Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata

Ruby General Hospital in Kolkata is a 278-bed NABH-accredited tertiary hospital established in 1995, one of Eastern India's early NRI-founded hospitals.

Specialties include cardiology, oncology, neurology, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology and emergency medicine. The cancer programme includes advanced radiation oncology with a linear accelerator that has FFF capability, and cardiac and critical-care services support high-acuity cases.

About 75 beds are dedicated to emergency and critical care. The hospital also has five operating theatres, a cath lab and dialysis services, and emergency, ambulance, pathology, pharmacy, dialysis and radiology run around the clock.

The Ruby Cancer Centre's radiation oncology page lists intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (RapidArc) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), delivered on a linear accelerator with on-board CT and kV imaging. Brachytherapy is available for all sites through a remote afterloading HDR system with 3D planning, and a tumour board of surgical, radiation and medical oncologists, radiologists and pathologists discusses cases to plan evidence-based treatment.

The critical-care department is staffed by consultant intensivists, pain physicians and trained nursing and paramedical teams, and lists skills including ventilator management, prone ventilation, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) and ultrasound-assisted assessment of critically ill patients. Ruby Homecare provides nursing care, physiotherapy, doctor consultations at home, post-operative care and video consultation, with equipment such as oxygen concentrators and wheelchairs. The hospital's International Patient Care Service is described as offering support from travel arrangements to treatment, with country-specific contact numbers listed.

It suits patients in Kolkata who need heart or cancer treatment, neurological or kidney care, or emergency admission with surgical and intensive-care support.