Infosys Foundation cardiac facility inaugurated at Jayadeva
The Hindu
With 1,800 cardiac beds, Jayadeva becomes largest heart care destination in the country
With the inauguration of the 350-bed Infosys Foundation cardiac hospital complex on its premises, the State-run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research is now better equipped to accommodate increasing daily caseload for cardiac emergencies and elective cardiac care.
With the addition, Jayadeva Hospitals will have a total of 1,800 cardiac beds making it the largest heart care destination in the country, including the ones at Bengaluru, Kalaburagi, and Mysuru centres.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar inaugurated the complex in the virtual presence of Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murthy and Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy on Wednesday. The facility will start functioning from November 22.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.