16th Annual Report 2011-12 - Fortis Healthcare
16th Annual Report 2011-12 - Fortis Healthcare
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34 <strong>16th</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> The Global Face of <strong>Fortis</strong><br />
imaging centres, one nuclear<br />
medicine centre, one cyclotron and<br />
radiopharmaceutical facility and<br />
a chain of five general practice<br />
clinics.<br />
Established in the year 2000, as<br />
a general and high field imaging<br />
centre, RadLink-Asia Pte Ltd, is<br />
Singapore’s largest provider of<br />
outpatient diagnostic imaging,<br />
nuclear medicine and leading<br />
radiopharmaceuticals. RadLink’s<br />
flagship diagnostic imaging centre<br />
is located at Paragon Medical at<br />
Orchard Road. This flagship centre<br />
renders a full range of imaging<br />
services to the high concentration<br />
of specialists and patients in the<br />
area. These include services such<br />
as MRI, CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound,<br />
Mammography, Fluoroscopy and<br />
Bone Mineral Densitometry scans.<br />
RadLink also has an integrated<br />
radiology information system<br />
and picture archival system which<br />
allows centralised reporting of its<br />
branch centres through broadband<br />
<strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique Darné, Mauritius<br />
teleradiology. The integration of<br />
medical imaging services with<br />
<strong>Fortis</strong> <strong>Healthcare</strong>’s other offerings<br />
in Singapore give doctors the<br />
tools and information they need to<br />
improve patient care.<br />
RadLink’s nuclear medicine<br />
centre is one of the most advanced<br />
PET centres in the region with<br />
strong radiopharmaceutical capabilities,<br />
supported by RadLink’s<br />
own cyclotron and radiopharmaceutical<br />
facility. This facility is<br />
equipped for the production of<br />
PET radiopharmaceuticals used<br />
in PET imaging of cancer, heart,<br />
brain diseases and biomedical and<br />
pharmaceutical research.<br />
Mauritius<br />
<strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique Darné is one<br />
of the oldest, yet most modern<br />
hospitals in Mauritius. Founded<br />
in April 1953 by Dr. Francois<br />
Darné, “Clinique Darné” was<br />
renamed <strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique Darné<br />
in January 2009; when <strong>Fortis</strong><br />
<strong>Healthcare</strong> Limited, joined hands<br />
with a diversified Mauritian<br />
Industrial Group CIEL (through<br />
its subsidiary Novelife Limited) to<br />
jointly acquire a controlling stake<br />
in the largest private hospital on<br />
the island.<br />
Strategically located at the<br />
centre of the island, <strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique<br />
Darné is a 110 bed hospital, fully<br />
equipped with four Operation<br />
Theatres, a Cardiac Catheterisation<br />
Lab, a <strong>12</strong> bed Critical Care Unit,<br />
a 10 bed Neonatal Intensive Care<br />
Unit and 15 day care beds. It has<br />
a proven track record of over<br />
40,000 interventional procedures<br />
performed in the last decade alone.<br />
The hospital provides medical and<br />
paramedical services across 25<br />
specialities.<br />
<strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique Darné has one of<br />
the finest departments in Cardiac<br />
Sciences and Critical Care, and a<br />
unique and first-of-its-kind facility<br />
“The Nest”, dedicated to the health<br />
and well-being of the mother and<br />
child. With five core specialities –<br />
Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Neonatology,<br />
Paediatrics, and Critical<br />
Care – the hospital provides the<br />
best medical facilities on the<br />
island. The General Surgery and<br />
Orthopaedics departments also<br />
feature prominently.<br />
<strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique Darné is<br />
leading the way in establishing<br />
Mauritius as a Medical Value<br />
Travel destination, having already<br />
attracted patients from over<br />
25 countries. Its commitment<br />
towards achieving world-class<br />
patient care is what distinguishes<br />
<strong>Fortis</strong> Clinique Darné from other<br />
healthcare institutions.