Manipal Hospitals India

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Manipal Hospitals India
File:MHKlogo.png
Organisation
Care systemPublic multi-specialty hospitals
TypeSpecialist
PatronH. Sudarshan Ballal
Services
StandardsNABH, NABL, AAHRPP
History
Opened1953
Links
Websitewww.manipalhospitals.com

Manipal Hospitals is a chain of multi-specialty hospitals in India. It is founded by Dr. Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai in 1953, It is part of the Manipal Education system and Medical Group[1] Its network is spread across 15 locations in India and it also holds an international presence through a branch in Malaysia named Manipal Hospitals Klang.[2].


History[edit]

In 1953 Dr. Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai founded Manipals Hospital. Dr. Pai was an Indian doctor, educationist and philanthropist awarded by Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1972. He also founded Manipal Education system and Kasturba Medical College, Manipal..

The first branch of Manipal Hospitals was started in 1991 in Bengaluru. The branch is a 600-bed Quaternary care facility and houses over 60 specialties. In 1997, Manipal Hospitals Mangalore was established, this 251-bed tertiary care hospital is named Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Hospital, which is India's first self-financing medical college.[3]

In 2018, Former Indian cricketer, Rahul Dravid became the brand ambassador of Manipal Hospitals.[4]

Manipal Hospitals used IBM Watson for Oncology in 2016. Watson is the first commercially available cognitive computing cloud platform that analyzes high volumes of data understands complex queries and proposes evidence based answers for them.[5] Manipal Hospitals have become the first in the country and the second in the world to implement IBM Watson for Oncology, an AI technology for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.[6]

In April 2019 Manipal Hospitals purchased Medanta Hospitals shares for Rs 5,800 crore.[7] The deal however fell through since the two parties could not agree on a price [8]

Awards[edit]

  • Porter Prize for Value-Based Healthcare Delivery in 2017[9][10]
  • Standard Practices Award in Clinical Research 2012[11]
  • Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2005[12]

Notable Cases[edit]

  • In October 2019, Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre removed a 9 kg tumour from the abdomen of a patient retaining all the internal organs.[13]
  • A case of suspected fetus-in fetu was diagnosed as tumour and successfully removed from a 7-month-old patient’s body by Manipal Hospitals.[14]
  • A 1.5-year-old infant with an oversized heart was successfully treated by Manipal Hospitals under a unique cardiological surgery.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Manipal Hospital: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Manipal Hospital | The Economic Times". The Economic Times.
  2. ↑ "Know about Manipal Hospital Bangalore – India Healthcare Tourism Portal". Indiahealthcaretourism.com.
  3. ↑ "Hospital | Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore - Manipal Academy of Higher Education". manipal.edu.
  4. ↑ "Manipal Hospitals ropes in Rahul Dravid as brand ambassador". The Economic Times. 14 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "MANIPAL HOSPITALS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL LAUNCH OF IBM WATSON FOR ONCOLOGY". ibm.com. 29 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fighting cancer with Watson". theweek.in. Theweek.
  7. ↑ Balakrishnan, Reghu; PM, Indulal (29 April 2019). "With Rs 5,800 crore offer, Manipal Hospitals closes in on Medanta buyout". The Economic Times.
  8. ↑ https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/manipal-medanta-talks-fail-disagreement-overvaluation-led-deal-demise/story/373214.html
  9. ↑ "Manipal hospitals conferred prestigious "porter prize for value -based healthcare delivery" award - Media Infoline". Media Infoline. 31 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Professor Michael E. Porter presented Porter Prize 2017 in Mumbai". The Hindu Business Line. 26 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Bureau, Our (6 February 2012). "Manipal Hospitals gets standard practices award". The Hindu Business Line.
  12. ↑ "National Quality (GPNQA)". goldenpeacockaward.com.
  13. ↑ India, Press Trust of (7 October 2019). "Manipal Hospitals Successfully Removes 9 kg Tumor to Give New Lease of Life to 41-year-old Patient". Business Standard India.
  14. ↑ "Rare Tumour Weighing 750 Grams Removed From 7-Month-Old Baby's Stomach". NDTV.com.
  15. ↑ "Manipal Hospitals Achieves Medical Feat and gives New Lease of Life to 1.5-year-old baby from Tripura - The Times Of Bengal English". Dailyhunt.
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