Mumbai; February 14, 2012: P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Center, a multispecialty tertiary care hospital in Mumbai has a legacy of 60 years in providing excellence in medical care, pioneering research, advanced academics and magnanimous philanthropy. The hospital is addressed as the “Mayo Clinic of India” where quality, work ethos and values are institutionalized under one umbrella.

The hospital continues to strengthen its core foundations of research, academics and philanthropy by collaborating with centers of excellence across the globe. Since 2002 Hinduja Hospital has done collaborative research in Tuberculosis (TB) with Imperial College London. The next milestone was the meeting with delegates from Imperial College London and The Chain of Hope Charity lead by Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub on Feb 13, 2012 at Hinduja Hospital, followed by a CME Symposium on Cardiac Science.

Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon from Imperial College, restarted UK heart transplantation in 1980 and carried out the first live lobe lung transplant. He continues to operate on children through his charity, The Chain of Hope.

He was accompanied by Dr. Prakash P Punjabi, cardiothoracic surgeon, Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London along with his daughter Ms. Lisa Yacoub, UK Programme Coordinator; The Chain of Hope.

Talks between the two institutions took place to explore avenues of collaboration in areas of, philanthropy, research and academics. Prof Sir. Magdi Yacoub and his team were impressed with the synergy in the vision of The Chain of Hope and Hinduja Hospital’s philanthropy activities under Live To Give Hope.

On this occasion, Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub, said, “We have come to Hinduja Hospital to explore avenues of collaborations with them as regards to philanthropy, research, and academics. We are also pleased & impressed with the services rendered by the hospital to the society and find its efforts similar to that of The Chain of Hope. We had a fruitful preliminary discussion and look forward to collaborating with Live To Give Hope soon”.

Ms. Vinoo Hinduja, Executive Trustee, Hinduja Hospital said, “My sister, Usha Raheja heads our philanthropy activities. We look forward to such collaborations while we celebrate 60 years to fulfill our founder Shri P.D.Hinduja’s dream of providing; Affordable & Accessible Quality Healthcare for All”.

About Hinduja Hospital:
P.D.Hinduja Hospital, part of the Hinduja Group, is an ultramodern tertiary care hospital with a Medical Research Centre. The world class infrastructure of the hospital has been created in association with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGM), Boston, to provide highest quality of patient care. P.D.Hinduja Hospital was the first multi disciplinary tertiary care hospital to receive ISO 9002 Certification from KEMA of Netherlands for Quality Management System. It is also the first hospital to be honored with the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award for 2007. This NABH (National Accreditation for Hospitals) accredited hospital is the first in SAARC countries to have a College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited laboratory. The hospital has to its credit, the ISO 27001 certification for IT Management Systems. Hinduja Hospital has been awarded as the best multispecialty hospital in Mumbai for the past four years continuously by a leading weekly magazine and now as it completes 60 years of operations; it was awarded as the Best Multi Specialty Hospital in India – Metro at the 2011 India Healthcare Awards.