Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon

Fortis Memorial Research Institute, commonly shortened to FMRI, opened in Gurugram in 2013. The 330-bed facility occupies an 11-acre site in Sector 44, with 15 operating theatres and round-the-clock emergency care. It holds JCI and NABH accreditation. This is a quaternary-care setting designed for cases that may need intensive monitoring or several specialist teams rather than a single outpatient intervention.

Clinical programmes include oncology and nuclear medicine, neurosciences, haematology and bone-marrow transplantation, renal and urological sciences, digestive diseases, cardiac sciences and critical care. Neuroscience services encompass epilepsy surgery, interventional neurology and deep brain stimulation. Transplant work spans bone marrow, liver, kidney and heart, while robotic techniques are associated with renal and urological treatment. Multiple departments can contribute where the diagnosis is complex.

A prospective patient could therefore discuss options such as transplantation, cancer surgery, radiotherapy, epilepsy procedures, deep brain stimulation, gastrointestinal surgery or ECMO-supported critical care. Availability alone does not determine the right pathway: organ function, infection status, previous therapies and multidisciplinary assessment can change the recommendation. Asking the clinical coordinator for the proposed consultant, required tests and expected ICU component helps turn a broad programme description into an individual plan.

FMRI may suit patients in Gurugram and Delhi NCR who need quaternary-level care: transplantation (bone marrow, liver, kidney or heart), advanced cancer treatment, epilepsy surgery or deep brain stimulation, or intensive care with ECMO support.