Clinic for Smoking

On the occasion of world no tobacco day, 31st May 2010. A smoking cessation clinic was inaugurated at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute by Mr. Bhavdeep Singh- CEO, Fortis Healthcare Ltd.
This Clinic will run every Monday from 3.00pm -5.00pm.

7 people die every minute due to smoking. Lung cancer risk is increased by 50-100% for each cigarette smoked and the risk of heart attack increases by 100% for each pocket smoked. It is known that 70% of Indian smokers want to quit smoking but do not know how to go about it.
This clinic will cater to the people who want to quit smoking by addressing their individual problems and by giving them medical and psychological support. We at FEHI have created special packages to address this problem and to help people to overcome their addiction.

Facilities of Escort

• Clinical team par excellence: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute today has a number of firsts in cardiac care thanks to the dedication, brilliance and inimitable passion for path breaking work of its Clinical team.
• Dr. Ashok Seth, Chairman, Cardiac Sciences – Fortis Escorts is one of the most recognized and respected Indian Cardiologist across the globe. He has been awarded with Padma Shri in 2003 for his contribution to the growth, development and progress of interventional cardiology in Asia Pacific. Dr. Seth leads a brilliant team of doctors including renowned names like Dr. T. S. Kler, Dr. Upendra Kaul, Dr. Suman Bhandari, Dr. Atul Mathur and Dr. Savitri Srivastava, and famous names in Cardiac surgery like Dr. K. S. Iyer (Paediatric Cardiac Care), Dr. Rajesh Sharma (Paediatric Cardiac Care), Dr. Z. S. Meharwal and Dr. Yugal Kishore Mishra. The brilliant team of doctors and experts at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute continue to explore new frontiers and extend the limits of cardiac care to establish Fortis Escorts Heart Institute as one of the biggest stand-alone cardiac institution in the world.
• Nursing Care: A team of professionally trained serve patients with compassion, respect and integrity. Nursing has always been the backbone of medical services offered by Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. There are regular training programs to enhance their skills and celebration of Nurses Day to salute their spirit of nurturing with devotion and unconditional care.
• Paediatric Cardiac Care: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute is the only cardiac hospital in India to have a dedicated pediatric department with a specialized, highly trained multi disciplinary team of pediatric cardiologists, pediatric surgeons, anaesthesiologists and pediatric intensivists. The department has produced results that are comparable to the best in world.
• Air Lift: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute has a dedicated team trained in aero-medical transport of critically ill cardiac patients. For evacuation, a fully trained team, comprising a cardiologist, an anesthetist, a nurse, a cardiac surgeon, with all the essential life saving equipments like the ventilator, defibrillator, monitor, IABP and so on, is dispatched to the destination in a 6 - 8 seater aircraft/ helicopter.
• Heart Alert Service: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute introduced Fortis Escorts Heart Alert Service that has revolutionized cardiac care in India by providing an expert ECG interpretation over telephone within minutes of any chest complaint/symptoms. Patients in India and abroad can be benefited by this service.
• Mobile CCU: A fleet of six well equipped Mobile Cardiac Care Units (CCUs) with on board Ventilator, Defibrillator, a cardiac monitor and an Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) is available 24hours a day. Our ambulance is eqiuvivalent to a bed in CCU.

Technology of Escort Hospital

All machines are bar code enabled, carry out the tests and transfer the results online to users terminal, thus providing instant access to care providers a totally paperless transaction. OPD reports are generated at OPDs with E-signatures.

The calibration of machines / validation of results are carried out regularly to meet NABL criteria by way of External / Internal controls and meet the international standards. 

A sample collection room with bar code facility is attached to the lab.

Department of Transfusion Medicine (Blood Bank)

Blood is a Drug which has to be administered with great caution. This life saving elixir can save lives but can also prove fatal for the recipient.

Effective Quality assurance is essential to ensure transfusion of safe, high quality blood and its components.National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers(the highest quality assurance wing of Quality Counsel of India) ,after a thorough check of processes and procedures being practiced at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute Blood Bank appreciated the high standards  being maintained and were pleased to grant NABH accreditation.The Blood Bank was amongst the first few in the country to achieve this honour. To ensure the  highest safety of blood the blood bank carries out Leukodepletion on all the blood donated at this centre and tests the blood by NAT Technology, the highest disease markers test available in the world, in addition to mendatory regulatory requirements of testing.

Blood Bank

Fortis Escorts Hospital and Research Centre has a modern Blood Bank functioning 24×7.
Blood Donation is accepted from Voluntary Blood Donors and the relatives and friends of the patients.
Strict donor selection criteria are followed by the blood bank to ensure good health for the donors and good quality blood products
The blood bank is equipped with state of the art equipment for Apheresis, Preparation and Storage of blood and blood components.
More than 90% of the blood collected is separated into components- Packed red cell, Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelets for better and effective use.
Standards in techniques and quality control are meticulously maintained as laid down in the Drugs and Cosmetic Act.
All blood units are screened by automated and sensitive Enhanced Chemiluminescence technology.
All crossmatches are done by highly sensitive Gel technology.
The blood is screened for the following diseases/infections:
                 . HIV(Ι and Π )
                 . Hepatitis B
                 . Hepatitis C
                 . Syphilis(VDRL)
                 . Malaria

The blood bank tests for Hepatitis B core antibodies in addition to the legally mandatory tests to minimize the risk of post transfusion Hepatitis B.

Health Care

Fortis Healthcare Limited,( Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre-A Fortis Network Hospital) a leading healthcare consultant in India has a vision of "creating a world-class integrated healthcare delivery system in India, entailing the finest medical skills combined with compassionate patient care". From the pursuit of this mission emanates a passion to excel. At Fortis Healthcare we have assembled the finest talents in medicine, be they doctors, nurses or technicians, and even management professionals across a wide spectrum. Enabling them to deliver the highest quality of healthcare are state-of-the art facilities and support infrastructure at each of our hospitals.
Fortis Healthcare Limited is one of the leading chain of Hospitals and a leader in healthcare consultancy in India which are benchmarked to International standards - achieving quality through the relentless adherence to the protocols observed in some of the world's leading hospitals.
The hallmark of Fortis hospitals, distinguishing them from their contemporaries, is the 'patient-centricity' that you will discern all over: in hospital design, services, programmes and most significantly in the caring approach of our people. The Fortis Healthcare circle of caring is fast expanding, spreading the name of Fortis Healthcare, India... reaching out to distant communities, welcoming patients from beyond India's shores. In its continuous effort to be the number one in healthcare consultancy, Fortis has expanded its wings into foreign shores with an aim to provide quality and affordable healthcare starting its journey from Mauritius.

Overview

"The Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre was born out of a dream to offer the highest standards of heartcare to Indians in India. To realise this dream we strive for excellence in research, training and the care of our patients." 
Dr. Naresh Trehan
Diplomate American Board of Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery 
Executive Director.
EHIRC is located in New Delhi, India and the facilities are housed in three adjoining spacious buildings connected through an exclusive subway. The hospital has more than 326 beds, 9 Operation Theaters, 4 Cath Labs, 2 Heart Stations besides a host of other facilities. The hospital has a total of 164 Critical Care beds to provide intensive care to patients after surgery or angioplasty, emergency admissions or other patients needing highly specialized management including tele-cardiology (ECG transmission through telephone).
The hospital is backed by the most advanced laboratories performing complete range of investigative tests in the field of Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Bio-chemistry , Haematology, Transfusion Medicine and Microbiology.
The EHIRC is unique in the field of Preventive Cardiology with a fully developed programme of Monitored Exercise, Yoga and Meditation for life-style management. The hospital is centrally air-conditioned and environmentally sealed to ensure optimum comfort with ideal asepsis and hygiene. A safe power generation and UPS system ensure that life saving equipment function without interruption. The hospital has a vast computer network of over 300 nodes linked through ethernet, utilising the latest IT tools striving to support the best care and service to the patients.