This hospital was declared open to the general public by the then, Maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar on 30 -January 1948 with a bed capacity of 50.This hospital was named Smt.Shanthabai Devarao Shivaram Tuberculosis Sanitorium. During the 1957 this hospital was attached to Bangalore Medical College,Bangalore as a Teching Hospital. With the commissioning of a New Building to provide maximum facilities to the patients of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases,the Government has renamed it as SDS Tuberculosis and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases.
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Hospital Address
Hosur Road
Bangalore – 560 029
Karnataka, India
Phone: +91-80-26631923
Awards / Accolades
Both the Hon’ble minister for Health Dr. Malaka Reddy and Hon’ble Minister for Medical Education Smt. Nafeeza Fazal on their visit to the hospital during the Independence Day Celeberation of 2000 praised the hospital of its cleanliness and said it was one the Best Maintained Hospital.
Accreditations
This is a Super Specialty State referral hospital for Thoracic Surgery, Tuberculosis and other Chest Diseases attached to Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore under Rajiv Gandhi University Hospital, Comprising two major departments viz.,
- Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases.
- Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery.
Specialties
It provides specialized medical care to all patients who are referred to this hospital. Standards are influenced by patient load and availability of resources, which are generally under strain. Yet we insist that all our users receive courteous & prompt attention
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