Narayana Superspeciality Hospital

NH Narayana Superspeciality Hospital is a hospital located at Shalimar in Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal. Its sister hospital is NH Narayana Multispeciality Hospital (Formerly Westbank hospital) that was acquired by the Narayana Health group, headed by renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty in the year 2014.[1] It is a unit of the Narayana Health group and treats patients from the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata in West Bengal, India. The hospital, established by Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, is a centre for oncology and cardiac sciences facilities in Eastern India.[2] Its tertiary care services including cardiac surgery, neurology, neurosurgery and orthopaedics.

NH Narayana Superspeciality Hospital
TypePublic
IndustryHealthcare Services
Founded2004
HeadquartersAndul Road, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Key people
Dr. Devi Shetty

The hospital also treats patients from parts of the North Eastern states of India and neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh,[3] Bhutan and Nepal. The cancer treatment is aligned with the treatment of organ specific cancers[4] and is backed by integrated oncology facilities including Radiotherapy, Haemato Oncology, Paediatric Oncology, Pain and Palliation Oncology, Gynae Oncology[5] and Advanced Brachytherapy.

The hospital provides an aggregate of 41 services along with a cancer support cell,[6] which aims to raise funds for cancer patients, physiotherapy, nutrition, preventive health checks, counselling, emergency services and trauma care.

References
  1. "Narayana Health buys Westbank Hospital". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. timesofindia. 25 November 2014.
  2. "Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, IDA roll out campaign on World No Tobacco Day". indiablooms.com.
  3. "Narayana Health acquires Howrah's Westbank Hospital for $24M". vccircle.com.
  4. "Hospital walks the talk on cancer treatment in Howrah". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  5. "Narayana Superspeciality Hospital creates awareness on health hazards of consuming tobacco". sify.com.
  6. "Cancer support cell for treatment of the poor". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
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