S.D.S Tuberculosis & RGICD Hospital

Details

Name :

S.D.S Tuberculosis & RGICD Hospital

Address  :

Hosur Road

Town  :

Bangalore

State  :

Karnataka

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

560 029

Phone  :

91 80 26631923

Web URL  :

Not Available
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cosmetic Surgery
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 50



History

History of the hospital
The Hospital in the earlier days was established in an airy campus having a small hospital situated in the outskirts of the city on Magadi Road where T B patients were admitted and treated To cater the needs of TB patients the then Maharaja of Mysore accorded sanction for the establishment of TB Sanitorium during 1944 and allotted the vast land at Byrasandra and Siddapura villages of Uttarahalli Hobli of Bangalore South Taluk At that time Late Sri Devarao Shivaram a business magnet of Bangalore City came forward to pay Rs 100000 as a donation for the construction of Hospital in the name of his beloved wife Smt Shanthabai Soon after the Governments decision for the establishment of TB Sanitorium the then Dewan of Mysore Sir M Mirza Ismail identified the site for the construction of TB Sanitorium building Famous architect Mr Koenz Burger prepared a Boat shaped plan for the Hospital building with a view that enough fresh air and sunlight might penetrate every corner of the building The foundation stone was laid by the then Maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar on 11th December 1944 The Hospital construction was completed with in a span of four years at a cost of Rs 350000 and the same was declared open to the general public by the then Maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar on 30th January1948 with a bed capacity of 50 This Hospital was named Smt Shanthabai Devarao Shivram Tuberculosis Sanitorium During 1957 this hospital was attached to Bangalore Medical College Bangalore as a Teaching Hospital to impart training to Under Graduate and PostGraduate students in the Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases and Department of CardioThoracic surgeryLater with that addition of these departments this hospital was names as S D S TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST DISEASES HOSPITAL At present with the commissioning of a New Building and to provide maximum facilities to the patients of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases The Government has renamed it as S D S TUBERCULOSIS AND RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF CHEST DISEASES
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