Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College
Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre (SVMCH&RC), one of the best tertiary-care teaching Institution in the state of Puducherry with the motto “to create a healthier society”. Our Institution is the brainchild of the renowned philanthropic educationist and visionary Shri. B. Ramachandran, Chairman of the Ramachandra Educational Trust (RET), Chennai. The trust also runs higher educational Institutions in other professional disciplines including Dental, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Paramedical courses and Engineering & Technology.
The Institution was started with the prime aim of comprehensive health care for all the needy population from both rural and urban areas blended with teaching, research and outreach activities.
Compassionate patient care is rendered by twenty-one clinical departments in speciality and super-speciality categories along with four ancillary supporting health care services.
Our services reach over 5,00,000 outpatients and 40,000 inpatients every year and each patient is guaranteed not only the best diagnostic, medical and surgical care but also in the domains of disease prevention, health promotion & rehabilitation.
The Institution supports the health care system of our nation by dedicating 150 competent medical graduates and — postgraduates every year for the service of the mankind.
We render round-the-clock meticulous emergency care services including trauma & critical care with a team of highly skilled professionals. Exemplary obstetric management and pediatric health care are provided by our compassionate health care team at any time. Our experts of super-specialty departments extend their contribution in the management of serious advanced diseases.
Specialists of all our clinical disciplines offer regular out-patient & in-patient care including major & minor surgical procedures including critical care. We have dedicated Medical, Surgical, Cardiac, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care services. We have 10 high-tech fully equipped operation theatres for all departments with Laminar Air Flow for zero infection rate, High definition C-Arm facility for orthopedics, latest operating microscopes & endoscopes for ENT & Ophthalmology and state-of-the-art equipments for Cardiothoracic procedures. We also offer dialysis, physiotherapy and pharmacy services.
We provide Palliative care facility in collaboration with Pallium India, Thiruvananthapuram. Effective palliative care is provided for the terminally ill patients by our effectively trained team of doctors and nurses as a broad multidisciplinary approach incorporating the family members, clinical experts and social welfare volunteers. Our Palliative service includes pain management and psychological & spiritual counseling.
Our Central Laboratory is efficiently functional with the sophisticated latest equipments capable of conducting all Bio-chemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Cytology and Histopathology investigations. Radiology department is equipped with 800MA, 500MA, 300MA and mobile X-Ray units. We also offer Fluoroscopy and special procedures. The radiological services also include High definition Ultra Sound, Multi slice CT scan, 1.5 Tesla MRI and Mammogram.
As creating a healthier society is our motto we conduct multiple camps which offer free or subsidized consultation and diagnostics to the people in the surrounding areas of the hospital. General, Eye, 0G and Blood Donation Camps are conducted periodically. The hospital is also a Government approved centre for conducting Free IOL Surgeries in the District of Cuddalore and Villupuram.
The Ramachandra Educational Trust was started with the sole ambition of inculcating into the hearts of people the necessity and importance of education for the progress of humanity.