Fortis Escorts Hospital, Amritsar

Fortis Escorts Hospital Amritsar began as a cardiac hospital in 2003 and has developed into a 200-bed multi-super-speciality facility. More than 30 specialties now operate at the campus, including cardiac sciences, orthopaedics and joint replacement, neurosurgery, urology, gastro sciences, oncology, nephrology and critical care.

Branch procedure listings include ACL reconstruction, abdominal hysterectomy, breast biopsy, caesarean section, cervical cerclage, colposcopy, dilatation and curettage and endometrial ablation. Urological options comprise laser prostate surgery, transurethral incision or resection of the prostate, microwave therapy, needle ablation, stapler circumcision, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal. Dialysis supports renal patients, while operative programmes also cover joint replacement and neurosurgery.

Critical-care services are distributed among general, cardiac, medical, neuro, neonatal, paediatric and surgical intensive-care units. The hospital describes 106 ICU beds, although another branch section states that one third of total beds are allocated to critical care. Neurology, nephrology and dialysis have dedicated supporting infrastructure. These units allow specialist teams to monitor unstable medical patients, newborns, children and adults recovering from major surgery.

This Fortis branch may be relevant for people with heart disease, urinary obstruction, joint or ligament injury, neurological illness, cancer and kidney disease requiring dialysis. Women can access gynaecological operations and high-risk pregnancy procedures within a hospital that also has neonatal and paediatric intensive care. The wide range of critical-care units is useful when treatment carries a higher risk or several organ systems are affected. Individual assessment determines whether a catheter-based, endoscopic, open or reconstructive procedure is the appropriate option. Follow-up may involve rehabilitation, wound care, medication review or repeat investigations according to the treatment performed.