Gleneagles Global Hospital Chennai

About Hospital

Dr. K. Ravindranath founded Global Hospitals Group in Hyderabad in 1998. The group began operations in 1999 and is known as India’s first multi-organ transplant centre.
In 2008, it expanded with tertiary care centres in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Mumbai.
Global Hospitals’ facilities are accredited by NABH, NABL, and NABB. Gleneagles Global Health City in Chennai has earned accreditation from various international agencies, reflecting its commitment to exceptional healthcare standards.
Global Health City, Chennai, stands out for its pioneering achievements:
- First in South India to perform five successful organ transplants in a single day
- First in India to perform an adult swap liver transplant and a split-liver transplant
- Recognised as South India’s leading liver transplant centre
- First in India to implant an artificial lung
- First in India to perform a successful uterine transplant
- Achieved India’s first minimally invasive lung transplant and single lung transplant
- South India’s first dedicated HIPEC centre and leading hand transplant centre
- Introduced India’s first two-wheeler ambulance service (GART)
- First in South Asia to perform nucleus replacement in the spine.
The facility performs 19,000 surgeries, treats 31,000 outpatients, and has 51,000 inpatients annually.
The lung transplantation program here is considered the best in India.
The hospital has conducted 100 successful robotic surgeries.
International Patient Services;
- The hospital attracts thousands of patients from India, the Middle East, Africa, and SAARC nations.
- It offers video consultation services for patients in India and abroad, ensuring access to top-notch medical consultations.
- The hospital has tie-ups with all major cashless health insurance players and is the preferred choice for many major corporations.

Global Hospital Chennai specialises in liver, kidney, heart, lung, and bone marrow transplants, as well as treatments in hepatic, cardiac, neuro, gastro, orthopaedic, and urology.
A team of highly qualified physicians, supported by skilled nursing, paramedical staff, and a dedicated administration team, provides exceptional healthcare.
It has 95 doctors and houses top urology specialists with the latest technology for kidney stones and prostate cancer treatment, ensuring innovative and top-class care.
It sets a benchmark in holistic healthcare services by bringing together world-class clinicians, cutting-edge technologies, and a dedicated team of caregivers.
The journey began with a focus on transplants, but the commitment has expanded to cover a wide array of specialities, with transplant medicine remaining the cornerstone for comprehensive patient care.
The facility offers advanced treatments in Gastroenterology, Hepatobiliary and Liver Diseases, Cardiac Sciences, Neurosciences, Orthopaedics and Joint Replacements, Organ-specific Cancer Care, and Urology and Nephrology.
Expertise also includes Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, Critical Care and Pulmonology, Trauma and Emergency Care, and a myriad of other specialised fields.
Key specialities at this facility include Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Hemato-oncology and BMT, Neurology, Medical Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Heart Transplant, Emergency, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Interventional Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, General Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and HPB Surgery.
It is the only Indian facility performing liver transplants in collaboration with King’s College Hospital in London, United Kingdom.
Global Hospital Chennai has an impressive track record in performing life-saving transplants, including 8 heart transplants, 20 lung transplants, and one combined heart and lung transplant. Additionally, over 500 liver transplants have been accomplished.

TV in room
Private rooms
Free Wifi
Phone in Room
Mobility accessible rooms
Family accommodation
Laundry
Welcome
Safe in the room
Nursery / Nanny services
Dry cleaning

Personal assistance / Concierge
Religious facilities
Fitness
Spa and wellness
Café
Business centre services
Shop
Dedicated smoking areas
Beauty Salon
Special offer for group stays
Parking available

Health insurance coordination
Medical travel insurance
Foreign currency exchange
ATM
Credit Card
Debit Card
Netbanking

Diet on Request
Restaurant
International Cuisine
Restaurant

Medical records transfer
Online doctor consultation
Rehabilitation
Pharmacy
Document legalisation
Post operative followup

Interpreter
Translation services

Airport pickup
Local tourism options
Local transportation booking
Visa / Travel office
Car Hire
Private driver / Limousine services
Air ambulance

- Global Hospital Chennai, the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals India, spans 21 acres in Perumbakkam, Chennai, and houses over 1,000 beds with accreditations from leading agencies.
- The hospital features special interior and exterior views with a reception, OPD room, IPD room, and emergency room.
- Its infrastructure includes modern medical equipment and cutting-edge technologies for delivering world-class healthcare.
- It provides cutting-edge emergency and critical care with a modern CathLab, 13 operation theatres, and advanced imaging services like Truebeam STX, Slice PET CT, and Tesla MRI.
- The facility offers a 24/7 CathLab, pharmacy, emergency medicine services, and a 128-slice CT Scan.
- There are 15 operation theatres, 3 Tesla MRIs, and a Da Vinci Xi Robot for advanced surgical procedures.
- It has an ambulance, blood bank, and laboratory facilities.
- The hospital provides 24-hour ambulance service, air-conditioned rooms, critical care, diagnostic and imaging facilities, laboratory services, a medical coordination office, and physiotherapy and rehabilitation services.
- Facilities like Radiation Oncology, CT scan, MRI, and Radiology are available.
- The emergency room is equipped for critical procedures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, endotracheal intubation, and central venous access.
- The gastroenterology department has state-of-the-art endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for diagnosing and treating digestive system disorders, including cancers.
- The neurophysiology lab includes EEG, EMG, and NCS and evokes potential systems for comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations.
- Neurosurgery incorporates advanced procedures like intraoperative MRI, computer-assisted brain surgery, and stereotactic radiosurgery.
- The facility includes a dedicated international desk, prayer rooms, a travel desk, and a waiting lounge for patients and their families.
- Visa assistance, customer service, international patient coordination, TeleHealth, translation services, and video consultations for overseas patients are available.
- Accommodation options include well-furnished suites, executive rooms, deluxe rooms, and single rooms, all with amenities like air conditioning, separate beds for patients and companions, television, telephone, refrigerator, and high-speed Wi-Fi.
- The hospital includes a cafeteria, a bank, ATM, and parking sections.