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Metro Group Of Hospitals
With a vision to provide the highest level of healthcare
to the common man at an affordable cost, a group of NRI physicians led by Padmabhushan
Dr Purshotam Lal founded the Metro Group of Hospitals.
From Noida to Delhi
 The
Group first started with Noida when it set up the 110-bed Metro
Hospital and Heart Institute in June 1997. Subsequent hospitals
were Metro Multi-speciality Hospital, Noida in September 1998, Metro
Heart Institute, Faridabad in February 2002, Metro Hospital &
Heart Institute, Lajpat Nagar in February 2004, Metro Hospital &
Cancer Institute, Preet Vihar and RLKC Hospital and Metro Heart
Institute, Pandav Nagar, New Delhi. The Group's present bed strength
in Delhi-NCR is 630.
Range of Services
The Group focuses on interventional cardiology, non-invasive cardiology, cardiothoracic,
vascular surgery, electrophysiology, neuro science, nephrology, renal transplant,
oncology, opthalmology, orthopaedics, dentistry, dietetics, nutrition, surgery,
ENT endocrinology, gastroenterology (liver and digestive diseases), paediatrics,
respiratory and critical care, sleep medicine, gynaecology, medicine, internal
medicine, plastic and cosmetic surgery, urology, intensive care unit and physiotherapy.
The Group is involved in global multinational research trials and is a part
of ICU and OPD based trials in cardio-respiratory and critical care.
The total number of OPD cases per day is more than 700. The USP of the Hospital,
according to Chairman-cum-Director Dr Purshotam Lal is, "Quality treatment
at an affordable price with special consideration for the needy. In 10 years
of our existence, no patient has ever been returned for want of money. Our all
units are fully computerised and we have full-time EDP personnel working in
different units. The total expenditure on IT is approximately Rs 55 to Rs 60
lakh.
Bag of Accomplishments
Dr Purshotam Lal
Chairman-cum-Director |
Dr Lal has more than 20 firsts to his credit, such as slow
rotational angioplasty, atherectomy, rotablator, ASD closure, aortic valve replacement
without surgery and has developed many of his own techniques like left atriofemoral
bypass support, and mitral valvuloplasty without the use of cath lab. He has
been designated as the first investigator of inoue balloon valvuloplasty and
percutaneous aortic valve replacement in India.
The Hospital has also pioneered a large number of techniques in different specialities,
like laser treatment for tracheal stenosis.
Dr Lal has been awarded Dr VV Shah Oration Gold Medal by Cardiological Society
of India in 1992, Life Time Achievement Award by Delhi Medical Association in
2002, Padmabhushan in 2003, and Dr BC Roy National Award in 2005. His name has
been listed several times in Limca Book of Records for coronary atherectomy,
ASD closure, multiple hole closure, rotablator and acholysis. He is also noted
for performing the largest number of angioplasties (2,000) in a year in the
country as a single operator.
This ISO 9001-2000 certified Hospital is approved for postgraduation in cardiology
(DNB), diploma course in cardiology and fellowship in critical care.
On Concessions
It organises regular free health check-up camps all over North India including
Government offices/corporates/RWAs. "For economically-backward patients,
maximum possible concession is given and sometimes we waive the entire treatment
cost on humanitarian grounds," says Dr Lal.
Two New Hospitals
In the pipeline are two super-speciality hospitals—a 250-bed project in
Nand Nagri (Delhi) and a 200-bed facility in Greater Noida for which land has
already been acquired.
These two greenfield projects are expected to be operational within two years.
In addition, a new 200-bed multi-speciality hospital is coming up in place of
the existent 80-bed Metro Hospital in Faridabad. This project will be operational
by September 2008. "The funds are being generated by equity with GE Capital,
US," says Dr Lal. The Group is set to cover the entire metropolitan area.
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