Care system Private Network Narayana Health | Funding Self-funded Standards JCI, NABH | |
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Location NH Health city, Bommasandra, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Hospital type Cardiac Super Speciality | ||
Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences (NICS) is a hospital in Bommasandra, Bangalore, India, operated by the Narayana Health group. This superspeciality flagship cardiac hospital of Narayana Health is one of the largest in the world and is equipped with 23 dedicated Cardiac Operation Theatres and 5 Digital Cath Labs of which one is a Hybrid, capable of performing both interventional cardiac procedures as well as complex heart surgeries. It has been accredited by the Joint Commission International and the NABH.
The hospital was commissioned in 2000 as part of NH Health City, by Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, the Chairman and Founder of Narayana Health, who has performed nearly 15,000 heart surgeries, as a centre to focus on complex cardiac surgery and heart transplantation.
NICS is equipped with 23 cardiac operating theaters, five digital catheterisation laboratories including a hybrid catheterisation laboratory, and 200 critical care beds for post-operative care. NICS also has one of the largest pediatric intensive care units in the world.☃☃ The hospital has performed free cardiac procedures for children and successfully treated heart problems on newborns, as well as adults, from several countries. NICS is equipped to perform up to 60 heart surgeries per day.☃☃ The cardiac procedures that are performed in NICS include complex heart valve repair, coronary artery bypass graft, pulmonary endartectomy for chronic pulmonary embolism, Ross procedure, ventricular aneurysm repair, left ventricular remodeling and Dor procedure, electrophysiology and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant.