Anaesthesiology

Another decade passed and the department grew exponentially to meet the ever increasing number of patients and the introduction of speciality branches in the hospital. By 2005, it was functioning from the new hospital block equipped with state of the art anaesthesia work stations. An Intensive Care Unit and recovery rooms were also added. It also had a trauma ward, and the number of operating rooms had doubled to 12.

The department also uses ultrasound guided modern equipment for various procedures. It has adequate expertise to assist in Ex-utero Intra-partum Treatment (EXIT), or cases in which surgeons have to access the baby while still in the womb. It also has an excellent track record for its services for high-risk pregnant women who are critically ill.

The team is also adept in dealing with procedures in relation to kidney transplantation, surgical procedures on elderly patients and on morbidly obese patients. Open heart surgeries and complex neurosurgical cases are also done. A separate day care service is provided for patients who will return home on the day of surgery.

Epidural analgesia, the technique of administering pain relief during child birth, as well as patient-controlled analgesia, or PCA, which allows the patients to determine the quantum of pain relief medication with the aid of a pump, are also available. The giant leaps in numbers reflects the excellent services provided with minimal morbidity. This brilliant safety record was possible only through commitment to quality.