Anaesthesiology
Anaesthesiology
Dr. Manickavasagan MD PDCC, Head of Department

The Department of Anaesthesiology has been functioning since the inception of SMF. We provide anaesthesia care for more than 3000 patients every year. The department started with two consultants and presently functions with four senior consultants and two junior consultants providing round the clock anaesthesia care.
Milestones
- Adaptablity : We have adapted our anaesthetic management to recent and new surgeries
- We provided anesthesia care during the recent pandemic situation and coped during oxygen scarcity
- Safety : Safety has been our gold standard in anaesthesia
- Documentation : We maintain a detailed data sheet of all the patients which enables us to retrieve patient particulars during an emergency
Treatment
Pre-Anaesthesia Assessment
Pre-anaesthetic clinic is run twice a day (morning and evening) in the OPD, to improve outcome by identifying potential anaesthetic difficulties, existing medical conditions and quantifying risk planning of perioperative care opportunity for explanation, discussion and allaying fear and anxiety.
Chronic pain management on prior appointment.
Procedures and Interventions
General Anaesthesia
- Patient is rendered unconscious and his breathing is taken over by the anaesthesia machine
Regional Anaesthesia
- The region around and below the umbilicus is rendered numb
Nerve blocks
- A particular limb is rendered numb for surgeries limited to that limb
Post operative pain management
- A multimodular regime is used to provide post operative pain relief
Monitored Anaesthesia Care
- We provide monitored anaesthesia care in Ophthalmoloy OT, Endoscopy room & Radiology Suite,where the procedures are done under local anaesthesia
Labour analgesia
- Painless labour in labour room
Facilities
- Anaesthesia for all elective and emergency surgeries in all specialities except cardiac surgeries
- Our 3 Operating Theatres(OT’s) conform to the NABH standards and have the latest anesthesia work stations with state of the art monitors that flawlessly and continuously monitor vital parameters of patients under anaesthesia
- Constant monitoring of the patient by the anaesthesiologist throughout the procedure and immediate postoperative period
- In house consultants are available 24* 7 for all elective and emergency cases. We provide safe anaesthesia care for a wide age group of patients ranging from neonates to geriatric patients in their nineties and beyond and for all specialities. All basic monitoring, viz ECG, NIBP, SpO2, ETCO2, cardiac rhythm, and respiratory rate are done in all cases irrespective of the duration of the surgery
- A team of dedicated nurses, qualified and skilled technicians back us along with hard working house keeping staff

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