Our Profile
Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital was founded in the Southernmost District of India by the Late Dr. N.D. Jeyasekharan in 1965.
It is now Dr. Jeyasekharan Medical Trust and includes:
1) Dr. Jeyasekharan Hospital and Nursing Home
2) Post graduate medical education accredited to the National Board of Examinations
3) JMT Pharmacy
4) Dr. Jeyasekharan Educational and Research Charitable Trust
5) Dr. Jeyasekharan Centre for Cleft Care.
The educational trust conducts the following courses:
1) Diploma in Nursing recognized by the Tamil Nadu Nursing and Midwives Council for 20 students per year
2) B.Sc Anaesthesia & Critical Care Technology 3 students per year
3) Diploma in Anaesthesia Technology affiliated to C.M.A.I. which trains 4 students per year
4) Diploma in Radio-Diagnostic Technology affiliated to C.M.A.I. which trains 10 students per year
5) Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology for 10 students affiliated to Government of Tamil Nadu
6) B.Sc in Radio diagnostic Imaging Technology.
Jeyasekharan Medical Trust is a ISO 9001:2008 Bureau Veritas certified multi-speciality hospital having departments of Anaesthesia, Advanced Obstetric/Fetal Ultrasound, Bronchoscopy, Cardiology/Interventional Cardiology, Cardiothoracic and Vascullar surgery, Dermatology, ENT, Medical Gastroenterology, Surgical Gastroenterology, General Medicine, General Surgery, Maxillo-facial surgery, Nephrology / Haemodialysis, Neurology, Neuro-Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Palliative Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Radiology / Sonology, Rheumatology, Urology and Dentistry.
There are 27 Full-time Consultants, 22 Full-time Medical Officers, 24 Part-time Consultants, 17 Visiting Consultants and 04 Part-time Medical Officers in the hospital. A total of approximately 324 Staff Nurses, 67 Technicians and 310 other Supportive Services Staff work in the institution which has 84 Private rooms, 48 Semi private beds, 189 General beds and a total of 73 Intensive/Intermediary Care beds and 6 Neonatal Intensive Care beds. The average outpatient attendance per day 675 and about 65 patients are admitted / discharged daily. More than 4,000 Major and 10,000 Minor Surgeries are carried out annually. Open heart surgeries are performed regularly. This Institution is recognized for Renal Transplantation surgeries.
Various Intensive and Intermediary Care Units are in the hospital namely, M.I.C.U. (Multidisciplinary Intensive / Intermediate Care Unit), I.C.C.U. (Intensive / Intermediate Coronary Care Unit), Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Paediatric Step Down Ward (PSDW), P.O.W. (Post Operative Ward), a Labour Unit and N.I.C.U. (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). A 24-hours casualty service with Resident and Senior Doctors on call is also available in the Institution.
The Institution is recognized by National Board of Examinations, New Delhi to train candidates in General Surgery and Anaesthesia towards the Post Graduate degree of Diplomate National Board. There is a good library in the hospital which has text books, current journals, back journal, electronic journals, internet access and IGNOU transmission. Surgical workshops, Seminars, Symposia and journal club meetings are conducted regularly. Foreign Medical and Nursing students often come to do their elective postings at Jeyasekharan Hospital and in recent times numerous visiting surgeons have also come here.
The Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Microbiology Labs along with the Blood Bank, CSSD, Dietetics, EDP, Medical Records, Nursing Services, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, EMD and Ambulance are the in-house supportive services. The institution prides itself in being the first private hospital in southern Tamil Nadu to have set up a water treatment plant, biogas plant, incinerator and implemented other anti-pollution measures. Hospital waste management is carried out professionally.
On the social and welfare front the Institution conducts Medical Camps and Immunization /awareness programmes regularly. The hospital maintains a Government of Tamil Nadu Emergency Accident Relief Centre (EARC) at Kanyakumari which provides Free Emergency Ambulance service. The Dr. Jeyasekharan Centre for Cleft Care which is recognized by Smile Train, U.S.A. has done more than 4,000 Cleft Surgeries free of cost since 2004. Under the Chief Ministers Kalaignar Health Scheme nearly 1000 patients have benefited.
The hospital is recognized to give treatment to the employees of ISRO, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), ECHS and Tamil Nadu Govt. Employees besides other Private Insurance Companies, third party insurance agencies and Star Health Insurance.
The quality policy of the Jeyasekharan Medical Trust is to educate personnel, develop management systems and most importantly, offer quick, affordable and appropriate Health Care to all patients in a clean, well maintained institution.