Frontier Lifeline & Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, heads a network of cardiac care centers spread out over 4 states. These units are constantly undergoing upgrading in services and facilities to cater to the growing population of cardiac patients.

• St. Gregorios Cardio Vascular Centre, Parumala
• St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nellore

St. Gregorios Cardio Vascular Centre, Parumala

Frontier Lifeline includes tertiary super specialty cardiac care center in a rural set up as the first in India or anywhere in the world in its network. This 35-bedded center comprises of well -equipped operation theatres with ICU, a non-invasive lab, a 10-bedded CCU with invasive monitoring facilities, state-of-the-art Cath lab, Electrophysiology lab and Enhanced External Counter Pulsation facilities. The Center has also been drawing international clientele from inception and has conducted numerous cardiac surgeries including several Pediatric cardiac surgeries. Esteemed cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists from different parts of the world like USA, New Zealand, Sweden and Lithuania visit the hospital regularly to perform surgeries. It has the unique honour of being visited by His Excellency, the President of India, when he inaugurated the Rural Telemedicine Facility and International Pediatric Cardiac Services and was further mentioned by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the 57th Republic Day address to the nation as an exemplary initiative of his vision for PURA (Provide Urban Resources to Rural Areas).

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St. Joseph’s Hospital, Nellore

St. Joseph’s Hospital at Santhapet, Nellore, is a centrally located landmark with 70 beds. This multi-specialty hospital boasts of a reputable Operation Theatre facility and has been catering to the general public in and around the Vijayawada area for the past few decades. St Joseph’s also conducts a ‘Diploma in Nursing’ course and has recently been approved for the B. Sc. in the Nursing course as well.

Frontier Lifeline has been conducting regular adult and Paediatric cardiology clinics at St. Joseph’s Hospital and has held cardiac screening camps as well as CME programs on a regular basis. On Sunday, the 15th of October, 2006, Shri Anam Vivekananda Reddy, MLA inaugurated a state-of-the-art, fully equipped, 5-bed Intensive Critical Care Unit (ICCU) at this centre in the presence of Rev. Dr. P.C. Bala Swamy, Bishop of Nellore and Smt. Banusri, Regional Coordinator for Women Development & Child Welfare and our team of doctors.

The inauguration of the ICCU was structured as a precedent to the launch of a fully-fledged Cardiology Department involving Inpatient and Outpatient services with investigations including ECG, X-ray, Echocardiography, Treadmill test, etc., as well as Telemedicine facilities which will be linked to the Frontier Telemedicine Center Network. This will enable patients in Nellore to get direct advice from specialists at Chennai.

Giving an all-round care not only to the patients, Frontier Lifeline has made available facilities for patient attendants with a caring motto ‘Catering to the needs of Patient Attendants’.

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