Fortis Malar Hospital conducts Emergency Conclave for emergency department doctors in the city
The interactive conclaveeducated the participants on necessary practices to handle emergency situations
Fortis Malar Hospital conducted an Emergency Conclave at The Raintree, St. Mary’s Road yesterday for emergency department doctors from various clinics and health centres in the city. The informative and interactive session was led by Dr. Nand Kumar Sundaram, Senior Consultant, Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Fortis Malar Hospital, Dr.Soundappan, Neuro Surgeon, Fortis Malar Hospital and Dr. E Babu, Consultant, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Malar Hospital.
The conclave covered treating cases like high velocity multiple trauma, spinal, pelvicand shoulder fractures, sports injuries, acute coronary syndrome cases, approaching patient with syncope, altered consciousness and coma, increased intracranial pressure, seizures, head trauma subarachnoid haemorrhage, Intracerebral and Intraventricular haemorrhage, electrolyte imbalance amongst other emergency cases.
Commenting on the event, Dr. Nand Kumar Sundaram said “The earlier a patient is given hope, stabilized and treated, the quicker the healing process is for them. Having the right resources is necessary for quality emergency care and treatment. This conclave is sure to benefit emergency doctorstoensure quality care for patients with medical emergencies.”
The session provided training for 100 emergency healthcare professionals from across the city were present at the conclave.
About Fortis Healthcare Limited : Fortis Healthcare Limited is a leading integrated healthcare delivery service provider in India. The healthcare verticals of the company primarily comprise hospitals, diagnostics and day care specialty facilities. Currently, the company operates its healthcare delivery services in India, Dubai and Sri Lanka with 36 healthcare facilities (including projects under development), approximately 9,000 potential beds and over 410 diagnostics centers.
About Fortis Malar Hospital: Fortis Malar Hospital was acquired by Fortis Healthcare (India) Limited in early 2008. The hospital founded in 1992, is established as one of the largest corporate hospitals in Chennai providing quality super specialty andmulti-specialty healthcare services. Fortis Malar Hospitals, with 180 beds, focuses on providing comprehensive medical care in the areas of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Neuro Surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Paediatrics, Diabetics, Nephrology and Internal Medicine. Fortis Malar Hospital has a state of the art Cath Lab and multiple dedicated cardiac operation theatres and intensive coronary care units. Several rare and complex Adult and Paediatric Cardiac surgeries, Orthopaedic and Joint replacements, Neurosurgeries and Plastic reconstruction surgeries have been performed at this hospital. The hospital’ Obstetrics and Gynaecology services are among the busiest in the city, successfully performing many complicated deliveries and surgeries. They are supported by a dedicated Neonatology unit.
