B.M.Birla Heart Research Centre

B M Birla Heart Research Centre is a super specialty hospital dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis, treatment and research related to cardiovascular diseases. Since its commissioning in 1989, it has established itself as India's most advanced heart centre comparable to the best in the world. Not only do patients from all over India seek treatment here, but patients from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius, Hongkong, Kenya and other neighbouring countries also avail of its facilities.

Achievements:-

1) First ever key-hole surgery to close a hole in the heart.
2) First Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty in Asia.
3) First video-assisted thoracic surgery in Asia.
4) First in Asia to perform angioplasty from wrist in the field of Interventional Cardiology.
5) First in India to perform Open Heart Surgery on a 9-day old baby weighing 2.5 kg extensively in the area of Cardiac Surgery.
6) First time in India, the failing heart of an adult was supported with artificial heart and mechanical circulation for 100 hours.