Inauguration

Kohinoor Hospital Inaugurated

The hospital was inaugurated recently by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan

Kohinoor Hospital

Asia's first and the world's second LEED Platinum rated hospital under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, Kohinoor Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital, located at Kohinoor City, Mumbai was inaugurated recently by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan. Kohinoor City is Kohinoor's ambitious project, which will be a complete township with residential and commercial buildings, an educational complex, mall, hotel, state-of-art auditorium and hospital.

The LEED India Platinum plaque was presented to Kohinoor Group CMD Unmesh Joshi during the ceremony in the presence of Kohinoor Group Founder Manohar Joshi and Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Chairman Dr Prem Jain and other dignitaries.

Kohinoor Hospital is a multi-specialty hospital equipped with world-class medical equipment and technology. Spread over an area of approximately two lakh square feet, it is a ground-plus-five-storey building with two basements. Its team of highly qualified expert consultant doctors is supported by well-qualified and skilled nurses, paramedics and administration team.

Kohinoor Hospital has used the best available expertise and resources to develop highly specialised units in the following specialties: cardiology & cardio-thoracic surgery, orthopaedics & joint replacements, rheumatology, spine surgery. neurology & neurosurgery, general, minimally invasive & bariatric surgery. internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, obstetrics & gynaecology, endocrinology, haematology and nephrology, urology, paediatrics & neonatology, oncology & onco-surgery. ENT, critical care, ophthalmology, plastic & reconstructive surgery, oral & maxillofacial surgery, dental surgery and cosmetic dentistry. The hospital has more than 15 outpatient clinics, four well-equipped operation theatres, 27-bed SICU/ ICCU, well-equipped six-bed NICU, six-bed dialysis unit, custom-designed LDRP suite, cardiac catheterisation lab, blood bank & pathology lab, round-the-clock radiology and imaging with CT/MRI Scan, cardiac diagnostics, 2D Echo/Stress, Colour Doppler, PFT and 24-hour pharmacy.

As a 'green building', the hospital is designed to use resources like energy, water, materials and land much more efficiently than normal buildings. Additionally, with more natural light and better air quality, it will contribute to improved employee and public health, comfort and productivity. There are special carbon dioxide sensors which automatically trigger injection of fresh air in the hospital premises when the carbon dioxide exceeds a certain level to ensure that patients and all entrants to the hospital are constantly exposed to a clean healthy environment.

Says Unmesh Joshi, CMD, Kohinoor, "Green is the way to go for all future projects so that we do our bit in conserving the resources of the world and preserving the environment. We have made a good beginning with Kohinoor Hospital by achieving the highest LEED rating for it the Platinum rating."

EH News Bureau