Bahrain Princess visits Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute
Mangaluru: Bahrain Princess, Her Royal Highness Shaikha Noora bint Khalifa Al Khalifa and higher officials from Oman and Bahrain ministries visited Indiana Hospital and Heart Institute as part of Medical Value Travel (Medical Tourism) on 04-01-2019. Higher officials from different ministries like Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Labour were part of the team. A function was arranged in the Hospital and there was a discussion about the possibilities of associating with Indiana Hospital for the health care needs of the citizens of Oman and Bahrain. After the discussion with Management team of Indiana Hospital including Dr. Yusuf Kumble, Managing Director & Chief Interventional Cardiologist, Chairman Dr. Ali Kumble and Mr. Abdul Latheef Uppala, Vice Chairman – Princess has confirmed that one official delegation from Bahrain Health Ministry will be sent to Indiana for final approval of empanelment of Indiana Hospital for treating government-sponsored patients in Indiana Hospital.
Abdul Latheef Uppala, MD, Badra Samaa Group of Hospitals and one of the leading entrepreneurs in Oman and Bahrain was instrumental to bring this delegation including Bahrain Princess and officials from Oman to Indiana Hospital. Badra Samaa, Al Hilal hospital network will also become part of this Medical Tourism promotion of Indiana Hospital. Group CEO of Badra Sama Hospital, Dr Shafeeq was also part of the discussion.
“This will be one of the milestones of Medical Tourism history of Indiana and Mangalore”, Said Dr Yusuf Kumble after the event. Many of the metros in India like Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai are getting many patients from the different part of the world including the Middle East and Africa. Mangalore as a smart city needs to take many initiatives from the different side of society, including district administration, Media, hoteliers etc… Dr Yusuf suggested forming a Task Force team from Mangalore to do this.
Indiana Hospital is planning to offer treatment like Angioplasty, Bypass surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgeries, Joint replacement surgeries etc… to medical tourism patients other than the routine secondary care services.
“Indiana Hospital is becoming one of the “most advanced & trusted global health care “ services in India. Princess quoted.
