Safdarjung Hospital

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Safdarjung Hospital is a multi-specialty hospital, and the largest central government hospital in India if measured by bed strength. It is associated with Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and located in the heart of New Delhi on the Ring Road, opposite to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).[http://delhigovt.nic.in/dept/health/medicalcare.asp Directorate of Health Services]. Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621205135/http://delhigovt.nic.in/dept/health/medicalcare.asp |date=21 June 2008 }}{{Cite web|url=http://vmmc-sjh.nic.in/hospitalProfile.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116110117/http://vmmc-sjh.nic.in/hospitalProfile.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2007|title=Hospital Profile|date=16 November 2007|publisher=Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital}}

History

Until the inception of All India Institute of Medical Science in 1956, Safdarjung Hospital was the only tertiary care hospital in Delhi. In 1962, it became a centre of training and teaching for post-graduate students of the University of Delhi. From 1973 to 1990, the hospital and its faculty was associated with University College of Medical Sciences. But with the establishment of Indraprastha University in 1998, the hospital was later merged with the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College.

Academics

The courses offered by the institute are:

M.B.B.S. (Annual intake of 170 students)
MD/MS
DM/M.Ch.

DNB

BSc (Hons.) in Nursing (Annual intake of 70 students in BSc Nursing)

Medical facilities

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Anatomy{{cite web |url=http://www.vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=242&sublinkid=240 |title=Anatomy |access-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628143502/http://vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=242&sublinkid=240 |archive-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital }}
Anesthesiology
Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) for HIV & AIDS treatmenthttp://www.vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=279&sublinkid=280{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Biochemistry Clinical (SJH)
Blood Bank and transfusion and Pathology
Biochemistry (VMMC)
Burns and Plastic
Cardiac Surgery – CTVS
Cardiology
Central Institute of Orthopaedics (CIO)
Community Medicine{{cite web |url=http://www.vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=250&sublinkid=249 |title=Community Medicine |access-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628121816/http://vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=250&sublinkid=249 |archive-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital}}
College of Nursing{{cite web |url=http://www.vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=1490&sublinkid=877 |title=College of Nursing |access-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628170432/http://vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=1490&sublinkid=877 |archive-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital}}
Cancer surgery
Dental Surgery
Dermatology
ENT
Endocrinology
Forensic Medicine
Haematology
Homeopathy
General Medicine
General Surgery
Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Medical Oncology
Microbiology
Neurology
Nuclear Medicine
Nephrology
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Paediatric Surgery
Paediatrics
Pathology
Pain & Palliative Care
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychiatry
Radiology and Imaging
Radiotherapy
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Regional STD Teaching Training and Research Centre{{cite web |url=http://www.vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=1069&sublinkid=532 |title=Regional STD Teaching Training and Research Centre |access-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628181719/http://vmmc-sjh.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=1069&sublinkid=532 |archive-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital }}
Sport Injury Centre
Urology

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

The hospital has an eminent faculty of Surgeons in the department of Surgery. As prevalent, Cholecystectomy (removal of gall bladder ) was being contemplated by the conventional method using a 5 to 8 inch incision. This resulted in considerable postoperative pain, increased hospital stay for more than 7–10 days, a delayed ambulatory period and prolonged recovery time.

In an attempt to minimise the above drawbacks of conventional Cholecystectomy an attempt was made with MiniLap Cholecystectomy through a single 6-8 cms incision. This was performed in 150 cases and the results were presented at the International College of Surgeons conference in London in November 1994 by Dr. N. C. Bose, Consultant and Head of Department of Surgery, Safdarjung Hospital. However, this procedure was abandoned shortly thereafter due to its limitations of difficult dissection.

The search for a technically safe process which was easier to perform and enhanced patients’ comfort, led to the introduction of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy through keyhole incision. This high-tech surgery was contemplated through single or multiple keyhole incisions resulting in minimal postoperative pain, early ambulation and hospital discharge within 24 hrs’ with fastest recovery.

In Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. N. C. Bose, Consultant & Head of Surgery, along with his junior colleague Dr. S. V. Arya, Specialist in Surgery, were instrumental in the establishment of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy operative procedure in February 1994. The duo performed 100 cases without any morbidity or mortality until June 1997. This procedure commonly known as Lap Chole is currently a gold standard for Cholecystectomy.

History{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

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American troops came to India during the Second World War and landed at the nearby Safdarjung airport, the only airport in Delhi at that time and then known as Willingdon Airfield. There was no hospital in the area where this hospital is situated. Some barracks were rapidly constructed south of the airport to establish a medical centre for American troops fighting in this region. The hospital was well equipped, with x-ray machine, a laboratory and other facilities for various emergency procedures. After the Second World War was over, America handed over the hospital to the Indian government and it is now known as Safdarjung Hospital. Later a medical college was started there by Central Government Health Scheme of the Health Ministry.

AIIMS was started in 1956 but there was no medical college in old Delhi until 1959 when Maulana Azad Medical College was started at Delhi Gate.