SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani, Chennai

SIMS Hospital in Vadapalani, Chennai is a 345-bed JCI- and NABH-accredited multispeciality hospital, established in 2014, on a site of about 230,000 sq. ft.

Departments include cardiology, oncology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology and critical care, along with other major specialties. The hospital has 15 operating theatres, two cath labs, two robotic surgical systems and fully equipped intensive-care units.

Emergency services use GPS-enabled ambulances and a central dispatch system to speed transport and admission.

Clinical care is organised into institutes, which the hospital lists as anaesthesiology and pain services, cardiac science, craniofacial, aesthetics and plastic surgery, gastroenterology, hepatobiliary sciences and liver transplant, neuroscience, obstetrics, gynaecology and IVF, oncology, orthopaedics, and renal science and transplantation. The intensive-care units are listed by type: critical care centre, medical, neuro, paediatric, neonatal, cardiothoracic and burns ICUs. Kidney and liver transplantation are offered, with both living-donor and deceased-donor surgery described. The radiology department offers round-the-clock diagnostic and interventional services.

For overseas patients, the international patients page describes online consultation on the basis of reports shared beforehand, and test results from blood work and imaging made available within 24 hours. Language translators, dedicated relationship managers, concierge services, customised cuisine and accommodation options are listed as part of the international patient service.

It suits patients in Chennai who need neurological, cardiac, cancer or orthopaedic treatment, or other complex surgery followed by intensive monitoring.