Serzews: created redirect page

2026-02-27T01:00:04Z

created redirect page

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox hospital
| name = Voluntary Health Services
| org_group = Charitable trust
| logo = VHS Logo Cropped.png
| logo_size = 130
| caption = Voluntary Health Services
| pushpin_map = India Chennai
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Head Quarters Location in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
| coordinates = {{coord|13|00|10|N|80|14|46|E|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Taramani]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| healthcare = Charity Based Trust Hospital Registered under Societies Act
| funding = Non-profit
| type = Multi-Speciality Hospital and Research Institute
| speciality = Multispecialty
| affiliation = National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences
| beds = 218
| founded = {{start date and age|1958}}
| closed = 
| website = [http://vhschennai.org/ Official Website]
| other_links = 
}}
'''Voluntary Health Services''', popularly known as the '''VHS Hospital''', is a multispecialty tertiary care referral hospital in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], reportedly serving the economically weaker sections of the society. It was founded in 1958 by [[Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi]], an Indian physician, social worker and a winner of [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] awards and is run by a charitable [[non governmental organization]] of the same name. The hospital is situated along [[Rajiv Gandhi Salai]] at [[Taramani]], in [[Chennai]].

==History==
[[Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi|Srinivas Sanjivi]], a senior official with the [[Madras Medical College]], resigned from the government service in 1957 and with the assistance of some of the prominent social leaders in Chennai such as [[Kasturi Srinivasan]], [[T. R. Venkatarama Sastri]], [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]], and [[M. A. Chidambaram]], he registered a charitable trust under the [[Societies Registration Act, 1860]] with the name, [[Voluntary Health Services]], on 14 July 1958<ref name="Professor K. Swaminathan: A Himalayan Professor and Savant">{{cite web | url=http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=941 | title=Professor K. Swaminathan: A Himalayan Professor and Savant | publisher=Boloji | date=2015 | access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> for serving the economically weaker sections of the society.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/A-surgeon-who-touched-many-lives/articleshow/4493065.cms | title=TOI | publisher=Times of India | date=7 May 2009 | access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> The [[Foundation Stone]] of the hospital building was laid by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], then prime minister of India on 8 October 1961 and the hospital became functional on 15 July 1963.<ref name="Visionary doctor's legacy">{{cite web |date=28 March 2005 |title=Visionary doctor's legacy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/03/28/stories/2005032803131200.htm |access-date=22 May 2015 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Facilities==
{{prose|section|date=November 2025}}
The hospital is a tertiary care referral hospital with facility for treating more than 200 inpatients<ref name="Reaching Life Savers">{{cite web |date=1 August 2014 |title=Reaching Life Savers |url=http://rotarynewsonline.org/articles/ReachingLifeSaversJuly2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524220959/http://rotarynewsonline.org/articles/ReachingLifeSaversJuly2014 |archive-date=24 May 2015 |access-date=22 May 2015 |publisher=Rotary International }}</ref> and has more than 35 major specialties as below.

=== A. [[Clinical Specialties]] ===

# [[Cardiology]]
# [[Diabetes]] & [[Endocrinology]]
# [[Internal medicine]]
# [[Master Health Check-Up]]
# [[Medical Gastroenterology]]
# [[Nephrology]]
# [[Neurology]]
# [[Pulmonology]]

=== B. [[Critical & Emergency Care]] ===

# [[Anesthesiology]]
# [[Emergency Medicine & Trauma]]
# [[Intensive care unit]]

=== C. [[Diagnostic Services]] ===

# [[Laboratory Services]]
# [[Radiology]]
# [[Department of Ultrasound|Department]] of [[Ultrasound]]

=== D. [[Maternal & Child Health]] ===

# [[Developmental Pediatrics]]
# [[Obstetrics & Gynecology]]
# [[Pediatrics]] & [[Neonatology]]

=== E. [[Medical specialty]] ===

# [[Community health]]
# [[Infectious Diseases]]
# Projects Division[https://www.vhs-projects.org/]
# [[Psychiatry]] & [[De-Addiction Centre]]
# [[Transfusion medicine]]

=== F. Specialty Services ===

# [[Dentistry]]
# [[Dermatology]]
# [[Geriatric Medicine]]
# [[Oncology]]
# [[Physiotherapy]] & [[Rehabilitation centre]]

=== G. [[Surgical specialties]] ===

# [[E.N.T.]] ([[Otorhinolaryngology]])
# [[General surgery]]
# [[Neurosurgery]]
# [[Ophthalmology]]
# [[Orthopedics]] & [[Spinal column|Spine]]
# [[Plastic surgery]]
# [[Gastroenterology]]
# [[Urology]]

VHS provides supportive services at an affordable cost and equipped with [[CT scan]], [[MRI scan]], [[Ultrasound scan]], [[DEXA]], [[Cath lab]], [[Digital X-ray]], [[Kidney dialysis|Dialysis]], [[Intensive care unit]], Post Operative Wards, 24x7 laboratory, Senior Citizen Home and other facilities. The hospital is managing "State of the Art [[NICU]]([[Neonatal intensive care unit]])". VHS is approved by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] Chief Minister's [[Health insurance]] Scheme. VHS is accredited by the [[National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers|National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH)]].

The neurology department was started in 1965 and handles [[clinical psychology]], physiotherapy, [[epilepsy]], special needs treatment and [[dietetics]]. [[Gynaecology]] department started as an outpatient wing in 1965 with ante and post-natal care. In 1991, [[obstetric]] and infertility clinics were also added for attending to high risk deliveries.

The neurosurgical centre, named Dr. A. Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre, was started by the renowned neurosurgeon, [[Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi]], in 1978.<ref name="Prof. B. Ramamurthi: The legend and his legacy">{{cite web | url=http://www.bioline.org.br/request?ni04009 | title=Prof. B. Ramamurthi: The legend and his legacy | publisher=Bio Online | date=2015 | access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> It has grown to be a tertiary level referral centre and has facility for treating complicated cranial and spinal disorders.<ref name="A. Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre">{{cite web | url=http://vhsalnc.webs.com/aboutus.htm | title=A. Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Centre | publisher=ALNC | date=2015 | access-date=25 May 2015 | archive-date=25 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525225356/http://vhsalnc.webs.com/aboutus.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The General Surgery Department attends to Gastrointestinal, Thoracic and Abdominal Surgeries such as [[hernia]], thyroid issues, [[appendectomy]] as well as invasive procedures such as [[colonoscopy]] and [[endoscopy]]. The hospital has a well-equipped ophthalmology section for the treatment of glaucoma, retinal diseases and [[Macula of retina|macular]] disorders and carries out vitreo-retinal and cataract surgeries. The Department of Psychiatry, named Rajaji Centre for De-Addiction,<ref name="More facilities for VHS de-addiction centre">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/more-facilities-for-vhs-deaddiction-centre/article744341.ece | title=More facilities for VHS de-addiction centre | newspaper=The Hindu | date=5 April 2010 | access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> has 22 beds and apart from outpatient services, short-term in-patient services for de-addiction treatment are also provided. VHS has been operating a blood bank since 1963 where only voluntary blood donation is accepted.

===The Institute of Neurological Sciences===
The Institute of Neurological Sciences (TINS) at VHS, was established by Prof. Krishnamoorthy Srinivas in year 1965.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/he-dreamt-the-same-dream-as-sanjivi/article5563883.ece|title=He dreamt the same dream as Sanjivi|last=Kannan|first=Ramya|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> Over 50 years TINS has expanded into a hub for community-based professional training, academic courses, internship trainings for post graduate candidates (social work and psychology) providing exposure to neuroscience research and expert clinical neurology. The Department offers Fellowship in Neuropsychiatry <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tnmgrmu.ac.in/index.php/post-doctoral-fellowship/affiliation-institutions.html|title=Affiliation Institutions - The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University|website=tnmgrmu.ac.in|language=en-gb|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> and Doctoral Program in Neuropsychiatry, Neurology and Clinical Neurosciences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tnmgrmu.ac.in/index.php/research-ph-d-d-sc.html|title=Research - Ph.D./D.Sc. - The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University|website=tnmgrmu.ac.in|language=en-gb|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> The coursework is affiliated to the [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]].

TINS was one of the global project-site of 10/66 Dementia Project<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alz.co.uk/1066/|title=10/66 Dementia Research Group > Home|website=www.alz.co.uk|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> with [[Ennapadam Srinivas Krishnamoorthy|E. S. Krishnamoorthy]] as principal investigator. E. S Krishnamoorthy and Vivek Misra have also been instrumental in establishing the M.A.T.C.H Project ('''Ma'''ximising '''T'''hrough '''C'''omprehensive '''H'''ealthcare), a community-based healthcare program having Pediatrics and Geriatrics arm focusing upon mental health in community population. The project was funded by Dr. Deepa Krishnan Foundation and B.N.P. Paribas Sundram Finance.

==Social initiatives==
VHS has been providing free medical care to around 70 percent of its patients since its inception. The eligibility for free medical aid is fixed at a certain earning level of the patients or their families and include medicines, stay and food.<ref name="Visionary doctor's legacy" /> It runs a primary health care network of 14 Mini Health Centres in the state of Tamil Nadu under the Department of Community Health. This Community Health program is managed in close association with the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] and [[UNICEF]].<ref name="Other initiatives">{{cite web | url=http://vhschennai.org/?specialties=research-projects-and-other-initiatives | title=Other initiatives | publisher=VHS | date=2015 | access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> The health centres serve around 100,000 people in small towns and villages of Tamil Nadu with regard to water and sanitation, nutrition, women's health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, child health, immunization, clinical practice, school health education, and maintenance of birth and death records.<ref name="Visionary doctor's legacy" /> The project also covers a medical aid plan, a form of insurance scheme for the lower and middle-income families.<ref name="Visionary doctor's legacy" />

The Projects Division of VHS (CHARTERED) implements various projects in the thematic areas of [[HIV/AIDS]], [[Tuberculosis in relation to HIV|HIV-TB]], [[Health systems strengthening|Health System Strengthening]], [[Non-communicable disease|Non-Communicable Diseases]], [[Infectious diseases (medical specialty)|Infectious Diseases]], [[COVID-19]], [[Community health|Community Health]], etc.

VHS has been recognised by the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) as its partner and demonstrated AIDS Prevention and Control (APAC) Project from 1995 to 2012 in [[Tamil Nadu]] & [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] and South-to-South HIV/AIDS Resource Exchange (SHARE) Project from 2012 to 2015. VHS has contributed to the implementation of prevention programs on STI/HIV/AIDS, provided Technical Assistance and facilitated Knowledge Transfer through its APAC and SHARE Projects. The Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) Project supported by [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] (BMGF) - [[Avahan]] from 2004 to 2014. Overall, VHS has contributed to the reversal of HIV epidemic in the State.

Also managed and demonstrated project on Technical Assistance to National AIDS Control Program with the support from [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) and contributed for piloting innovations, developing new models, strengthening systems, policy formulation, etc. in partnership with key stakeholders including NACO, SACS, TSUs, DAPCUs, NTSUs, etc.

VHS-Projects Division has managed more than 20 major long-term comprehensive and holistic community health projects with assistance from [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]], [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]], [[The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|GFATM]], [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|BMGF]], [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], [[Save the Children International]], [[World Bank]], [[Wellcome Trust]], and other organizations with the major thrust on disease prevention and health promotion. The VHS Projects Division partnered with international / national donors, central / state ministries, academic / research and universities, corporates, NGOs and CBOs, and other organizations.

The Projects Division of VHS partnered with [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]] and managing Project ASPIRE (Advancing Sustainability, Partnerships and Innovations for Reaching Epidemic Control), supported by [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]]-DGHT-India and Project NIRANTAR (Accelerating Sustainability of Public Health Systems in India to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Other Public Health Emergencies), supported by [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]]-DGHP-India.

Revathi Raj, a paediatric [[Hematology|haematologist]] has established the Thalassaemia Welfare Association in VHS<ref name="TEDxCEG - Revathi Raj - Technology in Medicine">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESxSYPwK8oM | title=TEDxCEG - Revathi Raj - Technology in Medicine | publisher=YouTube | date=2 June 2012 | access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref> with assistance from TTK Foundation and Rotary Club Madras.<ref name="Thalassaemia Welfare Society">{{cite web | url=http://www.thalassaemiawelfaresociety.com/ | title=Thalassaemia Welfare Society | publisher=Thalassaemia Welfare Society | access-date=26 May 2015 | archive-date=2 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502102428/http://www.thalassaemiawelfaresociety.com/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The centre provides patients afflicted with [[thalassemia]] with free blood transfusions, iron [[chelation therapy]] and consultative care.<ref name="TEDxCEG - Revathi Raj - Technology in Medicine" /> The association has schemes for information dissemination on the disease and plans to conduct regular blood checks at Colleges in Chennai.<ref name="Rotary club enters into a MOU">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/rotary-club-enters-into-a-mou/article2643199.ece | title=Rotary club enters into a MOU | newspaper=The Hindu | date=20 November 2011 | access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref>

==Honouring the founder==
Voluntary Health Services honours its founder, [[Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi|K. S. Sanjivi]], with an annual lecture, K. S. Sanjivi Endowment Lecture, since 1995, [[Aruna Roy]], Vishwa Mohan Katoch<ref name="Katoch">{{cite web | url=http://vhschennai.org/?p=543 | title=Katoch | publisher=VHS | date=2015 | access-date=24 May 2015 | archive-date=24 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524215822/http://vhschennai.org/?p=543 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and Ravi Narayan<ref name="Ravi Narayan">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/peoples-movement-key-for-success-of-community-health-ravi-narayan/article996395.ece | title=Ravi Narayan | newspaper=The Hindu | date=2010 | access-date=24 May 2015}}</ref> being some of the notable personalities who have delivered the lecture in the past.<ref name="Visionary doctor's legacy" /> The auditorium at VHS is also named after him.<ref name="Marundeshwara">{{cite web | url=http://www.marundeshwara.com/ProfKrishnamoorthySrinivas80thBirthdayOrationInvite.pdf | title=Marundeshwara | publisher=Marundeshwara | date=2015 | access-date=22 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524214936/http://www.marundeshwara.com/ProfKrishnamoorthySrinivas80thBirthdayOrationInvite.pdf | archive-date=24 May 2015 |url-status = dead| df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Notable Physicians==
* [[B. K. Misra]]
* [[Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi]]
* [[Ennapadam Srinivas Krishnamoorthy]]

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Medicine}}
{{Div col}}
* [[Healthcare in Chennai]]
* [[United States Agency for International Development]]
* [[Kasturi Srinivasan]]
* [[T. R. Venkatarama Sastri]]
* [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]
* [[M. A. Chidambaram]]
* [[Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi]]
* [[Avahan]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.vhsdiva.org Transgender community resource directory containing information pertaining to transgender people across India]
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/TAIVHSCHENNAI | title=YouTube channel of TAI - VHS Chennai | publisher=TAI - VHS Chennai | work=YouTube videos | date=2015 | access-date=26 May 2015}}

{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Health in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Asia topic|Health in}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Hospitals in Chennai]]
[[Category:Charitable hospitals]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Madras State]]
[[Category:Hospitals established in 1958]]

Voluntary Health Services hospital, Chennai - Revision history

Serzews: created redirect page