Saifee Hospital, Mumbai

Saifee Hospital stands on Maharshi Karve Marg near Charni Road in south Mumbai. Its history goes back to 1948, and the hospital has worked from its present 14-storey building since 2005. It has 257 beds, including 44 ICU beds, and nine operating theatres. The hospital holds NABH accreditation and its laboratory is NABL accredited.

More than 30 departments work under one roof. Cardiology, oncology, neurology, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology, gynaecology and general surgery sit alongside bariatric surgery, hepatology, ophthalmology, dermatology and dentistry. Maternity, paediatric and neonatal care are also available, so families can be treated at the same hospital across different life stages.

Technology is a strong point. Minimally invasive operations can be done with the da Vinci robotic surgical system, and the hospital runs MRI, CT and nuclear-medicine imaging. Cancer care includes specialised options such as PIPAC, a form of chemotherapy given inside the abdomen for selected patients. A neonatal intensive-care unit and isolation rooms support babies and adults who need close monitoring.

Saifee suits patients who need several specialists working together, for example a heart condition alongside kidney disease, or cancer surgery that requires intensive-care back-up. Whether robotic or conventional surgery is used depends on the diagnosis, so it is worth asking the treating surgeon which approach is proposed and why.