Aster DM Healthcare has announced the launch of its 49 bedded dedicated ‘Women and Children Care Hospital’ at Whitefield, Bengaluru. Comprising of 14 bedded neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a 7 bedded paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), this hospital will offer cutting edge multidisciplinary women and child care that will be steered by highly skilled medical professionals dedicated to providing world-class care and highest safety standards.
The new unit offers a wide number of specialties that include gynaecology, paediatrics, paediatric super-speciality, neonatology, foetal medicine and 24/7 emergency care. The other different facilities and services available at the hospital includes labour delivery suites, modular operation theatre, cardiotocography monitoring for a foetal heartbeat, 3D and 4D Ultrasound, paediatric ICUs, neonatal ICUs, X-Ray, birthing suites, and a 24*7 walk in pharmacy.
Dr Harish Pillai, Chief Executive Officer, Aster India, said, “Aster DM Healthcare is happy to announce the opening of the Phase 1 part of our 350-bed Aster Whitefield project, our latest offering to the Garden City of Bengaluru. While the entire Aster Whitefield project envisages a total investment of Rs 200 crore, this phase 1 launch of the Women & Children Hospital has been established at an investment of Rs 25 crore.”
“The dedicated women and child hospital is standalone concept hospital that will be supported by a large multi-specialty hospital. The availability of a multi-specialty support can become an indispensable entity for the expecting mothers and can prove to be a life-saviour for both the mother and the child care at all stages and beyond,” said, Dr Nitish Shetty, CEO, Aster Hospitals, Bengaluru.
