Kauvery Hospital, Radial Road, has launched Maa Kauvery, a dedicated 120-bed hospital for women and children, offering specialised care across maternity, obstetrics, and gynaecology, fertility, neonatology, paediatrics ,and paediatric critical care.Health Minister K.G. Arunraj inaugurated the facility in the presence of S. Chandrakumar, founder and executive chairman, Manivannan Selvaraj, founder and managing director, Aravindan Selvaraj, co-founder and executive director, and D. Senguttuvan, co-founder and executive director, Kauvery Group of Hospitals.The hospital will provide 24/7 maternity care, including management of normal and high-risk pregnancies, dedicated birthing facilities and antenatal, delivery, and postnatal services. It will also offer foetal medicine, advanced laparoscopic gynaecological surgery, and fertility services, including intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilisation (IVF).For newborns, Maa Kauvery has a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with facilities to care for critically ill and premature babies, including those born before 30 weeks of gestation or weighing less than 1.5 kg. The unit will have round-the-clock neonatal specialists, respiratory support and advanced life-support facilities.Paediatric services include a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), 24/7 emergency care, and specialised services in paediatric pulmonology, nephrology, haematology, and neonatology.D. Senguttuvan said the Chennai facility builds on the experience of the 200-bed Maa Kauvery hospital in Tiruchi, which has been operating since 2024. The Chennai facility, he said, would provide an integrated model of care combining specialised expertise, advanced infrastructure and round-the-clock services for women and children.The hospital will also provide gynaecological care across different stages of a woman’s life, including menstrual health, PCOS, menopause and other gynaecological conditions. Services will include counselling and preventive care, along with specialised care in gynaecologic oncology and breast health, including mammography. Published - August 25, 2026 08:49 pm IST