ICU setup installed at home in Mumbai with monitor, oxygen and hospital bed

Western line, Thane & Navi Mumbai

ICU Setup at Home in Mumbai

A home ICU installed in your own flat: ICU bed, ventilator or BiPAP, oxygen, monitor and infusion pumps, run by ICU-trained nurses around the clock. We survey the room and the lift before anything is delivered.

  • ICU-trained nurses, 12-hour shifts
  • Equipment supplied on rent
  • Room and lift survey included
  • Direct from hospital discharge

Book an ICU setup in Mumbai

Free assessment. We will tell you honestly if the patient should stay in hospital.

Quick answer

What is an ICU setup at home in Mumbai?

An ICU setup at home in Mumbai is a critical care environment built inside the patient's own flat and staffed by ICU-trained nurses. It usually means an ICU bed, breathing support from a ventilator or BiPAP, oxygen from a concentrator or cylinder, a multipara monitor, infusion and syringe pumps, a suction machine and an alpha air mattress. Which of those are installed is decided by clinical assessment, and the room and the building lift are surveyed before delivery.

Who runs it

Two ICU-trained nurses on 12-hour shifts, with nursing assistants

Coverage

Strongest on the western line, plus Thane, Navi Mumbai and the rest of the city

Also called

Home ICU Mumbai, ICU at home Mumbai, critical care at home

Getting an ICU into a Mumbai flat

The clinical side of a home ICU is the same anywhere. The part that goes wrong in Mumbai is physical, and it is worth knowing before the ambulance is booked.

The lift

An ICU bed is around seven feet long. A great many older Mumbai buildings have lifts that will not take it, upright or flat.

Where it will not go, the bed is dismantled and carried up the stairwell in parts, then rebuilt in the room. It is doable on almost any floor, but it needs planning rather than discovery on the day, and it is the commonest reason an installation slips.

Power backup

A ventilator and an oxygen concentrator running together draw more than a small inverter will carry, and a concentrator stops producing oxygen the moment the power does.

Every Critical-level setup needs a backup that can hold both, plus a filled oxygen cylinder standing by. We size this at the survey rather than assuming your building generator covers individual flats, which it often does not.

Room and society

A nurse needs clear access on three sides of the bed to turn a patient, which in a typical Mumbai bedroom means a cupboard or a dressing table has to go.

Most societies also want notice before equipment comes through, and the nurses registered at the gate. We give you the staff ID and verification papers in advance so the society office is settled before the first shift.

Equipment installed in a home ICU

Not every patient needs all of it. The assessment fixes the list, and anything you do not already own comes on rent rather than being bought.

Ventilator

Breathes for a patient who cannot manage it alone. Operated only by the ICU-trained nurse on shift, never by family.

Critical level · ventilator-dependent patients

BiPAP machine

Two-pressure breathing support through a mask, with no tube into the airway. The usual step down from a ventilator.

BiPAP on rent in Mumbai · COPD

Oxygen concentrator

Makes oxygen from room air, so it never needs refilling. Wants a steady power point, which is why backup matters.

Concentrator on rent in Mumbai

Oxygen cylinder

Higher flow than a concentrator gives, and the standby that keeps oxygen running through a power cut.

Cylinders on rent in Mumbai

Multipara monitor

Heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiration and temperature on screen continuously, alarms set to this patient.

Continuous vitals · alarm limits

ICU hospital bed

Height, backrest and knee adjustment with side rails, so one nurse can turn and sit a patient up alone. Around seven feet long, hence the lift question.

Hospital beds on rent in Mumbai

Infusion & syringe pumps

Push fluids and drugs at an exact rate rather than by gravity, which is what a controlled dose over several hours requires.

All three levels

Suction machine

Clears the airway of secretions. Used many times a day for a tracheostomy or ventilated patient, and not optional for either.

Tracheostomy care · airway clearance

Alpha air mattress & DVT pump

The mattress shifts pressure points in cycles against bedsores. The DVT pump squeezes the calves to stop a clot forming during long immobility.

Bedsore and clot prevention

Renting rather than buying

Nearly all of this goes on monthly rent, which is what puts a home setup within reach at all. Beds, oxygen, BiPAP and the rest are listed together.

Equipment on rent

When a home ICU is not the right choice

We turn cases down, and it is fairer to say which ones here than after you have paid for a survey. A home setup is safe for a stable patient on a long recovery. It is dangerous for anyone who might need something a hospital has and a Mumbai flat does not.

Home ICU suits

Stable, long-stay, no intervention expected

  • Ventilator-dependent but otherwise settled
  • Long recovery after a stroke or head injury
  • Tracheostomy patients needing regular suction
  • Weaning off a ventilator gradually
  • Comfort and palliative care at the end of life
  • Families told the hospital can do no more actively

Stay in hospital if

We will say so rather than take the booking

  • Vitals are still swinging and being corrected
  • Ventilator settings are still being adjusted often
  • Dialysis is needed, or may become needed
  • Surgery is on the table, or a bleed is possible
  • An active infection is not yet controlled
  • The treating doctor has not agreed to a discharge

The call belongs to your treating doctor. We will not install against medical advice, and where a case sits on the line we would rather you gave it another week in the ward than moved too early.

Three levels of home ICU care

Assigned by clinical assessment against the patient's condition, not picked from a menu.

Critical

Unstable, ventilator dependent

Condition
GCS 8 or less · vitals unstable · mobility restricted · ventilation dependent
Equipment
Ventilator, infusion pumps, DVT pump, plus whatever the assessment adds
Team
2 ICU-trained nurses at 12 hours each, 2 nursing assistants, physiotherapist as advised, respiratory therapist 1 to 2 visits a week
Also included
ICU consumables, weekly clinical quality audit, home visit reports, e-monitoring

Step-down

Moving from critical towards stable

Condition
Coming off critical support, not yet at supportive level
Equipment
BiPAP, infusion pumps, DVT pump, plus whatever the assessment adds
Team
2 ICU-trained nurses at 12 hours each, 2 nursing assistants, physiotherapist as advised, respiratory therapist 1 to 2 visits a week
Also included
ICU consumables, weekly clinical quality audit, home visit report, e-monitoring

Supportive

Stable, mobility restricted

Condition
GCS 10 or more · vitals stable · mobility restricted
Equipment
Oxygen concentrator, plus whatever the assessment adds
Team
2 ICU-trained nurses at 12 hours each, 2 nursing assistants, physiotherapist as advised, respiratory therapist 1 to 2 visits a week
Also included
Weekly clinical quality audit, home visit reports, e-monitoring

Areas we cover for home ICU setup in Mumbai

Coverage is strongest along the western line, where our office sits and where equipment reaches you fastest. If your locality is not listed, call and ask.

Primary coverage

Western line

Fastest install and fastest equipment servicing. Our office is on this line at Kandivali West.

Malad Borivali Kandivali Goregaon Andheri Jogeshwari Vile Parle Juhu Santacruz Khar Bandra Dahisar Mira Road Bhayandar
Also covered

Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan & Dombivli

Thane West Thane East Ghodbunder Road Vashi Nerul Belapur Kharghar Airoli Panvel Kalyan Dombivli

Rest of Mumbai

Central & eastern
Dadar, Matunga, Sion, Wadala, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Mulund, Powai
South Mumbai
Worli, Prabhadevi, Lower Parel, Mahalaxmi, Tardeo, Malabar Hill, Girgaon, Marine Lines, Colaba

Setting up straight from a Mumbai hospital discharge

Nearly every home ICU begins as a discharge. Patients come to us from Lilavati, Kokilaben, Hinduja, Nanavati, Jaslok, Breach Candy, Bombay Hospital, Fortis Mulund, Global and other hospitals across the city and Navi Mumbai.

Bring us in before the discharge, not after. Two or three days is enough to assess the case, survey the room and the lift, get the equipment in and tested, and have the first nurse take handover from the hospital team. Families who call on the morning of the discharge usually end up delaying it anyway, which nobody wants once a bed has been released.

Ask the hospital for the discharge summary, the current ventilator or oxygen settings, and the list of running infusions. Those three documents are what let us size the setup correctly the first time.

Hospital names describe where patients are discharged from. They do not imply any tie-up or affiliation.

What decides the cost of an ICU setup at home

No two setups price the same, because no two patients need the same equipment for the same length of time. Four things move the number.

1. Which level applies

A ventilator setup and an oxygen concentrator setup sit in different ranges. Critical carries the most equipment, Supportive the least.

2. What you already own

Many families kept a bed or a concentrator from an earlier illness. You rent only the gap, and we will tell you whether what you have is still usable.

3. Nursing hours

Round-the-clock cover means two nurses rotating. Some step-down and supportive patients manage on one 12-hour shift with family overnight.

4. How long it runs

Monthly equipment rental works out lower per day than weekly, so a setup measured in months prices differently from a fortnight after a discharge.

The full figure comes before installation

Equipment rental, nursing and consumables quoted together after the assessment, so there is no second conversation about money once the bed is in the room.

Home care charges

ICU setup in Mumbai: common questions

How do I arrange an ICU setup at home in Mumbai?

Send the discharge summary and what the treating doctor has advised. We assess the case, fix the care level and the equipment list, then survey the room for power, space and lift access before anything is delivered. Installation takes a few hours. Where a discharge is planned, starting two or three days ahead means the room is ready when the patient reaches home.

Will an ICU bed fit in my building lift?

Often not. A hospital ICU bed is around seven feet long, and the lifts in many older Mumbai buildings will not take it upright or flat. In that case the bed is dismantled and carried up the stairwell in parts, then reassembled in the room. It is worth checking your lift dimensions and stair width before the delivery date, and our room survey does exactly that. This is the commonest reason a Mumbai installation slips by a day.

Which areas of Mumbai do you cover for home ICU setup?

The western line is our strongest coverage: Malad, Borivali, Kandivali, Goregaon, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Vile Parle, Juhu, Santacruz, Khar, Bandra, Dahisar, Mira Road and Bhayandar. We also cover Thane, Navi Mumbai including Vashi, Nerul, Belapur, Kharghar, Airoli and Panvel, plus Kalyan and Dombivli. Central, eastern and south Mumbai are covered too, including Dadar, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Powai, Worli, Lower Parel and Colaba.

Is a home ICU as good as a hospital ICU?

No, and it is not meant to be. A home ICU has no intensivist on the premises, no crash team seconds away, no dialysis, no imaging, no operating theatre and no blood bank. It suits patients stable enough that no active intervention is expected, typically long-stay recovery, settled ventilator-dependent patients and end-of-life comfort care. What it offers instead is one-to-one nursing, no shared-ward infection risk and familiar surroundings. A patient who may need emergency intervention belongs in a hospital.

What equipment is installed in a home ICU in Mumbai?

An ICU hospital bed with side rails, an alpha air mattress against bedsores, oxygen from a concentrator or cylinder, a ventilator for ventilator-dependent patients or a BiPAP for non-invasive support, a multipara monitor for heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiration and temperature, infusion and syringe pumps, a suction machine for airway clearance, a DVT pump and a nebuliser. A supportive-level patient may need only a bed and an oxygen concentrator.

What does the room need before installation?

A room of roughly ten by twelve feet or larger, a dedicated earthed power point and a backup arrangement such as an inverter, clear access on three sides of the bed for nursing, space for equipment trolleys, and somewhere for the off-duty nurse to rest. In Mumbai the two that catch families out are lift access for the bed and a power backup that can actually carry a ventilator and a concentrator together.

Can you set up a home ICU after a discharge from a Mumbai hospital?

Yes, and it is how most of these begin. Patients come home to us from Lilavati, Kokilaben, Hinduja, Nanavati, Jaslok, Breach Candy, Bombay Hospital, Fortis Mulund, Global and other hospitals across the city. Involve us before the discharge rather than after, so the room survey and installation are finished before the ambulance leaves the hospital.

What decides the cost of an ICU setup at home in Mumbai?

Which care level the patient needs, since a ventilator setup and an oxygen concentrator setup are not in the same range. What equipment you already own, because you rent only the rest. How many nursing hours, whether one 12-hour shift or round-the-clock cover. And how long it runs, as monthly equipment rental works out lower per day than weekly. Consumables are billed as used, and the full quote is given after the assessment and before anything is installed.

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Book an ICU setup in Mumbai

Send the discharge summary and the current ventilator or oxygen settings. We will tell you which level applies, what the room and lift need, and honestly whether the patient should stay in hospital.