Victoria Hospital 4.22

Victoria Hospital is a government run hospital affiliated with Bangalore Medical College now renamed Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. It is the largest hospital in Bangalore, India. Started by Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the then Maharaja of Mysore in 1901, the hospital soon rose to be among the prominent hospitals in South India.Health care facilitiesEmergency services are available 24 hours including traumatology and emergency surgery in the Mahabodhi Burns and Casualty block with a 24-hour blood bank. The burns department housed in the same building is among the best in Karnataka and is managed by the Plastic Surgery department. A centralized laboratory modernized with a grant from Infosys provides 24-hour services. The outpatient department housed in the Sir Putanna Chetty block has a pharmacy that supplies medicines free to poor patients. The main building houses the administrative offices and wards. The centenary building houses new wards and the nuclear medicine department with gamma camera and modern operation theatres. The radiology department is in the B.M. Srinivasaiah block. The E.N.T department is in the Venkateshwara Institute. A dharmashala on the hospital campus provides subsidized accommodation for patient's companions.Departments Internal Medicine General Surgery Orthopedics E.N.T. Blood Bank Anaesthesia Radiodiagnosis: All special X-rays, ultrasound, CT scan, famma camera for isotope scans Radiotherapy Skin and Cosmetology Neurology Neurosurgery Urology : Nephrology with dialysis facilities Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Microsurgery Surgical Gastroenterology Microbiology Pathology Biochemistry Forensic Medicine Physiotherapy