Important Things to Know
This department provides broad range of services for diagnosis and treatment by doctors skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. It has round the clock back up from allied departments like cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, nephrology and psychiatry.
The services provided under the specialty include:
1. Critical care:
1. Intensive care treatment and management of critically ill/compromised patients, infectious diseases, drug overdose and poisoning and other medical emergencies like Septicaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, shock of any kind, meningitis, pneumonia etc.
2. Management of chronic diseases:
Involves multi-system discussion by senior consultant of department of medicine
Coordination between different specialist and holistic care of patients
3. Infectious diseases like
Malaria, Typhoid fever, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Dengue fever, influenza etc. (Investigated in depth and treated)
4. Management of drug overdoses and poisoning:
Active involvement of faculty in providing emergency care
Modern and world class standard intensive care unit with step down intensive care wards.
Efficient nursing care
5. Environmental disease management: