Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)

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Victoria Hospital is a government run hospital affiliated with Bangalore Medical College and is the largest hospital in Bangalore, India. Started by Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the then Maharaja of Mysore in 1901, the hospital soon rose to be among the prominent hospitals in South India.

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Emergency services are available 24 hours including traumatology and emergency surgery in The Mahabodhi Burns and Casualty block with a 24 hour Blood bank.The burns department housed in the same building is the best in Karnataka and managed by the Plastic surgery department.A centralized laboratory is being modernized with a grant from Infosys.The Outpatient department housed in the Sir Putanna Chetty block has a pharmacy that supplies medicines free to poor patients.The main building houses the administrative offices and wards.The centenary building houses new wards, the nuclear medicine department with gamma camera and modern operation theatres.The radiology department is housed in the B.M Srinivasiah block.The E.N.T department is located in the Venkateshwara Institute. A dharmashala is there on campus providing highly subsidised accommodation for patients companions.

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Internal Medicine General Surgery Orthopedics E.N.T Blood Bank Anaesthesia Radiodiagnosis :All special X-rays,Ultrasound,CT scan, Gamma camera for isotope scans Radiotherapy Skin and Cosmetology Neurology Neurosurgery Urology Nephrology with dialysis facilities Plastic surgery Surgical Gastroenterology Microbiology Pathology Biochemistry Forensic Medicine Physiotherapy