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Dr. Mehta’s Hospital, Chennai

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Description

DrMehta’sHospitals was founded byDr A JMehtain1933.OriginallyasmallClinic cumNursing Home,based outofSowcarpet. DrMehtawasthen joined byhiswife– DrSavita ben Mehta, a Gynaecologist(fondlyknown as “Amma”)in1940whojointlyexpanded andmoved theNursing HometoChetpetintoalargermulti-specialtybirthingandsurgical unit in1955.DrMehta’sNursing
Home,asitwasknownin timespast served largeswathes ofthecommunityacross Chennai, andwas
respected for itsbirthingstandards andaffectiontowards customersandstaffmembers.

DrMehta’swasjoined byalargeteamofrespectedclinicians includingDr RShanmugasundaram,Dr Ahmed Ali,Dr A NParthasarthy,Dr Annamalai,Dr Nammalwarandher childrenDr UshaShuklaand Dilip Mehta,whohelped pavethewayforexpansionandgrowthof asecondunit–Dr.Mehta’s Children’s Hospitalsaswellasa significantincreaseinbeds andfacilities between 1994and 2006. Duringthis period,DrMehtaNursingHome,Proprietorshipwas convertedto DrMehta’s Hospitals PrivateLimited. Joined by senior healthcarepractitioners,theinstitutehas beenupgraded intoa recognizedteachinginstituteandaccreditedbytheNational Boardof Examination(NBE)and National AccreditationBoardfor Hospitals andHealthcareProviders(NABH).

TodayDrMehta’soperatesthreeunits–DrMehta’sMultispecialityHospital(Chetpet), DrMehta’s
Children’s Hospital(Chetpet)andDrMehta’s Advanced Surgical Center(TNagar)with over 300beds,
500clinicians andover40medicalandsurgical specialties. Theinstitutesandclinicians havewon numerous accoladesandawards, includingIMAExcellence,Padma Shri,IndiraGandhi Award, Mother TheresaAwards,LifetimeAchievement Awards andbeen recognized bytheMOHFW, UNDP, IMA, GEF, QCI, NBE,MMC, AHPIandmanyotherorganizations for focusingonaffordable healing, leveragingleading, innovativeandethical practices ofhealthcaretodeliversuperior clinical
outcomeswithinour communities.

Goingforward,DrMehta’sis intheprocessof expandingto morelocationsacrossTamilNadu with their firsttwounitsin Chetpet, includingalargesuper-specialtyunit ontheNH-4 Highwaytoservice the communitiesof Chennai.

Weaimtoservethe community withworldclasstreatmentfacilities ataffordablecosts