Anesthesiology

The Anaesthesia Department of Dr Sanyam’s Nursing Home & Research Centre is well equipped with high end anaesthesia workstations to meet the needs of all types of cancer patients and for surgeries lasting for long hours. The hospital has fourteen major modular Operation Theatres (OT) in two towers and three minor OT’s. The Operation Theatre has the distinction of being GREEN OT CERTIFIED by Bureau Veritas. Electronic record keeping of the pre anaesthetic assessment, intra operative monitoring and procedures is being practiced. This data (Innovian and CPRS interfaces) has been incorporated into the Hospital Information System.

Every patient scheduled for surgery undergoes thorough pre-anaesthetic evaluation wherein a detailed history, physical examination focusing on the airway and spine and a battery of investigations, referrals to specialists based on the co-morbidity, stage of cancer and nature/extent of proposed surgery and counselling of patients is performed. A detailed pre-anaesthetic form is completed for record keeping. After pre-medication, on the day of surgery the patient is wheeled into an OT, equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring equipments, and expert anaesthesia personnel who administer anaesthesia- either general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia or a combination of the two. In the post-operative period, the patient is shifted to the surgical ICU for variable periods of time for monitoring of vitals, pain relief, and mechanical ventilatory support as and when required..

The Pre Anaesthesia Checkup (PAC) clinic is functioning along with the surgical specialty OPD’s to provide a wholesome experience of perioperative care for the patients. The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol is being adhered to wherever possible to seamlessly integrate the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative periods The hospital is in the process of starting pre-habilitation of patients scheduled for major surgery.