Multi location Hospitals

In less than a decade, the Lifeline Group of hospitals has grown steadily setting up more than 20 centers across the state of Tamil Nadu. From primary to tertiary healthcare, it has carefully planned the accessibility to ensure that speciality care is available at the nearest, when patients need at the earliest. The purpose is to provide superior healthcare services to more people and in many regions.

In 1997, the group started its first company RIGID hospital and since then there has been no looking back. Started with just 25 beds, the group now has more than 500 beds and is one of the largest referral centers in Tamil Nadu.

RIGID Hospital – the flagship company of the group

This is the first hospital of the group, which was established in the year 1997 named after the founder’s grand father’s name Rajarathinam – a famous physician and a great philanthropist. The hospital was started with 25 beds and gastro enterology was the only speciality dealt with in the beginning. Due to over whelming response, there was an urgent compulsion to expand to other specialities as well. Now, RIGID hospital is a tertiary care hospital which can handle any number of complex cases. The infrastructure, backed up with expertise and technology has been the key to the success of this 25 bedded hospital which is shortly going to be expanded to 150 bedded hospital.

Today, the hospital offers speciality services in Urology , Orthopaedics, E.N.T, Psychiatry, Paediatrics, Oncology, Dermatology and Ophthalmology. The super-speciality services are offered in Gastroenterology ,, Neurology and Cardiology Vascular with high-end equipment and state-of-the-art technology.

 Services offered at this hospital are: 

• Lab
• Radiology
• MRI Scan
• Physiotherapy
• Cardiac Tests

A full fledged 24 hours laboratory service functions with accuracy, precision and delivery of reports on time. Patients can avail of a comprehensive range of diagnostic services that include radiology and imaging sciences tests. Radiology facilities include General radiography, Contrast Studies, Ultrasound, Mammography, Angiography and Interventional Radiology.A range of cardiac tests such as ECG and X-ray chest, 2-D echo cardiography and a state of the art computerised stress testing system (Treadmill test) is also available.

A well equipped and manned ICCU with both invasive and non invasive equipment such as defibrillators, pulse-oxy meters, ventilators, infusion pumps, pacemakers etc is fully functional round the clock, to provide cardiac care for all patients with cardiac emergencies.

The hospital offers a wide range of specially designed Preventive Health Check packages that help in the assessment of the state of an individual's health. RIGID Hospital recommends a Health check every year ideally for good health and peace of mind. RIGID Hospital helps you to achieve better health through its MHC plan.

A 24 hour minor Operation theatre is available for any emergency surgery; the hospital is tied up with trauma care Consortium and is registered MLC as well. The intensive care unit is situated next to the casualty. Poison cases and all acute emergency medical cases are shifted to the ICU immediately. A 24 hr ambulance service is available, so that the golden hour concept is fully practiced, i.e., the first one hour of any major injury or medical crisis is the most important one. The expanding emergency and 24hr trauma services are catering to an increasing percentage of the population with the passing months.
 
For International patients Rigid hospital provides facilities for discussions through e mail and all specialists are available on call. The hospital ensures various arrangements to make their stay comfortable.

Telemedicine facility is also available at the hospital.

Department of Cardiology

The department of cardiology has advantage of both expertise and equipment that are on par with the international standards. The department caters to all age groups from paediatric cardiology to adult cardiology and act very efficiently in case of cardiac emergencies.

Cardiac emergencies are on the rise even in younger age groups. The cardiac emergency team quickly and promptly attends the emergency patient without any delay. This is ably supported by on-site anesthetist and intensivists with the back up of a state-of-the-art cardiac ICU – ventilator, multi parameter monitor, infusion pumps and syringes driver, defibrillator with pacing capacity facility for intra vascular pacing, computerized 12 lead ECG.

24hours casualty services are available for various emergencies. Qualified medical and nursing staff handle medical and surgical emergencies. All cases are examined by the duty doctors and emergencies handled by the Cauality Medical officer. Specialist consultant opinion and guidance are taken for all cases depending upon medical, surgical, obstetric and paediatric emergencies. The casualty is attached to a dedicated full equipped operation theatre and a cardio pulmonary resuscitation area.

A well equipped general surgical theatre to deal with all elective and emergency surgeries. It is well supported by an excellent 5-bedded post operative intensive care (3 ventilated beds).

• Paediatric Surgery
• Neuro surgery
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Orthopaedic surgery
• Plastic surgery
  

An excellent ante-natal care is given to expecting mothers and they are trained to have a  peaceful motherhood. Ante-natal check-ups are done along with the lines of international guidelines to ensure the safe health of the mother and the child. All high – risk pregnancies are handled with the help of an outstanding team. Pre and post menopausal problems are handled with ease for middle aged women in this department. Laparoscopic hysterectomy, diagnostic laparoscopy hysteroscopy, colposcopy etc are done here.

24 hr. paediatric services are available for outpatient, inpatient and all sorts of paediatric emergencies – medical or surgical. The department also supports immunization for the new borns and has a comprehensive well baby check-up programmes.

Paediatric ICU:

The 5 bedded paediatric intensive care unit has the updated equipment with 4 ventilated beds including a Hayek negative pressure oscillator which is the first of its kind in the state of Tamil Nadu. Children are monitored with greatest care and medication advocated with highest degree of accuracy.

Neonatal ICU:

This unit consists of a 4 bedded neonatal intensive care unit with 4 dedicated neonatal ventilators with facilities for invasive and non-invasive monitoring of all vital parameters. The special care baby unit has 8 beds with facilities for oxygen therapy, phototherapy and care of septic new born babies.

Following the Lifeline Group’s ethics, the S & V Loga Lifeline hospitals, Karur gives accurate results for all types of laboratory tests and other radiology diagnosis. The laboratory services of this hospital is a regional reference laboratory and associated with Biorad, USA.

The radiology services include:

• 500m x-ray machine
• Mammography
• General ultrasound
• Colour Doppler
• Echo cardiography
• Computerised Electro cardiography

A 24 hours well stocked pharmacy, manned by qualified pharmacists is available so that patients have the immediate comfort of getting quality medicine within the reach and without the necessity of going out for any life saving drug.