Mangalore: The renouned Institution Athena Hospital extending the state of the art healthcare facilities at Mangalore has gained the NABH Accfredition for the outstanding efforts in serving the Healthcare of its patients with a step forward standards by extending the utmost good healthcare with upgraded NABH standards (EL).
Athena Hospital has already has ISO 9001-2015 recognition since past ten years.Athena Hospital is a well know throughout the undivided South Kanara, North Kanara to Calicut the Coastal Kerala and gained its own name and fame in these regions.
Athena Hospital is an integrated multi speciality hospital and healthcare promotion center of medical excellence, which was established in the year 1997. The multi dimensional hospital complex houses amongst other facilities, state of art equipment and conveniences designed to meet any diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and primary healthcare requirements.
Athena Hospital has excellent 24 hours facilities like Cardiology, Casualty/Emergency, Dental Surgery, Internal Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neuro-Surgery, Obstetrics/ Gynaecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Physiotherapy, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiology Imaging, Urology, Vascular surgery. Athena Hospital has always been sensitive to social needs regarding healthcare, which was a key factor to start Nursing Education programs.
Athena Institute of Health Sciences a unit of Athena Hospital is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru.
With the motto “excellence in Education and Quality in Service” the Institution prepares Quality Health Care Personnel to cater to the health needs of people regardless of caste, religion and language.
The school of nursing came in to existence in 2003 with 3 years Diploma in Nursing (GNM) and in 2004 B.Sc. Nursing. Later in 2009 P.C.B.Sc. Nursing and M.Sc. Nursing programme also was started. Another milestone was started of graduate courses in Allied Health Sciences under Athena Institute of Health Sciences by starting B.Sc. Renal Dialysis Technology course in the year 2017 and coming academic year has started new courses in B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology, B.Sc. Operation Theatre Technology & B.Sc. Imaging Technology and B.Sc. Renal Technology.
Athena Group of Institutions has a wider vision of extending the standard quality service with a fair and affordable less burdened cost in upcoming days to the society and the public at large. The Chairman and Managing Director R. S. Shettian as reiterated.