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Jehangir Hospital And Medical Research Centre
Sassoon Road, Pune

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Jehangir Hospital And Medical Research Centre, Sassoon Road, Pune
pradeep prothasis@pradeepprothasis
May 14, 2009 12:09 PM, 9705 Views
Jehangir Hospital

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – DIAL 1066. Save the Number 1066 in your Mobile and Landline


1066 is your lifeline to an advanced life support ambulance, day and night. Emergencies can cause panic and result in forgetfulness. Avoid this. Save this number in your mobile and landline phonebook.


1066 - is a telephone number which can be called from any landline or mobile, any time of the day or night, for any emergency. This number has been allotted to the Apollo Hospitals Group across India.


This is a free service for patients coming to Jehangir Hospital (within 30 km). For patients who wish to get admitted to any other hospital we charge a nominal fee.


1066 & Emergency


Jehangir Hospital in association with the Apollo Hospitals Group has launched ’1066 Emergency Services’ in Pune, since April 2, 2003.


The Intensive Care Unit at Jehangir Hospital is looked after by a dedicated team of intensivists and led by an ICU Director. Recognised by the ISCCM for training Intensive Care Specialists, it has a specialised in-house training programme for ICU nurses as well. Regular BLS, ALLS and Trauma workshops are also conducted for all faculties.


A Rapid Response Team (Code Blue Team) is in place for a timely and appropriate response to cardiac arrests and any other medical emergencies that may occur in or outside the hospital.


The 65 bedded Intensive Care Unit of JH is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, instruments, monitoring systems and has the following super-speciality units:Medical ICU Neuro ICU Cardiac ICU Trauma ICU Paediatric ICU Neonatal ICU Cardiac Recovery ICU


Medical ICU


Jehangir Hospital specialises in dealing with all kinds of medical emergencies including renal and hepatic emergencies. A highly-trained team at the Medical ICU looks after Respiratory, Renal and Hepatic ailures, GI emergencies, cancer emergencies, severe tropical infections e.g. malaria, dengue etc. Other kinds of emergencies e.g. acute poisoning and severe environmental disasters can be treated successfully at the Medical ICU.


Neuro ICU


Considered one of the best in the country, the Neuro Intensive Care Unit has the largest number of Stroke patients who undergo treatment using clot bursting therapy (TPA). ICP monitoring, EEG monitoring, Transcranial Dopper imaging and state-of-the-art CT scanning with digital subtraction angiography are normally used in case of severe neurological illnesses. Intensivists interact with dedicated in-house neurologists and neurosurgeons to provide the most modern treatments for all levels of neurological emergencies including strokes, subarachanoid haemorrhage, Guillain Barre Syndrome and other emergencies.


Cardiac ICU


The Cardiac ICU at Jehangir Hospital works closely with the intervention cardiology department to provide advanced treatment options for all kinds of cardiac emergencies including acute myocardial infarction, cardiac failure, cardiogenic shock etc. Thrombolysis, primary Angioplasty, non-invasive and invasive heart-lung support, intra-aortic balloon catheterization therapy and temporary pacing are some of the treatment modalities employed at Cardiac ICU.


Trauma ICU


Polytrauma including chest, abdomen and head trauma are routinely treated at JH Trauma ICU. Intensive care specialists, surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons interact to provide state-of-the-art care to critically ill patients.

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