B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre

B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre in Kolkata is a super-specialty hospital dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis, treatment and research related to cardio-vascular diseases. It has established itself as India's most advanced heart centre. In addition to Indians, it has treated patients from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Kenya and other neighbouring countries. The centre has a special interest in the advanced field of cardiac surgery, especially reconstructive operations on infants.

Its achievements include:

• First ever jet-hole surgery to close a hole in the heart
• First Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty in Asia
• First in Asia to perform angioplasty from wrist in the field of interventional cardiology
• First in India to perform open heart surgery on a nine-day-old baby weighing 2.5 kg extensively in the area of cardiac surgery
• First in India to support the falling heart of an adult with artificial heart and mechanical circulation for 100 hours