Krishna Heart Institute
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The Krishna Heart and Super Specialty Institute, located in Ahmedabad, India, was established in 2000 as a high-end medical facility, specializing in heart diseases. It was conceived by Dr. Atul Chokshi, an Interventional Cardiologist practicing in New York, and other Indian physicians living in the United States. The primary purpose of establishing “Krishna” was to provide life-saving technologies to the people of India and the rest of the world at an affordable cost.
Krishna is one of the state of Gujarat’s leading medical facilities. It’s known for innovative diagnostic and treatment procedures and extensive work in cardiology and joint replacement. The institute offers pioneering medical techniques in the field of cardiac care, including beating heart bypass surgeries and radial angiography.
Maintaining its tradition of providing a high level of care and advanced medical technology, the institute is the first in India to set up a specialized operating theater, where air is changed 130 times per hour to provide a hygienic and infection-free environment.
Krishna welcomes patients from around the world and is a major destination for medical tourists. They are partnered with MedSolution, a medical tourism company located in Vancouver, Canada. Patients’ rooms are completely furnished and feature air-conditioning, attached bathrooms and television. Other services available to the international patient include pick-up and drop-off from the airport, laundry services and a 24-hour concierge.
One of the main objectives of Krishna is to provide aid to non-affording people of India, who are in dire need of cardiac care. As a result, they have set up the Divya Jyot Charitable Trust, which helps deserving people pay for their cardiac treatment – in some cases paying for it completely. It has also set up a free cardiac check-up camp for people in rural areas and free preventative health check-up camps in various parts of the city.
The trust was also able to provide 600 meal packets and water pouches a day for a week to the victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. They also sent medicine, tents and food to the people of Bhuj immediately following the earthquake.