Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
Exterior view, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute Headquartered in New Delhi, with 20 centers and associated hospitals throughout India, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center now manages nearly 900 beds. The 326-bed New Delhi institute has nine operating rooms and carries out 5,000 open-heart surgeries, 5,000 angioplasties, and 15,000 angiographies annually.
Cardiac specialties include standard and specialty coronary bypass surgery, transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR), heart port surgery, robotic surgery for aortic aneurysms and dissections, carotid endarterectomy, valve surgery, and treatment of peripheral vascular disease. Escorts emphasizes preventive cardiology with a fully developed program of monitored exercise, yoga, meditation, and lifestyle management.
The institute’s latest addition is its Cardiac Scan Center, where state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans are used to diagnose coronary artery disease at its earliest stages. Escorts’ International Services Department offers airport pickup and dropoff, travel arrangements, an interpreter, currency exchange, customized in-hospital cuisine, and sightseeing.
Note: The entire Escorts chain of hospitals was recently acquired by Fortis Healthcare (now India’s second largest healthcare and hospital network). Fortis has recently established a network-wide International Patients Service Center which serves Escorts in New Delhi as well as other Escorts and Fortis facilities throughout India.
Country: India
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Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center
Okhla Road
New Delhi, India 110 025
Number of beds: 900
Last updated on 2 July 2011
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