Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru

Fortis Hospital on Bannerghatta Road began operating in Bengaluru in 2006. It has more than 400 beds and 11 operating theatres, with emergency care available throughout the day. Intensive-care infrastructure includes adult, neonatal and paediatric units. A blood bank and dialysis service provide additional support for surgery, critical illness and renal treatment. The hospital holds JCI and NABH accreditation, and its laboratory services are NABL accredited.

Clinical departments span cardiac sciences, oncology, neurosciences, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology, orthopaedics, pulmonology, obstetrics, paediatrics and internal medicine. Transplant services include kidney, liver and lung programmes. Critical care and interventional radiology can contribute to complicated admissions, while rehabilitation may be needed after neurological, orthopaedic or major abdominal procedures. Each case should be directed to the relevant subspecialty rather than treated as a general enquiry.

The range of procedures includes robotic and computer-navigated joint reconstruction, cochlear implantation, bariatric operations, thoracic surgery, cardiac intervention, neurosurgery and organ transplantation. Minimal-access and robotic methods are available in several disciplines. Their use depends on imaging, disease stage, previous surgery and anaesthetic assessment. Patients can ask which technique is proposed, why it suits their condition, what alternatives exist and whether postoperative care will involve an ICU or rehabilitation team.