Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre

Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre is an NABH-accredited tertiary care hospital,[1] inside NH Health City, Bommasandra Industrial Area, Bangalore, India. The facility is owned in partnership by the Director of Biocon Limited, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw [2] and the Founder and Chairman of the Narayana Health Group, Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty. The hospital performs organ transplants and provides cancer therapy.[3]

Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre
Narayana Health
Geography
LocationNH Health city, Bommasandra, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeMulti Speciality
NetworkNarayana Health
Services
StandardsNABH
Emergency department24x7
History
Opened2000
Links
Websitenarayanahealth.org

The hospital was established in the year 2000 and operates a bone marrow transplantation unit[4] with a focus on the treatment of thalassemia. The hospital provides hematology and bone marrow transplant services for the Major S Nanjundiah and Shanta Nanjundiah Cancer Centre, an oncology wing of the Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Mysore, which is operated by Narayana Health group.[5] The unit also operates the Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center, which was established in 2009 for organ-specific cancer care.[6] In 2013, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre launched a rural cancer surveillance program', in partnership with Narayana Health, to promote awareness of and conducting preliminary screening of head and neck cancers in rural areas of Karnataka, India.[7][8]

MSMC

The hospital's specialities include anesthesia and critical care, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oncology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, and thoracic surgery

MSMC

It also has facilities for emergency and trauma services, radiology and medical imaging, a blood bank, laboratories, an ambulance service.

References
  1. "Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Bommasandra, Health City". credihealth.com.
  2. "Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw becomes second Indian to take the Giving Pledge". livemint.com.
  3. "Narayana Health city". nationalinfo.in.
  4. "Sister's Bone Marrow Cures Thalassemia in 26-year-old at Narayana Health City, Bangalore". prnewswire.co.in.
  5. "Major S Nanjundiah and Shanta Nanjundiah Cancer Centre Inaugurated by Nobel Laureate Prof. Md. Yunus at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Mysore". prnewswire.co.in.
  6. "Cancer Support Group Launched at Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Narayana Health City on the Occasion of World Cancer Day". prnewswire.co.in.
  7. "Narayana Health Launches Rural Cancer Surveillance Program". indiaprwire.com.
  8. "Mazumdar-Shaw Medical Centre to begin rural cancer surveillance programme with Narayana Health on Nov 19". pharmabiz.com.


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