Woodlands Hospital is situated at 8/5, Alipore Road, Kolkata- 700 027. Earlier, this hospital was located in South Calcutta. It was set up in 1940s as a maternity center known as East India Clinic. Later in 1956 the medical institute was shifted to Alipore Road. Then it came to be known as Woodlands Hospital & Medical Research Center Ltd.
A board of directors looks after Woodlands Hospital in Calcutta. The member companies are responsible for the election of the members of the board. The hospital is well administered and has appointed medical professionals.
This hospital in Kolkata has 198 beds and offers best quality medical services. The services are available to patients at affordable rates. The nursing division of Woodlands Hospital is worth mentioning. It is under Nursing Superintendent and other members of paramedical division. Woodlands Hospital has a nursing college which offers nursing training.
Departments at Woodlands Hospital
Some of the departments run by Woodlands Hospital are:
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- Heart Surgery
- Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Dentistry
Woodlands Hospital has appointed some machines with advanced facilities like Soliomet filling machine, Heliomat Light and Pelzon S scalar in the dentistry department. One of the reputed departments in Woodlands Hospital is the nephrology department. Patients can avail peritoneal and hemo dialysis from this department.
Major operation like kidney transplant is successfully done here. The ophthalmology department handles cataract operations and other diseases of eye are also treated here. Laparoscopic surgeries are performed at Woodlands Hospital & Medical Research Center. Laproscopy is used for operations like hernia repair, gall bladder and hysterectomy.
The Intensive Therapy Unit or ITU of Woodlands Hospital has 28 beds. The hospital has appointed it with life saving devices. This unit offers emergency medical care to critical patients. The ICCU of the hospital has 24 beds. Patients with cardiac problems are admitted here. Complicated heart surgeries are carried out in this hospital. There are 6 operation theaters that are well equipped. Medical records in computerized version are kept once a patient is admitted to the hospital till he is discharged.
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