Asian Heart Institute has a state of the art infrastructure, aesthetically designed building and world-class facilities. Healthcare in India has come of age when you drive into the Asian Heart Institute (AHI), just 15 minutes from the Mumbai International airport. Located in the Bandra-Kurla Complex, the institute is modeled after the famous Cleveland Clinic, rated the number one heart hospital in the world.

A dream of three leading cardiac specialists of Mumbai, Dr. Ramakanta Panda, Dr. Sandip Rane and Dr. Bhaskar Shah, AHI was set up with a holistic approach to heart care based on ethics, quality care and professional backed by competitive prices. It prides itself on quality in terms of design, patient care, medical, paramediacl and general staff and infrastructure facilities.

The hospital has been designed as per guidelines from CLEVELAND HEART CLINIC, USA to ensure International Standards. It is a Patient-centric design with stress on safety and comfort of Patients. All Patient areas have been designed to minimize the risk of infection. The hospital is building special relationships with select charity trust for sponsoring the treatment of needy patients.

The hospital was started to set a benchmark in quality care, ethical practice, reasonable costs and training for those in the profession. Patients are not charged premium rates for the care they receive.

Cathlab:

At Asian Heart Institute full range of cardiology services are offered, from early disease detection to complex interventions. The diagnostic services include, ECG, stress testing, 2-dimensional echocardiography, stress echocardiography, holter testing, and angiography. The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, where angiographies, angioplasties etc. are performed, is a state-of-the-art, first fully digital panel Cathlab in the WORLD. The flat panel technology replaces the image intensifier technology, which has been in use for many years.

Lowest Infection Rates:

Asian Heart Institute is one of the largest volume surgical centers in the country. The rates of complications (less than 0.5%) and mortality are comparable with the best cardiac centers in the world and are offered at very competitive rates. Asian Heart has the most advanced fully computerized state of the art Operation Theatres in the country. The largest Cardiac Theatre room in Asia is futuristic to allow technological innovation such as Robotic Surgery.

Multiple power back up and hot stand-by are provided to ensure 100% reliability. The highest emphasis has been given to the design of Operation Theatre to prevent infection.

Laboratory Medicine Department:

The department of Laboratory Medicine is a round the clock facility with state of the art equipment. Biochemistry section has a fully automated, discrete, computerized Hitachi 902, random acres analyzer with a throughput of 200 Tests / hour. The laboratory has the facility to perform Arterial Blood Gas estimation with electrolyte estimation on stat basis with the IL 1610 and IL 1650 and ILYTE, ABG and electrolyte analyzer.The Blood Bank provides whole blood and various components like: Packed Cells, Saline Washed Packed Cells, Fresh Frozen Plasma, Platelet Concentrate, Cryoprecipitate, Cryo-poor Plasma.

Platelet pharesis with donor screening is also carried out on the MCS+. The Blood Bank has a Component Preparation Laboratory with equipment like the Cryofuge 5500i from Heraeus. There is a deep freezer from Heraeus and platelet agitator and incubator from Terumo Penpol for storage of components. The department caters to out patients as well as in patients. Well-trained staff provide round the clock service.The instruments are interfaced with the Hospital Information Management System.

Inpatient Rehabilitation Program :

The physiotherapists work closely with members of the medical & rehabilitation team to reduce period of hospitalization & optimize patient's physical functions. The services are provided for patient admitted to the hospital mainly in the areas of cardio-pulmonary care . These services are rendered in the intensive care units as well as patient rooms Some of these services are:

This program aims to reduce symptoms and improve physical fitness of patients suffering from respiratory diseases like bronchial asthma, COPD etc. Physiotherapist works closely with the respiratory physician,intensivist and the nurse to prevent acute episodes, reduce hospital stay, improve patients level of fitness and endurance and gain their optimal functional independence. This program is provided for inpatients & outpatients.