Referring to expanding healthcare facilities in Kalaburagi, Superintendent of Police N. Shashikumar on Tuesday said the city will become a healthcare hub in the Hyderabad Karnataka region. He was speaking on United Hospital premises after inaugurating a free health check-up camp organised to mark the seventh anniversary of the hospital here on Tuesday.

“With five medical colleges and a dozen private facilities, Kalaburagi is fast developing as a healthcare hub of Hyderabad Karnataka region, just as Manipal in coastal Karnataka and Davangere in central Karnataka regions. Several private players, such as United Hospital, are augmenting healthcare facilities in the region by offering quality services,” he said.

Commending the hospital for maintaining high standards of service and hospitality, the officer said he had not come across any instance of medical malpractice and resultant mass outburst against the hospital and its doctors. He called upon people to adopt a stress-free and healthy lifestyle to avoid visiting hospitals.

Managing director of the hospital Vikram Siddareddy spoke about how he started the venture from scratch seven years ago and developed it as one of the most sought after super-speciality centres for accident trauma and critical care in the region. “We have successfully performed 9,000 surgeries in the last seven years. The commitment and expertise of our team of doctors have earned us a special place in the field of accident trauma and emergency care,”he said.

Around a thousand people were screened and medicines were distributed to the needy for free during the camp.

State Bank of India’s divisional general manager A. Hussein, regional manager Prakash, United Hospital director Veena V. Siddareddy, doctors Mohammed Abdul Baseer, Raju Kulkarni, and Prashant R. Kulkarni, and manager Dawood Ali were among those present.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> State> Karnataka / by Staff Reporter / Kalaburagi – February 20th, 2019