A couple of years back people would head for Delhi for major surgeries and treatments. But in recent times Faridabad has emerged as a force to reckon with in the field of healthcare. Loaded with latest equipments and facilities, city’s hospitals vie with the best as they have some of the best doctors on their boards. The major hospitals of the city are Metro Heart Institute, Sarvodaya, Escorts and Sunflag.
Dr. Purshotam Lal, a pioneer in interventional cardiology in India, started Metro Heart Institute in Noida in 1997. The institute witnessed rapid strides and has forayed in other fields of medicine as also in other parts of the country, one of the additions being state-of-the-art Metro Heart Institute in Faridabad under the directorship of well-known cardiologist Dr. S.S. Bansal. Metro Heart Institute is a 70 -bedded advanced cardiac centre with 20 beds dedicated to the intensive care and the only centre in Haryana recognised by the state government for heart treatment of employees of the Haryana government.
The centre is equipped with advanced cardiac set-up to perform bypass surgeries, angioplasties, stentings, pacemaker implantations, non-invasive cardiology, etc. It has full provision for allied medical services necessary to provide total health care at most affordable rates. Dr. Bansal said, “Heart patients of Faridabad used to visit Noida earlier. After seeing the large number of patients in the city the authorities decided to open its branch in Faridabad.” The centre contains fully-equipped operation theatre with international standards manned by highly qualified cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiac anaesthetists under the leadership of Dr. Adarsh Koppula.
The centre has handled various rare cases since its opening in 2002 that include 100 beating
heart surgeries and treatment of approx 12,000 heart patients of Haryana. The centre is shortly introducing advanced respiratory care centre with sleep lab for treatment of various lung diseases. Moreover free ambulances fitted with all necessary gadgets are being provided for transporting critical patients from peripheral areas to the institute. OPD services are being provided between 9 am to 8 pm daily except Sunday.
Sarvodaya Hospital is a 75-bedded private hospital. It is dealing in all the major specialties and proving state-of-the-art quality services of the ailing humanity. The hospital has tried in last few years to improve and maintain quality standard of services by qualified, experienced and helping and paramedical staff. It is an upcoming hi-tech hospital providing facilities of nearly all latest diagnostics and equipments. The hospital is located in 2,000 square yd. area in Gopi Colony, Old Faridabad. The hospital provides emergency services 24 hours a day. ECG, X-ray, computerised laboratory, plaster facilities and minor procedures are available in emergency itself. The departments dealing with these all are available in emergency with all medico-legal cases. The hospital is having facility of general wards, semi wards and private AC and non-AC rooms and deluxe rooms with extra facilities at very cost effective price for the patients. A four-bedded nursery equipped with radiant warmer, incubator, double surface phototherapy, pulse oxymeter and neonatal ventilator to take care of premature and sick babies. One major and one minor operation theatre are there equipped with different machines.