Dr. Janarthanan M
MBBS, MEM (GWU – USA), FICCM
Emergency Medicine
8+ Years of Experience
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24×7 Emergency Hospital in Chennai OMR – Trauma, Heart Attack, Stroke & ICU Care
24×7 emergency, trauma care and intensive care units on OMR, Chennai
Medically reviewed by Dr. M A Vijay Prakash, Emergency Physician · Updated 9 October 2026
Iswarya Hospital's Emergency Medicine & Critical Care department in OMR, Chennai runs a 24×7 emergency department with triage, resuscitation bays, CT scan and cath lab, backed by medical, surgical and cardiac ICUs. Emergency physicians and intensivists treat heart attack, stroke, trauma, poisoning and sepsis round the clock. Ambulance: 044 2025 2025.
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Emergency Medicine & Critical Care at Iswarya Hospital
Iswarya Hospital's Emergency Medicine & Critical Care department on OMR, Chennai is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Patients are triaged within minutes of arrival by emergency physicians trained in emergency medicine, with resuscitation bays, bedside ultrasound, a 128-slice CT scanner and a cath lab available round the clock. Ambulances with paramedic crews can be dispatched by calling 044 2025 2025.
The emergency team manages every kind of acute illness and injury: heart attacks with primary angioplasty in the cath lab, strokes with clot-busting treatment inside the golden hour, road-traffic and fall injuries, breathing difficulty, seizures, poisoning and snake bites, severe infections, diabetic emergencies and emergencies in pregnancy and childhood. Specialists from cardiology, neurology, surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and paediatrics are on call at all hours.
Critically ill patients move to dedicated intensive care units: a medical ICU, a surgical ICU and a cardiac ICU, each staffed by critical-care physicians and trained ICU nurses. The units provide invasive and non-invasive ventilation, continuous dialysis (CRRT), haemodynamic monitoring, and bedside procedures, with an intensivist present in the hospital 24×7 and infection-control protocols audited under NABH.
Families receive a daily update from the treating team, and cashless admission is available under Ayushman Bharat, CGHS, ECHS and most private insurers. In an emergency, do not wait for an appointment: come straight to the Emergency Department at 110, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kottivakkam, or call 044 2025 2025.
Treatments & Procedures
- 24×7 Emergency Department with Triage
- Trauma & Road Accident Care
- Heart Attack (STEMI) Emergency & Primary Angioplasty
- Stroke Emergency & Thrombolysis
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) & Resuscitation
- Emergency Airway Management & Ventilation
- Poisoning & Snake Bite Management
- Sepsis & Severe Infection Care
- Acute Breathlessness & Respiratory Failure
- Paediatric & Obstetric Emergencies
- Medical ICU (MICU)
- Surgical ICU (SICU)
- Cardiac ICU (CT-ICU)
- Post-Operative Critical Care
- Dialysis Support in ICU (CRRT)
- Ambulance with Paramedic Team
Why Choose Iswarya for Emergency Medicine & Critical Care?
🏆NABH Certified Hospital
👨⚕️Senior specialists with 15–39 years experience
🤖Robotic & minimally invasive procedures
🚨24×7 emergency and critical care
💳Cashless insurance – 25+ TPA partners
🏥400+ beds with modern ICU & NICU
Our Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Specialists
Dr. M A Vijay Prakash
MBBS, Fellowship in Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
3+ Years of Experience
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Dr. Kavitha Chendhilkumar
MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), IDCCM, EDIC.
Critical Care Medicine
8+ Years of Experience
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24×7 Emergency Hospital in Chennai OMR — Areas We Serve
Patients from across South Chennai visit Iswarya Hospital, OMR for emergency medicine & critical care care. We are easily accessible from:
Frequently Asked Questions – Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Yes. The Emergency Department at Iswarya Hospital, OMR Kottivakkam is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with emergency physicians, an intensivist, CT scan and a cath lab available at all times. Call 044 2025 2025 for an ambulance.
Call 044 2025 2025 immediately and come to the Emergency Department without waiting. Do not drive yourself. Iswarya Hospital performs emergency angioplasty 24×7, and treatment within the first hour gives the best chance of saving heart muscle.
Stroke patients are taken straight for a CT scan on arrival. If the stroke is caused by a clot and the patient arrives within 4.5 hours of symptoms starting, clot-busting medicine (thrombolysis) is given, and selected patients are considered for clot removal. Note the time symptoms began and come at once.
Yes. Ambulances with trained paramedics and life-support equipment are dispatched from the hospital on request. Call 044 2025 2025 and give the patient's location and condition.
The hospital has a Medical ICU, a Surgical ICU and a Cardiac ICU, along with a neonatal ICU and paediatric ICU. Each unit is staffed round the clock by critical-care physicians and trained ICU nurses, with ventilators, continuous dialysis and bedside monitoring.
Yes. Cashless emergency admission is available under Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY), CGHS, ECHS and most private health insurers. Treatment starts first; the insurance desk helps the family with paperwork after the patient is stabilised.
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Cashless treatment with 25+ leading insurers
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Not sure which specialist to see? Tell our care team the reason for your visit and we will help you choose.
- Bring previous prescriptions, relevant test reports or scan images, a medication list and photo ID.
- If you plan to use insurance, bring your policy details. OPD, tests and admission benefits depend on your individual plan and approval.
- Your first consultation determines which tests or treatments are needed; not everyone needs every test listed on this page.
Appointments are requests until confirmed. In a medical emergency, call 044 2025 2025 or go to the nearest emergency department.
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