The first general anaesthesia was given a hundred and fifty years ago. This is one of the youngest specialities of medicine now diversified in to newer branches like Intensive Care, pain relief, and emergency medical management.

An Anaesthesiologist (Anaesthetist) is a medical doctor who is a postgraduate in this field. We have Senior Consultants trained in the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, and in one of the best institutes in the country. They are assisted by Associate Consultants, Registrars, Operating Department Assistants (technicians), and recovery room nurses. Well-trained staff and availability of latest technology makes this as one of the safest places to get an anaesthesia.

Safety and Technology
Features:
1. Anaesthetic machines giving adequate oxygen at all times.

2. Anaesthetic gas monitors
One of these is available in every theatre unmatched even in the developed world. These monitors let us use extremely low fresh gas flows lesser than 500mls resulting in extreme economy, and negligible theatre pollution. They monitor the following continuously
» oxygen
» carbon dioxide
» nitrous oxide
» anaesthetics gases

3. Anaesthetic gas monitors
» ecg
» blood pressure
» oxygen saturation
» invasive pressures such as arterial pulmonary artery central venous
» temperature
» airway pressures and gas volumes
» neuromuscular function monitoring

4. Cardiac monitoring
» thermodilution cardiac output
» continuous cardiac output
» continuous mixed venous saturation

5. Equipment making most complicated surgery safe
» Bair Huggers & disposable blankets
» blood warmers
» syringe pumps, infusion pumps
» blood gas and electrolyte machine
» Incubating bronchoscope

6. Newer drugs freely available
» fentanyl
» sevoflurane
» propofol
» Newer muscle relaxants

7. Latest disposables

8. Two fully equipped post operative recovery rooms with monitoring equipment as in the operating rooms.

Superspecialities
1. Liver transplant- The only hospital in the country with an on going successful liver transplant programme. First successful paediatric transplant, first successful adult transplant with Indian surgical and aneasthetic team.
2. Paediatric cardiac
3. Anaesthesia for interventional neuroradiology and radiosurgery & endovascular procedure like coiling of c. aneurysm embolisation of vascular AVm etc.
4. Neonatal surgery
5. Spinal surgery
6 .Pain clinic
7. Intensive care

Why suffer in pain after an operation?
The hospital has an organised acute pain relief service using:
» electronic PCA (patient controlled analgesia)
» disposable PCA device
» continuous epidural analgesia

Labour Epidural Service
"Thou shalt bring forth children in pain" was said two thousand years ago.

Not so in this hospital for those who choose not to.