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VIVUS - SMRC Heart Centre Announces its Launch in Goa

Vivus - SMRC Heart Centre recently announced its launch in Goa. Recognised by Mediclaim, the Centre is located at the newly renovated VM Salgaocar Hospital, Chicalim.

VIVUS-SMRC Heart Centre is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. The Centre is designed to provide the best possible setting for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The 50-bed hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient cardiac care, and staff a 24-hour full service emergency center.

The Vivus Group, promoted by the Srinivasa Cardiology Centre Private Limited (SCCPL), is today an acknowledged pioneer in healthcare services in India. The Vivus group opened its first 50-bed Heart Care Centre in 2000. Today, Vivus is a multi location cardiac centric group, with presence in central Bangalore, Madekeri and Goa. The first cardiac centre to get ISO 9001:2000 recognition, Vivus is also a preferred group for tie up with quality players like MV Diagnostics and St Theresa and Gayatri Hospitals.

To fulfill their corporate social responsibility, Vivus has for the past two years, deployed its highly popular mobile cath laboratory during the weekends— so that patients in rural areas can undergo an interventional procedure at their doorstep by a team of specialist doctors from Vivus.

The Group has also been recognised by the Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences for two fellowship programmes in cardiology designed for postgraduates.Vivus recently was one of the promoters and approved centre for the IGNOU course in community medicine. In 2003, Vivus received accreditation for a three-year DNB programme in cardiology and has allocated two seats per year to train cardiologists.

EH News Bureau