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Interview with Insights Care • Mother and Child Care: Bangalore Baptist Hospital has the highest number of deliveries per month for any private hospitals in Bangalore. In fact, it is much more than that of private medical colleges in the city. High risk obstetrics, advanced gynae surgeries, neonatal and paediatric ICU, paed neurology, paed cardiology, paed pscyciatry, paed genetics, and paed surgical services are being offered. • Reproductive Medicine Unit: World-class IVF facilities with world class results • Comprehensive Cardiac Sciences: Interventional Cardiology and Cardiothoracic surgical services are being offered. Complex interventions are being done on a regular basis. • Geriatric Services: BBH recently received the “Older Patient Friendly Hospital” award. Our geriatrician Dr Benjamin received the Vyoshreshtha award from the Vice President of India in 2018. • Nephrology Services: Almost 1000 haemodialyses are done every month. Senior nephrologists and urologists are part of the team. • Spine surgeries, joint replacements, bariatric surgery services, pulmonology, andrology, head and neck oncology, rheumatology, endocrinology are some of the services offered. • Large Community Outreach Services: One million people are served in Bangalore Rural District and another million are covered in the 12 slums of Bangalore. Palliative care services reach out to people in need of terminal care, a great felt need. District disability rehabilitation center in Bangalore Rural District is run by BBH in collaboration with the government. • Post graduate residency courses in 11 specialties (DNB courses) are offered. BBH was conferred the ‘Best Teaching Hospital’ national award a few years ago. • We hope to continue to partner with other collaborations. One such example is our collaboration with Baylor University in the U.S. We were recipients of the USAID grant in the year 2015-16 which resulted in the building of a state-of-the- art ‘Simulation Education Research Centre’. High fidelity mannequins and facilities have helped in the education of nursing students, nurses, post graduate medical students, and other health care professionals. 3. BBH is known for its 46 years of Quality, Service, and Care. How have you managed to remain on the top of the ladder for all these years? Association with Christian Medical College, Vellore, has been a very positive factor in the growth of BBH. Commitment to the quality journey very early on has helped chart its course towards greater heights. BBH was the first mission hospital in the country to be NABH and NABL accredited. When Baptist Hospital received this award, it became part of the | March 2019 | 19