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History of LifeLine Hospitals

To maximize his usefulness to the community, and to provide the highest quality healthcare within the reach of the common man, Dr.J.S.Rajkumar a third generation doctor established the RIGID hospital. He had a very clear mission to provide impeccable quality of service by moulding a highly duty conscious team.

Considered a prodigy in his undergraduate medical education, he secured the maximum number of Gold Medals (32) from Madras University.

That was not all….he secured the University gold medal in the M.S. Examination and won the Gold Medal for securing First Rank in the country, the Dip.N.B. (General Surgery) examination. Dr J. S. Rajkumar was amongst the youngest in the world to have completed F.R.C.S before the age of 24 years; and has the distinction of being the only Indian to hold four F.R.C.S degrees.

An authority on surgical skills, he was a key member of the core team in India's first Liver transplant. So far he has completed over 2000 advanced laproscopic surgeries and continues to re-dedicate himself towards serving in this field passionately.

COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION

The Lifeline Group of hospital firmly believes that the medical education plays a very major role in bringing up the quality of lives. It has a two-pronged approach towards giving a meaningful medical education program. It educates the giver, the taker of the healthcare.

The present and the future doctors are updated on the latest technological breakthrough. They are also given hands on training to acquire skill so that there is no human error happening during the surgeries.

The general public or patients are also educated about various ailments, their cause, the course of treatment, what to expect from a hospital for a certain pattern of disease etc.

For the medical fraternity, following are education programmes:

• Training programmes
• Periodical workshop
• Training camps

Training Programmes

This program is intended to benefit fresh Masters of Surgery to derive the advantage of hands on experience in surgical operations under able guidance of renowned surgeons. This emphasizes on minimally accessed surgical procedures. This series of surgeries will be directed and controlled by Dr. J. S. Rajkumar who has over 5,000 surgeries to his credit. The training covers minute details of procedures, use of sophisticated equipment, suturing techniques and post operative care of patients.

Periodical Workshop

The Lifeline Group of Hospital conducts periodical workshops on the latest advances in surgery. This has a dual advantage viz. practical insight into room environment facilitating ease in learning and benefit of live demonstration. It horns the ability to reach benchmark levels of perfection by close observation of the surgical skills.

Training Camps

These training camps target postgraduates and undergraduates medical students, with an aim to create awareness on professional ethics in the surgical field. There is a step-by-step analytical process to impart of quality training.

TO constantly render the best outcome of the treatment, the Lifeline Group believes that there should be a combined effort from both the patients side and the doctors side.

This is achieved only through continuous medical education programmes.