The hospital has super-specialties such as -
- cardiology, cardiothoracic wing
- neuro surgery, vascular surgery
- reconstructive hand micro surgery
- medical and surgical oncology and neurology
- units for blood transfusion
- post-operative care
- intensive care and
- radio diagnosis.
There are 14 operation theatres — two each on the ground and first floors and four each on the fifth and sixth floors
The hospital has facilities including -
- cardio cathlab
- neruo cathlab
- digital X-ray
- MRI and CT scan
- in addition to 20 dialysis units
The Medical Recruitment Board has appointed 83 medical staff and 232 non-medical staff and additional staff for technical duty at the hospital
A computerised hospital management information system is in place
There are about 160 CCTVs
For the benefit of patients, two ramps have been provided, from the sixth floor to the ground floor. Each floor has a battery-operated car, apart from a 11-seater car for movement outside the hospital.
Two canteens, one on the ground floor for caregivers and another on the third floor, have been set up.
Established at a cost of about Rs. 143 crore, the hospital has come up
at the site where the Assembly and a section of the Secretariat
functioned during 2010-2011
Originally built for the Assembly and a
host of offices meant for the Chief Minister, Cabinet ministers and some
govt departments, the building, which now houses the hospital,
has a plinth area of 10 lakh sq ft.
On AIADMK Govt led by J.Jayalalithaa’s return to power in May 2011, the Secretariat moved
back to Fort St. George.
In August 2011, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced that the
building on the estate would be used to accommodate a multi
super-specialty hospital.
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