AMRI Hospitals

AMRI Hospitals
The Advanced Medical Research Institute, Dhakuria. Feb. 2014
Geography
Location West Bengal
Odisha, India
Bangladesh
Services
Emergency department Yes
History
Founded 1996 at Kolkata, India
Links
Website Official website

AMRI Hospitals is a private hospital chain which is headquartered at the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The company's head office is in Kolkata, West Bengal, with 3 units in Kolkata (Dhakuria, Salt Lake, and Mukundapur), 1 clinic at Southern Avenue, and 1 unit Bhubaneshwar in the Indian State of Odisha. The hospital had also opened a health center in Dhaka for its Bangladeshi patients.[1]

Specialties

The specialties at AMRI Hospitals include Aesthetic, Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery, Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine, Cardiac Sciences, Dentistry & Maxillo Facial Surgery, Dermatology, Dietetics and Nutrition, Emergency Critical Care & Trauma Management, Endocrinology & Diabetology, ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Gastro Sciences, General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Internal Medicine, IVF, Neuro Sciences, Nuclear Medicine & PET-CT, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Onco Sciences, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement, Paediatrics & Neonatology, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry, Pulmonology & Chest Medicine, Radiology & Interventional Radiology, Rheumatology, Urology & Nephrology.[2]

History

AMRI Hospital, Mukundapur, Kolkata. April 2018.

The Emami Group invested in hospitals with Shrachi Group through an invitation from Shrachi Group's Shrawan Kumar Todi, a family friend. The state government of West Bengal handed control of an polyclinic in Dhakuria to AMRI Hospitals in the early 90s.[3]

AMRI Hospitals was co-founded by the Emami Group and Shrachi Group in 1996, two of Kolkata's developing groups, in a partnership with the Government of West Bengal to expand health coverage options for consumers.[4] The AMRI hospital is a center for training students from the Institute of Radiology and Medical Imaging, and it is ISO 9001:2000 certified.[5]

In 2006, the promoter of AMRI Hospitals acquired Suraksha Hospitals, and renamed it as AMRI Hospitals, Salt Lake. After 2 years, the hospital was merged to leverage operational synergies by forming AMRI Hospitals.[6] The Emami group acquired 32% stake of Shrachi Group in AMRI Hospitals in the year 2014.[7]

Achievements & Recognition

  • AMRI Hospitals was rated as a top healthcare organisation in the eastern region of the country by AdvaHosp in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, Harvard Business Review, Joint Commission International, Mayo Clinic and Boston Consulting Group.[8]
  • AMRI Hospitals, Mukandapur was awarded “3-Star” rating by the Union Ministry of Power for excellence in energy conservation.[9][10]
  • AMRI Hospitals, Mukundapur officially launched Eastern India's first comprehensive Airway Clinic on July 10, 2018, where both children and adults, who are suffering from disorders affecting their air passage due to various reasons, will be treated[11][12].
  • Awareness Campaign - AMRI Hospitals organized a social media awareness campaign. AMRI against Dengue, the campaign uses social media to spread ideas and information related with the disease, along with doctors' advice for prevention and respite[13][14].

Anuradha Saha case

On 24 October 2013, the Supreme Court of India ordered AMRI Hospitals to pay compensation for medical negligence at their hospital in Kolkata that led to the death of Anuradha Saha, a US-based child psychologist, on 28 May 1998. The court described the standard of medical care at the hospital as "abysmal",[15] and wrote that the court's decision was intended as a "deterrent and a reminder" to the medical community.[16][17] The compensation, which with interest came to Rs. 11.41 crore (US$1.86 million in 2013), was the highest ever awarded by an Indian court for medical negligence.[18]

Fire incident

A fire at the hospital occurred at Dhakuria in South Kolkata in the early morning of 9 December 2011.[4] The fire was due to alleged negligence, which caused flammable substances kept in the basement of the building to catch fire after a short circuit in the electrical system. It is reported that 95 people, including members of the staff, died due to asphyxiation. Six board members were then released on bail after a temporary arrest.[19] The Dhakuria Unit of AMRI Hospitals reopened operations two years later, after it received clearance on November 2013.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "AMRI Hospital Opens Help Centre in Dhaka". Daily Sun Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to AMRI". Official Website AMRI Hospitals.
  3. ↑ "Emami Founders say Hospitals Investment was a big mistake". Live Mint.
  4. 1 2 "AMRI hospital fire: 73 killed, several injured". The Times of India. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "History & Innovation". amrihospital.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Emami-backed AMRI Hospitals scouts for 100 Cr rupees PE".
  7. ↑ "Shrachi group to sell AMRI Hospital stake to Emami promoters". Business Standard.
  8. ↑ "AMRI Hospitals rated top healthcare organisation in East". The Hindu BusinessLine.
  9. ↑ "AMRI Unit gets 3 start rating". The Hindu BusinessLine.
  10. ↑ "AMRI Hospitals' unit receives 3-star rating award".
  11. ↑ "AMRI Hospitals-Mukundapur launches comprehensive airway clinic". The Hans India. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  12. ↑ Feeds, ANI (2018-07-18). "AMRI Hospitals-Mukundapur launches comprehensive airway clinic". India.com. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  13. ↑ "AMRI gears up to curb Dengue outbreak in Kolkata this monsoon". The Hans India. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  14. ↑ ANI (2018-08-02). "AMRI gears up to curb Dengue outbreak in Kolkata this monsoon". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  15. ↑ Venkatesan, V. (29 November 2013). "Course correction". Frontline. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Medical negligence: Will the Anuradha Saha case set a precedent?". Mint. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "In The Supreme Court of India Civil Appellate Jurisdiction, Civil Appeal No.2867 of 2012". Suprme Court of India. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "SC Awards Rs 11.41 crore in Medical Negligence Case". Outlook. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Two more Directors of AMRI Hospitals get bail". The Hindu BusinessLine.
  20. ↑ "AMRI Hospitals Reopened". The Hindu.

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