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The P.V.Swamy Memorial Hospital in Kochi is the largest gastro-intestinal surgery centre in India. Its team of seven doctors performed 1,200 surgeries with the largest number of pancreatic surgeries and liver resections.

Another equally important factor is the success rate. P.V.Swamy Memorial Hospital states a complication (read infection) rate of 1 percent against the International Gold Standards (IGS) of 2-3 percent. [Refer the table below.]
 
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (Superspeciality) Aravind Eye Hospitals (Superspeciality) Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (Multispeciality) Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research (Multispeciality) P.V.Swamy Memorial Hospital (Multispeciality)
Specialisation Cardiac care (Tertiary care) Eye care (Tertiary care) Minimal access surgery (MAS dept.) Orthopaedic department Gastro intestinal (GI department)
Infrastructure 306 beds, 9 OTs, 195 doctors, 78 OT assistants 3000 beds, 30 OTs, 120 doctors, 1000 OT assistants 500 beds, 3 OTs, 6 doctors, 3 OT assistants 72 beds, 1 OTs, 4 doctors, 4 OT assistants 200 beds, 2 OTs, 7 doctors, 14 OT assistants
Doctor's combined experience 34406 surgeries (since 1988) 1790715 surgeries (since 1978) 20000 surgeries (since 1996) 1500 surgeries (since 1996) 2000 major surgeries
No. of surgeries done annually 4520 (2001) 189792 (2001) 2500 (laproscopic procedures) 550 (total knee replacements) 1200 (total GI procedures)
International benchmark Cleveland Clinic, US (3000 surgeries approx.) John Hopkins, US (less than 5000 surgeries) Mount Sinai, NY (10000 surgeries approx.) Mayo Clinic, US (2000 surgeries approx.) Mayo Clinic, US (15000 surgeries)
Complication rate 1% (International Gold Standard: 2-3%) 0.03% (International Gold Standard: 0.04%) 0.1% (International Gold Standard: 5%) 0.4% (International Gold Standard: 0.3-0.6%) 1% (International Gold Standard: 2-3%)

Source : Businessworld, August 2002 Issue.