Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences (SSSIHMS Bangalore)

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences aims to provide free medical care to the sick and ailing with the dedication, commitment, love and the best of skills, so that they will be cured in body, mind and spirit. On 25th May 1947, Sri S body, mind and spirit. On 25th May 1947, Sri Sathya Sai Baba in a comprehensive letter to His brother Seshama Raju, outlined His Mission and Purpose of His Advent. A pertinent excerpt reads as follows (free translation from Telugu original). The vision declared at a young age of 21 years, began materializing in the year 1956 when Sri Sathya Sai Baba started a general hospital for the villages around Puttaparthi, where poor villagers had no access to pure drinking water or basic medical amenities. It took another decade for a college for Women in the district capital of Anantapur to be built in the year 1968, in recognition of the importance of educating women who are the backbone of nation-building and a college for men in the outskirts of the city of Bangalore in the following year to answer the emergent call for an urgent shift in education paradigm. As Baba's work constantly grew in response to needs of the poor and distraught, the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust was founded by Him in the year 1972. With the Divine Blessings of Swami, a state-of-the-art Catheterisation Laboratory worth Rs. 4.2 Crore was inaugurated by Sri RJ Rathnakar (Managing Trustee, SSSCT) along with Trustees Sri K Chakravarthi, Sri SS Naganand and Sri Nimish Pandya (AIP, SSSSO) at the Cardiology Department of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram today. Dr Gurumurthy (Director, SSSIHMS-PG), Dr V.R Iyer (HoD, Cardiology) and other senior staff were present on the occasion. Cath Lab is a specialised facility used to provide minimal invasive advanced cardiac procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases. Philips Azurion Cath Lab is the Next-Gen image-guided intuitive therapy platform, that has unique features like Dynamic Coronoray Roadmap, Digital Subtraction Angiography, reduced radiation dose and total control of the Cathlab at table side to name a few. These features make the system more efficient and hence patient diagnosis and treatment easier. The Advanced Cath Lab is the second major addition to SSSIHMS-PG this year. Just a month ago a new Heart Lung Machine was inaugurated at the hospital. Sri RJ Rathnakar said that in Swami’s hospital we have the best doctors and the best equipment to provide the best of the patient care totally free of charge to all. Swami’s hospitals stand as beacons of hope to humanity especially for the poor and the needy. As the trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust it is our commitment to see the institutions established by Bhagawan Baba grow and prosper with every passing day and provide better care to the people.