Ramaiah Memorial Hospital partners with Mount Sinai for specialty care and tech innovation

New Delhi: Ramaiah Memorial Hospital (RMH) has signed an exclusive long-term collaboration agreement with the New York-based Mount Sinai Health System. This partnership marks the beginning of a transformative era in healthcare services, focusing on clinical excellence, quality of care, research, innovation, and technology.

The collaboration aims to enhance RMH’s clinical competencies and centers of excellence in various specialty areas, including Oncology, Cardiology, Neurosciences, Urology-Nephrology, and other clinical specialties. The agreement will facilitate Mount Sinai’s support in advancing RMH’s medical capabilities, with a key component being the periodic review of complex clinical cases by top clinical experts from both institutions to determine the best treatment options for patients.

Dr. M. R. Jayaram, Chairman of the Gokula Education Foundation, expressed, “At Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, we are excited to announce this significant collaboration with Mount Sinai in New York which is aimed to advance clinical excellence, enhance patient care, safety, quality, further medical innovation and technology, and take the standard of the overall healthcare offerings to the next level.”

Dr. Szabi Dorotovics, President of Mount Sinai International, highlighted the spirit of Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru, in this collaboration. “Mount Sinai and Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, together, seek to provide the citizens of Bengaluru, and the State of Karnataka, with the highest international standards of healthcare to enhance their wellness, and thereby, their prosperity,” he said.

Dr. David L. Reich, President of Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens, emphasized, “The pairing of Mount Sinai with the Ramaiah Memorial Hospital is an ideal partnership combining two leading institutions with long histories that are dedicated to medical education, clinical innovation, and an unwavering focus on providing world-class healthcare services to their patients. In the coming years of our collaboration, it will be my honor to facilitate Ramaiah’s access to Mount Sinai’s clinical and management expertise and best-practices, and I look forward to our continuously-evolving mutual engagement.”

Shri M R Sreenivasa Murthy, Chief Executive of the Gokula Education Foundation (Medical), reiterated the commitment to clinical excellence. The collaboration with Mount Sinai in New York is a step towards taking this commitment further for the benefit of our patients and the clinical fraternity,” he stated.

Dr. SC Nagendra Swamy, President of Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, emphasized, “With our strategic collaboration with Mount Sinai Hospital New York, our offerings as a leading healthcare provider in the region will be compounded manifolds and will open doors for providing patient care, safety and quality excellence along with possible medical research for our clinicians as well as to learn and acquire the latest clinical exposures from the best minds at Mount Sinai via virtual webinars, workshops and on-site case reviews/discussions as part of the collaboration initiative. Ramaiah is committed to empowering its team of healthcare professionals through advanced training programs, workshops, and access to the latest medical research, knowledge, techniques and technologies.”