecting and identifying harmful microbes. Monthly reviews by a team of medical doctors, administrators and nurses, and strict monitoring aid in absolute infection control.

Health check-up schemes – In these times of high - stress life styles, prolonged working hours and irregular food habits, preventive health is the need of the hour for health conscious people. With this in mind, we have designed six specific health check-up packages, ranging from Basic pre- employment check-up to a comprehensive medical check-up. These can be further tailor - made and cost – customized to suit various requirements.

Our administrative and support staff, many of them working behind the scene, contribute to the efficiency of the hospital services. The support services are the back bone of the hospital. The hospital catering department serves nutritive vegetarian food, under the guidance of qualified dieticians. In the quest for total hygiene, the Laundry, Housekeeping and CSSD play vital roles to minimize the risk of infection. An in-house pharmacy supplies all essential medicines, medical and allied appliances to the patients, thus ensuring total control over the quality of drugs administered to them. A dedicated team of engineers, including biomedical engineers, provides for regular maintenance, rehabilitation and technical support to equipments installed in the hospital.

We have computerized all admission, billing and discharge procedures that help to save time and add to patient satisfaction.