Voluntary Health Services hospital, Chennai

Voluntary Health Services
Charitable trust
Map
Voluntary Health Services hospital, Chennai is located in Chennai
Voluntary Health Services hospital, Chennai
Geography
LocationTaramani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates13°00′10″N 80°14′46″E / 13.00278°N 80.24611°E / 13.00278; 80.24611
Organisation
Care systemTertiary
TypeReferral
Services
Beds465
History
Opened1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Links
WebsiteOfficial Website
ListsHospitals 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.