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Coordinates | 17°25′44″N78°27′19″E / 17.428911°N 78.455343°E |
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Type | Private |
Yashoda Hospitals is a chain of hospitals based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It has branches in Somajiguda, Secunderabad, Malakpet, [1] and in Hitec City. [2] All of its branches are NABH [3] and NABL [4] accredited.
It was recognised as a leading hospital for oncology in 2015 after becoming the first hospital to achieve the milestone of treating 10,000 patients using RapidArc technology. [5]
The hospital began as a small clinic in 1989 set up by Dr G Surendar Rao. He later teamed up with his brothers G Devender Rao and G Ravender Rao to expand operations and start Yashoda Hospitals. The clinic was originally started in Madipally village, Warangal Dist, Telangana. [6] [7] Dheeraj Gorukanti is the CEO of Yashoda Group of Hospitals. [8] Dr Pavan Gorukanti Dr Abhinav Gorukanti operates as a director.
The group has four branches in Hyderabad at Secunderabad, Malakpet, Somajiguda and Hitec City with a combined bed capacity of 4000. [9]
Yashoda Group of Hospitals offers services in the following departments:
Yashoda Hospitals has been involved in medical advancements and rare cases in neurosurgery, cardiology, and oncology.
Neurosurgery
In 2017, it became the first hospital in India to install Intraoperative 3T MRI. [13] The Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI) makes brain surgeries safer, more precise, and removes the need to perform multiple surgeries. As of 2019, over 200 complex surgeries have been performed at the hospital using the technology. [14]
Cardiology
In 2017, Yashoda Hospitals performed the first combined heart and lung transplant in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Doctors at Yashoda Group of hospitals regularly perform heart transplant surgeries supported by the Jeevandan scheme. [15] [16]
Organ Transplants
Yashoda Hospitals also performed the first robotic transplant surgery in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2017. It performed 3 robot-assisted kidney transplants [17] in its Secunderabad branch.
The group of hospitals distinguished itself by performing the first haplo-identical bone marrow transplant in the region. [18] It has been performing heart, kidney, liver, and lung transplants for a decade (as of 2017). [19] It has also instituted centres for organ transplants where transplants are performed regularly by working with medical centres worldwide.
Oncology
Yashoda Group of Hospitals was recognised as a leading hospital for oncology in 2015 after becoming the first hospital to achieve the milestone of treating 10,000 patients using RapidArc technology. The 10,000th patient to receive treatment using RapidArc radiotherapy was a 3-year-old girl who was cured of medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumour. [20]
It is equipped with the facilities to perform robotic surgeries. [21] Doctors can perform Minimally Invasive Oncosurgery (MIOS) using this technology.
Pulmonology
The hospital performed the first lung transplantation in the Telugu states in 2012. Archana Shedge, a 34-year-old from Pune suffering from interstitial fibrosis underwent the life-saving surgery. [22]
It launched the first International Conference and Live Workshop on Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) and Advanced Lung Cancer Treatments in 2019. [23] The hospital is equipped with advanced technology like bronchial thermoplasty, EBUS, radial EBUS, and navigational bronchoscopy and is one of the few hospitals in the world with such facilities. Yashoda Hospitals received international recognition in the field of Bronchoscopy, from the World Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP). [24]
Yashoda Group of Hospitals launched Yashoda Foundation as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Over the years, it has been actively involved in helping orphans, [25] raising awareness regarding diseases, [26] and in providing experiential learning for students aspiring to be doctors [27] among others.
The foundation began working with orphans in 2011 and enables them to earn a livelihood. This is done by providing free vocational courses and counselling. After the training, the youth are given a job at Yashoda Hospitals. Currently, the foundation has recognised the needs that orphans have beyond employment. Therefore, it has extended its work to provide holistic support for orphans. There are four programmes run for the purpose:
In 2017, Yashoda Foundation arranged and performed the marriage for three orphaned girls that it had been previously supporting. Mr G Ravender Rao, the group's chairman, performed the kanyadan at the marriage ceremony.
The foundation organizes an Annual Yashoda Cancer Awareness Run on World Cancer Day, observed on 4 February. The goal of the initiative to create awareness against cancer. In 2019, over 7,000 people ran for the cause at Hyderabad. [28] Yashoda Group of Hospitals also conducts Young Doctors Camp annually, wherein students who have passed ninth grade are invited to gain the first-hand experience of medical centres. 200 students are selected out of the applicants each year and are given the opportunity to experience the medical profession. The group has tied up with 40 schools, [29] including DPS, HPS, NASR, and Geetanjali, for the cause and works with them to recruit young, aspiring doctors for the camp.
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