Overview

Anaesthesia-Department

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive care
Started in 1994

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List of Faculty

  • 14 Senior Residents, 02 Resident Anaesthetist, 20 PG(MD) Student, 46 Non-Teaching Staff

Services

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The Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive care is providing critical care services in state of the Art’ 14 bedded Intensive Care Unit which is well equipped with latest equipments for providing uninterrupted care for patients of trauma, poisoning, sepsis, cardio respiratory insufficiency and multi organ dysfunction syndrome. This completely networked ICU has a dial up “PC Anywhere Software” facility to view live information about patients at remote locations at Desktop/Laptop for essentially required inputs by consultants to improve patient outcome. The patient care outcome in this set up is comparable to one of the best intensive care units in the world. The ICU is well equipped in terms of Ventilators, ICU beds with Alpha mattresses, Fibreoptic Bronchoscope, Bedside ABG, Portable Ultrasound and Thromboelastometer.

Perioperative care for patients undergoing elective and emergency surgeries is being provided by a team of competent anaesthesiologists headed by Prof. Satinder Gombar who is having more than 28 years of clinical and teaching experience in the specialty. Anaesthesia services are being provided in 22 most modern well equipped operation theatre located in block A &C. In the operation Theatre in Block –C, the most modern Anaesthesia Work Stations and monitors in recovery room/ICU are networked with a provision to view all patients at any station and at central web viewing station at Level III Block –C. There is continuous centralized supply of oxygen, nitrous oxide, compressed air and vacuum to all the operation theatres of the hospital with the required automatic control panels and safety area alarms. This also includes installation of liquid oxygen tank for economical and continuous supply of oxygen to various clinical care areas of the hospital. The operation theatres are well equipped with various equipments like Portable Ultrasound machines, Patient warming systems, Syringe Infusion pumps and Patient Controlled Analgesia Pumps for postop pain management.

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Apart from the perioperative care, the department is providing Labour Analgesia services (under the able supervision of Prof. Sukanya Mitra, Department of Anaesthesia) and Pain management services for chronic pain (under the supervision of Dr. Deepak Thapa, Assoc. Professor, Deptt. of Anaesthesia) including interventional pain management procedures for chronic pain. Round the clock resuscitation services are being provided in various emergency areas of the hospital by a team of senior residents and junior residents under the supervision of On Call consultants.

Labour Analgesia

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Research & Training

Besides postgraduation (MD) In Anesthesiology, the department is also running following courses :-

Sr No. Training and Courses
1. B.Sc.(3 years degree course) Anaesthesia & Operation Theatre Technology.
2. Pre Hospital Trauma Technician Course (9months certificate course) with an annual intake of maximum 20students.
3. Skill Lab training of Basic Life Support for various categories of hospital employees.
4. Training of Life Saving Anaesthesia Skills for emergency obstetric care – 18 weeks course started in year 2012 with first batch of 4 students w.e.f 13th Feb 2012.
5. Observership in Pain Management has been started since last two years for training in chronic pain.

Departmental Academic Activities

Sr No. Departmental Academic Activities
1. Department of anaesthesia organized quarterly academic meetings of Chandigarh Branch of ISA under the presidentship of Prof Satinder Gombar, in various hospitals of the tricity including GMCH, PGIMER, FORTIS Mohali and Command Hospital, Chandimandir.
2. A guest lecture by International faculty Prof. Charles Gillbe from England on “Ultrasound in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care” which was well attended by one and all at GMCH-32, Chandigarh on 24.02.2011.
3. Monthly courses for Basic Life Support for the various categories of hospital employees are being carried out since last two years.
4. The department organized a one day workshop on Trauma and Emergency Life Support, for police personnel and volunteers from the city, on 15th March 2012 .
5. The Department is going to organize a workshop on Advanced Cardiac Life Support (certified by American heart association) on 6th to 8th July 2012.
The faculty and residents of the department are actively involved in various research and academic activities besides performing their routine clinical duties in an exemplary manner. Following is the list of publications and academic achievements of various faculty members of the department.

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