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Medanta-The Medicity
Care with Compassion Medanta-The Medicity is working with highest standards of medical care, state-ofthe-art infrastructure and cutting edge technologies
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edanta is one of I n d i a’s largest multi-super specialty institutes located in Gurgaon. Founded by eminent cardiac surgeon, Dr. Naresh Trehan, the institution has been envisioned with the aim of bringing to India the highest standards of medical care along with clinical research, education and training. In 1988, despite a successful career in United States Dr Naresh Trehan returned to India and started Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre - a pioneering state-of-the-art heart institute in India. Dr Naresh Trehan says, “We have built an institution which matches the highest standards of healthcare delivery
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across the world, where care is provided to patients at an affordable cost. Medanta - The Medicity will offer not only the best technical facilities, but also clinical research, education and training.” Dr Trehan was awarded Padma Bhusan in 2001, Padmashri Award in 1991 and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award in the services category for yeoman services to the healthcare industry. He has been president of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. Medanta brings together state-of-the-art infrastructure and cutting edge technology-256 Slice CT, Brain Suite, Intra-Operative Imaging Operating Theater, Da Vinci Robot for Minimal Invasive Surgery, Artis- Zeego Endovascular
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Surgical Cath Lab, 4 Linear Accelerators (provision for IGRT/ IMRT) (radiation surgery), Tomotherapy, Integrated Brachytherapy Unit with remote controlled HDR, 3.0 Tesla MRI, PET CT, Gamma Camera, Digital X-Ray, Fluoroscopy, Bone Densitometry, 3D and 4D Ultra Sound, Digital Mammography. Its arm Medanta Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery which will initially cover cardiac, urology and gynaecology surgeries have joined the US-based Vattikkuti Foundation. It is the country’s first multi-specialty, multi-modality institute for robotic surgery. The institute aims to be a hub for robotic surgery in the Asia Pacific region. The institute will also develop a large database on robotic surgery.
Medanta - The Medicity matches the highest standards of healthcare delivery across the world, where care is provided to patients at an affordable cost. It will offer the best technical facilities, clinical research, education and training.
Dr Naresh Trehan