Vimhans Hospital

Name :

Vimhans Hospital

Address  :

1 Institutional Area
Nehru Nagar

Town  :

New Delhi

State  :

Delhi

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

110 065

Phone  :

91 11 29849010-20

Fax  :

91-11-29849031

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

vimhans@vimhans.com

Description

About Vimhans
VIMHANS Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences is a multispeciality institute providing comprehensive facilities to patients from all over India as well as neighbouring countries like Afghanistan Pakistan Myanmar Sri Lanka Bhutan Bangladesh UAE Kenya etc Disciplines available include Mental Health Neurosciences Orthopaedics and Spine Rehabilitation Medicine and Child Development The hospital has updated range of medical technology and in addition also has an active social outlookVIMHANS was visited by 457484 OPD patients in which 32839 were IPD patients From January 1999 to December 2008 With a 21 bedded ICU the hospital is looked after by 45 consultants and a large number of support staff

History

VIMHANS is a living legacy of Dr Vidya Sagar MDMRC Psych 19101978Father of Indian Psychiatry He was Superintendent of the Amritsar Mental Hospital and then Professor of Psychiatry at Rohtak Medical College until has demise During the period when psychiatric services were in relative infancy Dr Vidya Sagar spent upto 18 hours a day with patients Due to overflowing wards in the hospital many a patient was accommodated at his residence with full support from his dedicated wife Mrs Kaushalya Devi who also relieved him of all domestic responsibilities DrVidya Sagar was elected as President of Indian Psychiatry Association and spent a lifetime serving his chosen profession and patients