Post school visits, listed in previous blog, this afternoon we visited Victoria Hospital Bangalore. The following history and information is taken from the Home Page of the website of this hospital: "The foundation stone of Victoria Hospital, the century old premier Medical Institutions of India was laid on 22nd June 1897 by her highness Kempananjammani avaru, the then maharani regent of Mysore to commemorate the completion of 60 years of reign of Queen Victoria. The Hospital was then formally inaugurated on 8th December 1900 by Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of India. It started as a health centre with 140 bed strength which is now the second largest Hospital in India accommodating more than 1000 patients at a time. It is located in the hub of the city and is easily accessible. This is a teaching hospital and is attached to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, which is one of the premier Medical Colleges of India."
So back to our visit....The most kind Medical Doctor, who works here specializing in Pulmonary Medicine, spent over an hour, despite an obviously busy schedule, taking us on a personal tour of the "behind the scenes" efforts at this high volume hospital. This hospital, despite being built hundreds of years ago, was a representation of the most clean, professional, well-run setting, that I honestly was not expecting (as I knew the volume of patients and age of the building). This illustrated to me that it is the people....the medical staff, who make places like this "work" in the correct fashion. I have been in so many hospitals in my life, where you hear people moaning in pain, etc, and so I just simply expected this as I steeled myself and entered the door of the old stone facade. Yet, even though I walked through floors of mental health/psych, recovery medicine, pulmonary patients post chest-tubes, and others, I did not witness any distress or moaning whatsoever. (which is good, as I am a bit faint!). This pulmonary specialist went on to talk about India, his regard towards medicine, the challenges of working at Victoria, and future goals. I was so grateful to be able to have a doctor who has so much education and knowledge (and so little time!) actually spend time with me, to talk about medicine in India, versus other countries, and relate so many other interesting things, via a tour, and over hot tea in the canteen!
On a final note, I was also able to tour the kitchen, which I simply cannot stress enough, was as impressive as the medical wards. It is a well-run machine, very CLEAN, and works hand-in-hand with patient needs. They took me to a table which showed "today's meals", which represented 4 different types, including a diabetic diet meal, anti-hypertension diet meal, etc. "Today's meal" choices are pictured below.
So back to our visit....The most kind Medical Doctor, who works here specializing in Pulmonary Medicine, spent over an hour, despite an obviously busy schedule, taking us on a personal tour of the "behind the scenes" efforts at this high volume hospital. This hospital, despite being built hundreds of years ago, was a representation of the most clean, professional, well-run setting, that I honestly was not expecting (as I knew the volume of patients and age of the building). This illustrated to me that it is the people....the medical staff, who make places like this "work" in the correct fashion. I have been in so many hospitals in my life, where you hear people moaning in pain, etc, and so I just simply expected this as I steeled myself and entered the door of the old stone facade. Yet, even though I walked through floors of mental health/psych, recovery medicine, pulmonary patients post chest-tubes, and others, I did not witness any distress or moaning whatsoever. (which is good, as I am a bit faint!). This pulmonary specialist went on to talk about India, his regard towards medicine, the challenges of working at Victoria, and future goals. I was so grateful to be able to have a doctor who has so much education and knowledge (and so little time!) actually spend time with me, to talk about medicine in India, versus other countries, and relate so many other interesting things, via a tour, and over hot tea in the canteen!
On a final note, I was also able to tour the kitchen, which I simply cannot stress enough, was as impressive as the medical wards. It is a well-run machine, very CLEAN, and works hand-in-hand with patient needs. They took me to a table which showed "today's meals", which represented 4 different types, including a diabetic diet meal, anti-hypertension diet meal, etc. "Today's meal" choices are pictured below.
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