K.J. Hospital Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai, 600007
K.J. Hospital Pvt. Ltd.
182, Poonamalleehigh Road, Purasawalkam
About this listing
K.J. Hospital was started on 24th September 1969 by Dr. K. Jagadeesan as multispecialty corporate hospital with emphasis on patient care and use of latest technology in medicine for better management. On his return after FRCS from The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, UK and working in the Prince of Wales Hospital, London and the Department of Gastroenterology Western General Hospital, Glasgow and postgraduate training from the USA, Japan and Germany, in 1965 he worked as Honorary Asst. Prof. of Surgery in govt. Stanley Medical College & Hospital for 4 years. During this period he found deficiencies in healthcare delivery especially when compared with the western hemisphere. Armed with a determination to set up a hospital matching any in the western world, he started K.J. Hospital. from that part on he pioneered in bringing latest technology in medicine either for the first time in India or in the private set up – Hemodialysis & Transplant, nuclear medicine, ICU Blood Bank, ECG Telemetry, Ambulance radio phone, mobile CCU, Cath lab, CT Scanner, Lithotripsy & PG training, Research etc. The recognition of the above pioneering efforts he was conferred the BC Roy award for the concept of corporate hospital and technology up gradation. K.J. Hospital started life on a 22 bed hospital with limited resources and now is 100 bedded multispecialty hospitals in the heart of the city. K.J. Hospital also started a free rural health centre at Sembiam in 1978 where patients were treated free of cost. K.J. Research Foundation was set up in 1983 has trained numerous candidates for DNB, FRCS, PhD and various paramedical courses – Lab, Radiology and Nursing.