St.John's Medical College Hospital

St.John's Medical College Hospital
Established	1975
Number of Beds	1200
Number of Specialty Services	15
Number of Super-Specialty Services	13
Number of Diagnostic Service Departments	4
Number of Staff	2007
Number of Medical Personnel	406
Number of Nursing Personnel	699
Daily Average Outpatients	1379
Daily Average Admissions	128

St.John's Medical College Hospital is a tertiary medical service centre with 1200 beds. It offers specialty and super specialty services, including state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities to ensure the delivery of holistic patient care. The hospital is staffed with dedicated and highly competent members of the medical fraternity along with trained personnel who work with sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment. Annual patient statistics report of 2007 (January to December) shows a total of 5,03,274 outpatients registered, with a daily average of 1379. The total number of new outpatients registered during this period was 1,34,803. The total number of admissions made was 46,609, with a daily average of 128.

Started on December 8, 1975, St.John's Medical College Hospital now has 24 full-fledged departments to provide specialty and super specialty services. These include:

Specialty Services

Anaesthesiology, Clinical Nutrition, Clinical Psychology, Dental Surgery, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otorinolaryngology (ENT), Paediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry

Super-Specialty Services

Cardiology, Chest Medicine, Cardiac Thoracic surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Gynaecologic Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neuro Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Pain and Palliative Care Unit, Plastic Reconstructive Surgery & Burns, Urology including Endourology, Renal transplantation and Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction

Diagnostic Facilities

Diagnostic facilities like C.T. Scan, Radio-Therapy and fully-equipped laboratory facilities with Pathology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Histopathology labs and a Blood Bank are now made available in the campus. The diagnostic laboratories of the college and hospital have been granted accreditation with the ISO 15189:2003 standards by the National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL) of the Department of Science and Technology.

The fully-functional, ably-staffed and well-equipped Supportive and Ancillary services of the hospital also play a major role in the operation of the hospital. The hospital has 13 Supportive service departments and 4 Ancillary service departments. They are:

Supportive Service Departments

Accounts & Establishment, Billing, Central Stores, Dietary, Housekeeping, Information Desk, Information Technology, Laundry, Linen, Maintenance, Personnel, Public Relations & Corporate Relations and Security & Transport

Ancillary Service Departments

Central Sterile Supplies (CSSD), Family Welfare and Fertility Studies and Hospital Annexe

Specialized Services

Specialized services like Outpatient Services, Day Care, The Operating Department, Medical Records and Pharmacy, ably provide their services to the public and the local community. The needs of the underprivileged, the poor and the needy are catered to by the dedicated team of social workers in the Medico-Social Work (MSW) department of the hospital.

Well equipped to provide comprehensive, affordable and quality health care to its patients with all facilities under one roof, St.John's is now a major referral center in the Country.

Counselling Services
In extending care to our patients and the community at large we offer a range of counseling services, public education and awareness to help everyone lead a better life. Counselling services are offered by:

The department of Family Welfare and Fertility Studies offers Family counseling related to Family Life Education. Awareness programs are also conducted in schools, colleges, training institutes and for rural health workers on varied topics related to Family Life Education.
The department of Psychiatry offers Adolescent counseling and De-addiction services. Teacher awareness programs, Community Psychiatry, Home care and Rehabilitation clinics are also conducted. A separate Child guidance clinic and Developmental clinic is run to help the child grow.
The Division of Nutrition runs a Nutrition service clinic, which offers appropriate Dietary counseling.
The department of Nephrology offers Rehabilitation and Family counseling of patients with renal failure and public education and awareness regarding prevention of Kidney diseases is extended.
The department of Urology offers Counselling, Training and Bladder Rehabilitation services to patients with Urinary Incontinence.
The department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology offers Counselling services on care during pregnancy, Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and Awareness on HIV infection and its prevention is imparted.
The department of Genetics offers genetic counseling associated with genetic or metabolic disorders and pre – marital genetic counseling.

Preventive Services
Working towards Preventive and Positive Health we have introduced a series of Preventive Health Plans for all age groups, which is exclusively coordinated by the Public Relations Department. Contact No: 080 – 22065169

Preventive Health Plans

Credit Services
The Hospital provides cashless system of hospitalization to the employees of various Public Sector & Private Companies and patients covered under Medical Insurance.
Click here to view the list of Companies and Insurance TPAs tied up with the hospital
For enquiries regarding Credit Facility Contact – Corporate Relations Office at 080 - 22065215 or E.mail - cro@stjohns.in