Voluntary Health Services | |
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Charitable trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Taramani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Coordinates | 13°00′10″N 80°14′46″E / 13.00278°N 80.24611°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Tertiary |
Type | Referral |
Services | |
Beds | 465 |
History | |
Opened | 1958 |
Links | |
Website | Official Website |
Lists | Hospitals in India |
Voluntary Health Services, popularly known as the VHS Hospital, is a multispecialty tertiary care referral hospital in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, reportedly serving the economically weaker sections of the society. It was founded in 1958 by Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi, an Indian physician, social worker and a winner of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards and is run by a charitable non governmental organization of the same name. The hospital is situated along Rajiv Gandhi Salai at Taramani, in Chennai.