Sahyadri Speciality Hospital

With an imposing 11-storeyed, 150-bed, centrally air conditioned entity, Sahyadri Speciality Hospital is making a mark in the healthcare sector in and around Pune city
of Maharashtra.
By  skill and integrity of its medical and
paramedical staff, its cordial ambience and its comprehensive facilities, the hospital has come a long way since its inception. When this hospital was started in Pune in 2005, the promoters foresaw a demand for increasing amount of healthcare infrastructure in Pune. The hospital caters to about 200 out-patients per day and
in-patients beds are virtually full everyday. The staff strength of Sahyadri Hospital is about four for every bed. Right from an in-house oxygen plant to a sophisticated central sterile supply depot, or from a simple X-ray machine to top-of-the-line MRI, Sahyadri Speciality Hospital boasts of an infrastructure that is in no way inferior to the best of hospitals around the world.
However, what takes the cake is the fact that Sahyadri is only next to CMC, Vellore, in the number of bone marrow transplants done in its small tenure! Also, Sahyadri at present is doing the largest number of CT coronary angiography in Asia. As per estimates, one of the highest number of preventive check-ups including coronary and brain angiographies are done at Sahyadri.
Further, all equipment and facilities have been ‘Indianised’ keeping in mind the special requirements of our country and our people. In addition, the hospital is always alert in updating its equipment and facilities so that only the best is on offer.
In a path-breaking display of symbiotic professionalism, Sahyadri Speciality Hospital has joined hands with a number of organisations. While Pune Institute of Neurology and Sahyadri Laboratory and Haematology Centre have merged with the hospital, there are on-going associations with Madhav Smruti Memorial Hospital at Kurduwadi in Solapur district and Jalna Mission Hospital, around 350 km from Pune. More collaborations and ventures are in the offing.

In focus
Certain points have been given special focus in the hospital.
Speciality department development: The hospital believes that all sub-specialities of a subject need to be developed. This leads to a holistic approach for patient care i.e. development of an excellent professional as well as an academic team of doctors. For instance, the department of neurological sciences has sections from paediatric to adult, neurology to neurosurgery. Also, the hospital has a full complement of behavioral therapist/clinical psychologist and psychiatrist. In addition, there is a full-scale rehabilitation centre and also a department of haematology.
Hub and Spoke model: In other words, it is a model called the ‘closer to customer’ model. This hardly-implemented concept in healthcare has been adopted by Sahyadri Hospital since the beginning. In urban and semi-urban areas, it is practically impossible to access good quality healthcare closer to where communities live. It becomes very strenuous and expensive, especially for mothers and elderly to avail of these health facilities since they have to travel long distances. Hence, Sahyadri has come up with compact and boutique community healthcare set-ups, which deliver higher secondary care. This caters to more than 90 per cent of healthcare needs of the community. The flagship hospital (hub) of Sahyadri started in March 2005 and the first community hospital (spoke) was commissioned in a matter of 18 months. Since then, the hospital has started five community hospitals, totaling 350 beds in
Pune city.
Complement and not compete: The hospital has adopted a strategy of ‘open doors’ i.e. doctor engagement at Sahyadri Hospital. What this essentially means is that any qualified doctor can avail of the facilities at Sahyadri Hospital. Doctors working