Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, Chennai

Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet is a 300-bed multispeciality hospital at No. 199, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai. The seven-floor facility is part of the Kauvery Hospitals network and has Joint Commission International accreditation. It provides tertiary medical, surgical and emergency care in central Chennai.

Clinical areas include cardiac sciences, neurology, spine surgery, orthopaedics, nephrology and urology, gastroenterology, vascular surgery, liver disease, oncology, paediatrics, neonatology and critical care. Recently documented branch procedures include robotic beating-heart coronary bypass, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, pulsed-field ablation for atrial fibrillation, endoscopic spinal fusion, left atrial appendage closure and vertebral artery stenting.

The cardiac surgery programme uses a fourth-generation da Vinci system to perform selected bypass operations through small access points without a heart-lung machine. Medtronic PulseSelect provides non-thermal ablation for atrial fibrillation at Alwarpet. Device therapies include pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation systems, supported by electrophysiology studies and rhythm monitoring.

For brain and spine procedures, O-Arm imaging with Stealth Navigation supplies intraoperative guidance. The spine team has introduced endoscopic fusion using a high-definition camera and narrow working channel for selected lumbar instability, stenosis and revision cases. Interventional teams also perform complex valve-in-valve procedures and endovascular treatment for selected arterial blockages.

The Alwarpet hospital may be relevant for coronary disease, repeated degeneration of an aortic valve prosthesis, complex heart-rhythm disorders or vascular disease. Patients with lumbar disc disease, nerve compression or a prior spine operation may also be evaluated for endoscopic options. Its broader neuro, renal, gastrointestinal, cancer and critical-care departments support conditions that need several specialist teams during one admission.