Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
| MIOT International | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | Private |
| Hospital type | Multispeciality |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1000 |
| History | |
| Founded | February 1999 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in India |
| Other links | P. V. A. Mohandas |
The MIOT International is a multi-specialty hospital in Manapakkam, Chennai, India. It is a specialty hospital in the field of joint replacement surgeries, Interventional Cardiology , orthopaedics and trauma. Founded by P. V. A. Mohandas, the hospital was established in February 1999 on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) land with German collaboration, with an initial investment of ₹ 500,000. The hospital has 1000 beds and employs 170 physicians. The hospital receives nearly 3,500 foreign patients every year, contributing 25 percent of the hospital's patients. North and East Africa account for a chunk of these foreign patients.
MIOT Hospitals began as an independent entity, specialising in orthopaedics, at Chennai-based Vijaya Hospital in 1988. It moved to Manapakkam, a suburb of Chennai, in 1999. Its founder and managing director, P. V. A. Mohandas, is also chief surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. His son Dr. Prithvi Mohandas has specialised in revision hip surgery. Started as a centre for orthopaedics, the hospital has become a multi-speciality one dealing with thoracic and cardiovascular care, cardiology, nephrology, neurosurgery, oncology and radiation oncology, hip-replacement surgery, knee replacement, accident surgery, plastic surgery, craniofacial and cosmetic surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics, and so on.
On 18 May 2012, a heart revive centre was inaugurated at a cost of ₹ 300 million, with a full-fledged Cathlab and an Electro Physiology Laboratory for the treatment of arrhythmia, or irregular heart beat. In the same year, the hospital started the MIOT International Centre housing the departments of oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, liver transplant centre and bone marrow transplant centre. There are also plans to open a heart transplant centre.
MIOT Hospitals received the 2002-2003 Niryat Shree Award from the Federation of Indian Exports Organisations (FIEO) for `Excellent Performance in Health Care Export', it marked the coming of age of medical tourism as an industry. Mallika Mohandas, Chairperson, MIOT Hospitals, received the Niryat Shree Golden Trophy from Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath in New Delhi on Friday. The hospital has treated patients from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Muscat, Oman and Qatar, Seychelles, Tanzania, Kenya, Yemen, Sudan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Rwanda, Mauritius, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sikkim, Nepal, Korea and Myanmar. It has tie-ups with the Health Ministries of Seychelles, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bhutan, said Mrs. Mohandas. An agreement with private agencies in Canada was signed recently to facilitate patient referrals from that country.
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