Anaesthesiology

General Anesthesia

The Department of Anaesthesiology at GKNMH is 'the state of the art' department with all advanced facilities. The surgical advancements at GKNMH are a testimony to this, performing around 12,000 complex and advanced surgeries every year in 22 well equipped Operation theatres.

Organisational Chart

The GKNMH Anesthesia department has great work ethics with a proud team of 35 full time employed doctors & 12 qualified Anaesthesia Technicians headed by our Departmental Chairperson- Dr.B. Soundaravalli

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• Cardiac Anesthesia Consultants - 6
• Paediatric Anaesthesia Consultant-1
• Senior Consultants - 4
• Consultants - 2
• Junior Consultant - 2
• Paediatric Anesthesia Fellows - 2
• DNB Postgraduates - 15
• Anesthesia Technicians - 24 (General-14 & Cardiac - 10)
• Cardiac DrNB Trainees - 2

Services Offered

Anaesthesia Services Department is providing Anaesthesia to all cases including complex and critical cases with in- house anaesthesiologists 24/7 365 days. There are Four operation theatre complexes with total 22 State of art operation theatres rooms.

General OT

OT complex of first floor has 8 OTs for General Surgery, Onco Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Transplants, ENT, Ophthalmic, G.I Surgery, Urology, Gynae & Obst., Vascular, Robotic, Laparoscopic Surgery, and orthopaedics.

There is a separate OT in labour Ward for Obstetric emergency procedures.

1 OT Exclusively for Robotic Surgery

Cardiac OT

Cardiac OT Complex at second floor has total four operation theatres which comprises three OTs for Adult cardiac surgery and one for pediatric cardiac procedures. We are one of the most premium and first cardiac surgery unit in Coimbatore performing complex cardiac surgeries including Cardiac transplants.

NORA

The Non-operating room Anaesthesia services at GKNMH is one of the most premium in the country with 1 Bronchoscopy suite, 1 Endoscopy suite, 1 Neuro interventional Suite, 3 Cardiac interventional Suites, 1 Brachy therapy suite, 1 MRI Suite & 1 CT Suite.

Day Care Surgery

Two new OTs are exclusively dedicated for day care surgeries in the New OP block.

Pain Management

Department has a thriving practice of USG guided 'regional anaesthesia' by peripheral nerve block in serious cases where General Anaesthesia or spinal anaesthesia are contraindicated & post operative pain relief.

Advanced Epidural Labour analgesia services for painless labour & delivery is being routinely offered by our department.

Dedicated Anaesthesiologists specialised in pain medicine available for acute and chronic pain management.

Transplant Services

Apart from Cardiac & Renal In-house transplant surgeries, transfer of harvested organ to recipients' hospitals is being facilitated by the anaesthesia department. Liver, kidney, lung, heart and cornea are the organs being retrieved from brain dead donors with adequate legal formalities adhered to.

Ancillary Services

OT complex is also having pre-operative Assessment room, preop Holding Area with 6 Beds and Dedicated post operative ICU Ward with 18 Beds. All areas are looked after by in house Anaesthesiologists. Anaesthesiologists are also managing Surgical and Cardiac ICU Cases.