B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre was set up in 1989 in Kolkata. It is one of the prominent names among the hospitals of India. B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre in Calcutta associates itself with diagnostic functions along with researches and treatment of diseases related to heart.
B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre in Calcutta has implemented advanced techniques for treating heart patients. The medical services offered by this hospital in Calcutta are as advanced as some of the renowned hospitals of the world. It has been set up at 1/1 National Library Avenue, Kolkata – 700027. It is ISO 14001 certified.
Patients with cardiovascular complications come to B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre from different parts of India. The medical institute also receives patients from places outside the country. For treatment, patients come from Kenya, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Mauritius.
B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre offers cardiac treatment to children as well as adults.
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It has appointed well trained and experienced paramedical staffs to assist doctors. Complicated heart surgeries are undertaken in this institute. The medical institute specializes in adopting advanced surgeries and also handles critical heart operations of infants.
B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre in Kolkata has made its name in treating heart diseases. It undertook a key-hole surgery to treat a hole in a patient’s heart for the first time. It has developed a new department known as Birla Heart Technique, which undertakes operation associated with reconstruction of valves of heart. For hundred hours, a patient with failing heart was supported with artificial mechanism. This care centre for the first time used this device in India.
Among the hospitals in Asia, B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre has undertaken Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty for the first time. Among the hospitals of India, B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre was the first hospital to conduct open heart surgery on an infant of 9 days. B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre is equipped with the facility of video assisted thoracic surgery.
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