Anaesthesia and Pain Management

We have two state of art operation theatre complexes which include 12 operation rooms. We the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre provides anaesthesia services to all patients undergoing surgery in Orthopaedic, cancer surgery (Oncosurgery), Cardiac, Urology, Paediatric, Obstetrics, ENT, Transplant (Kidney and Liver), Neurosurgery, robotics, bariatric and other specialities.

We provide anaesthesia for day care as well as short stay procedures and endoscopic procedures in dedicated operation suites.

We also have dedicated obstetric operation room with two labour suites for providing painless labour epidurals at affordable fees.

The department also offers services to non operating areas like CT scan, MRI, PET scan, Cath lab and Hybrid OR.

Our highly-specialised and well-experienced faculty, dedicated to anaesthesia services and peri-operative medicine, are available round-the-clock to cater to patient services. The use of latest equipment like Video Laryngoscope, Fibre-optic bronchoscope, Glidescope for difficult cases helps to ensure utmost safety of the patient. We are equipped with specialised monitor to help us measure the depth of anaesthesia. We also use ultrasound machine in operating rooms for precise placement of nerve blocks and central intravenous cannulation which gives us an edge to manage difficult and complex cases with ease. We have the latest medicines which give excellent intra operative condition and smooth recovery. All patients are closely monitored after the surgery in a specialised post operative care unit under supervision.

Our special team of anaesthesiologists will be available round-the-clock for our Day Care Services to facilitate management of patients who return home on the day of surgery. They will also render services for short therapeutic procedures or diagnostic studies such as special CT, MRI , PET scan, Cath lab and Hybrid OR.

etc. Anaesthesiologists will be available for every patients’ pre-operative assessment and evaluation so as to reduce anxiety / fear of surgery, and to solve patient queries.

Chronic Pain Services employs a multidisciplinary team comprising of orthopaedics, neurologists, oncologists, counselling experts and radiologists to provide compassionate and comprehensive services to reduce pain, promote coping strategies, improve function and the quality of life.

We have a dedicated Outpatient department (Pain Clinic) to render services everyday for chronic pain conditions like, backache, shoulder pain, knee pain, neck pain, various sports related injuries, and post cancer therapy pain etc.

Our faculty members encourage active involvement of patients in their treatment and tailor therapies to individual needs. Our patients have minimum waiting period by following a web or a telephonic appointment system.

Additionally, the Chronic Pain department is located strategically between Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation floor with a dedicated separate consulting/ examination room with patient and family counselling.

We specifically focus on geriatric, paediatric and oncology patients to improve the level of activity and to modify thoughts about pain.

The following conditions are treated by the Chronic Pain department:

• Back pain
• Headaches
• Joint pain
• Shoulder pain
• Neck pain
• Cancer-related pain
• Neuralgia
• Pelvic and abdominal pain.

We provide treatment in the form of Medical management, Various nerve blocks and joint injections under asepsis and latest modality of imaging techniques.

Academics –

We have fellowship programme for Regional anaesthesia (MUHS). We are running DNB programme with dedicated and extensive teaching. Every Tuesday we have department meeting discussing difficult cases and we have discussions via video conference with eminent Doctors from University of Southern California USA.

We host 3 to 4 conferences with workshop and hands on experience every year which is attended by many consultants and students.