Introduction
Alleviating human suffering has been a part of dedicated services
of Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams to the mankind. To provide the
most advanced medical technology to the needy, the T.T.D. has
launched a monument, a blessing from the Lord by opening Sri
Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, a sophisticated super
specialty hospital at Tirupati.
SVIMS was conceived in the year 1986 on the lines of AIIMS, New
Delhi and the foundation stone was laid on 18.4.86 by Late
Sri.N.T.Rama Rao, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in
the world famous pilgrim town Tirupati. It was established with a
view to providing Super Specialty facilities with nominal cost to
the poor.
The hospital started functioning from 26.2.93. by an Act of A.P.
State Legislature. This Institute became a University in 1995
within a short time of establishment.The Present Director is Prof.R.V.Kumar,
MBBS (OSM), MS (PGIMER), M.Ch - CTS (AIIMS, NEW Delhi),
Director-cum-Vice Chancellor, SVIMS
The healing touch of SVIMS has covered most of Andhra Pradesh and
the neighbouring states. The major objectives of SVIMS includes
service, training and education in advanced medical sciences and
technology. Latest technology in diagnostic wing and total
computer automation of patient care has been implemented in this
institution for the first time in our Country. The computer centre
is equipped with medical literature analysis and retrieval system
on line (MEDLINE) to get the information available from standard
medical journals in the entire world. SVIMS also introduced "MEDLARS"
awareness programme, which is a boon for all the students and
medical personnel. Both inpatients & outpatients have increased by
75% to 100% in recent years.
The following departments are rendering their services for the
public:
Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, C.T.Surgery, Cardiology,
Endocrinology, Gyanecology & Obstetrics, General Surgery,
Hematology, Medical Gastroenterology, Medical Oncology, Medicine,
Microbiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nuclear
Medicine , Pathology, Physiology, Radiology, Radiation Oncology,
Surgical Gastroenterology, Surgical Oncology , Transfusion
Medicine and Urology.
The Department of Cardiology possesses the state-of-the art
biomedical equipment and a set of dedicated doctors and
paramedical staff to provide a high quality treatment to its
patients. It has an intensive coronary care unit with facilities
for invasive haemodynamic monitoring, an echo-cardiography machine
having biplane transoesophageal probe (along with facilities for
colour flow mapping), several computerised ECG machines, a
computerised treadmill machine, Cardiac catheterization and
angiography, temporary pacemaker implantation, permanent pacemaker
implantation and balloon atrial septostomy in neonates, have been
done. The department is regularly doing coronary angioplasty and
various valvuloplasty procedures. Radio frequency ablation
procedures are the recent addition in catheterization laboratory.
The Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery the state-of-the art
biomedical equipment and a set of dedicated doctors and
paramedical staff to provide a high quality treatment to its
patients. The major achievements of C. T. Surgery department ever
since its inception in SVIMS. is the versatility of operations
being done here. The entire spectrum of surgical diseases of Chest
are being attended to this institution. This includes Complex
Cardiac Surgery, Simple Cardiac Surgery all forms of Thoracic
Surgery, Chest trauma and all forms of Thoracic Endoscopies. The
post operative management always received consultants level care.
In Cardiac Surgery - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery, all
forms of valve surgery and all forms of complex congenital heart
surgery in the very early months of life are being under taken.
Many of the cases we have taken up are redo operations and are
very sick ones some times denied of surgery in peer institutions.
In that sense, for a new institution we have not shirked away from
high risk cases as far as any form of Cardiac Surgery is
concerned. We have also been actively involved in making our
institute a model teaching institution. We have been co-operating
actively with sister department.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams brings one of the holiest of
offerings ever Pranadanam - a scheme blessed by everything the
Lord Himself stands for Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust aims at
providing succor to the needy and suffering by offering them free
and the best medical care at the T.T.D. run hospitals. The
pranadanam scheme is aims at to providing free medical facilities
to the poor patients affected with life threatening diseases of
the Hear, Kidney, Brain and Cancer etc. The pranadanam Trust is
launched by Sri.N. Chandarababu Naidu, Hon'ble Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh in the month of Sept. 2001. So far we have
successfully carried out 225 surgeries / treatment to the poor &
needy patients in and around Rayalaseema Region with 100% free of
cost under this Pranadanam Scheme.
The Institute is offering donations from the public Income Tax
exemption under Section 80(G) to meet the expenditure under the
noble cause of Pranadanam Scheme.
The Institute is offering the services of expert surgeons of
Dept.of Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Neuro Surgery,
Nephrology and Oncology to perform the surgeries of the poor
patients with free of cost in the name of Lord Venkateswara during
your visit to Tirumala aiming with Manavasevae - Madhavaseva.
Objectives of the Institute
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To create a centre of excellence for providing medical care,
educational and research facilities of a higher order in the field
of medical sciences in the existing super specialties and such
other super specialties as may develop in future, including
continuing medical education and hospital administration.
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To develop patterns of teaching in post-graduate level and in
super specialties so as to set a high standard of medical
education.
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To provide for training in para-medical and allied fields,
particularly in relating to super specialties.
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To function as a referral hospital.
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To provide for post-graduate teaching and conduct of research in
the relevant disciplines of modern medicine and other allied
sciences, including inter-disciplinary fields of Physical and
Biological Sciences
