The Anaesthesiology Department:

• Manages the Hospital's 14 operation theatres
  
• Runs a "Pain-Management Clinic" and
  
• Manages the Surgical Intensive Care and Mobile Trauma Units.

The Operation Theatres, 12 of that are centrally air-conditioned with life support systems, are equipped with:

• Boyles'machines
  
• Circle absorbers
  
• Isflurane vaporizers
  
• Goldmen vaporizers
  
• Laryngoscopes
  
• Wright's respirometer
  
• Oesophagealstethoscopes
  
• Glucometer
  
• Nebulisers
  
• Peripheral nerve stimulators
  
• Ventilators
  
• TOF guards
  
• Pulse oxymeters
  
• Bedside monitors
  
• Monitors with defibrillators
  
• Hydraulic operation tables

In addition to undergraduate teaching, the Department runs a post-graduate course. It admits three degree and six diploma students annually.

The Department has the following faculty:

• Dr. Utpala N Kharod
• Dr. Sadhana V Sanwatsarkar
• Dr. Heena S Patel
• Dr. Hemlata V Kamat
• Dr. Alpa M Patel
• Dr. Neeta Bose
• Dr.Madhavi Chaudhari
• Dr. Geetika Dugga

One of three arms of the Hospital's Central Diagnostic Laboratory, the Department of Biochemistry's advanced diagnostic facilities include Blood Gas, Electrolyte and Semi-Automated Analysers. Available tests include:

• Thyroid function
  
• Liver function
  
• Blood Urea, Sugar and Creatinine
  
• Bilirubin (part of a liver function)

The Department teaches MBBS students, Physiotherapy and Medical Laboratory Technology students and offers a two-year M.Sc. (Medical) course after M.B.B.S. Plans are underway for a MD (Biochemistry) course. A Ph.D. programme in Biochemistry is also available.

The Department has the following faculty:

 
Equipped with three modern dental chairs, the Department of Dentistry's outpatient service includes aesthetic and cosmetic dentistry and crown-down root canal treatment as well as routine services. Cosmetic dentistry includes:

• Composites
  
• Ceramic crowns
  
• Pin restoration

The Department is also equipped to meet more complex dental needs, including:

• Periodontal flap therapy for loose teeth.
  
• Regenerative bone grafts.
  
• Gingivectomy and crown lengthening.
  
• Management of fractures.
  
• Cyst removal.
  
• Emergency oral surgical procedures (e.g. surgical removal of wisdom teeth).
  
• Open methods of removal of fractured teeth.
  
• Replacement of missing teeth by dentures or bridges.

All procedures are carried out with thorough asepsis using autoclaved instruments, disposable syringes and use of glass bead sterlizer for endodontic instruments.

The Department also runs outpatient services at the Anand Health Centre run by the Mandal.

The Department has the following faculty:

 
The ENT Department handles routine diagnosis and treatment as well as surgery for head and neck cancers. The well equipped Operation Theatres are served by laminar airflow and equipped with:

• Operative microscopes
  
• EMG/BERA equipment
  
• Audiometry facilities

The Department conducts both an undergraduate course as well as a post-graduate course that admits one degree and two diploma students annually.

The Department has the following faculty:

 
The Department of Medicine is the Hospital's nerve centre. The first point of contact for most patients, the Department handles a wide variety of common as well as complicated complaints. Malaria, anemia, diabetes and thyroid problems are all managed by the Department which runs specialized clinics for diabetic patients on Fridays and for heart patients on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

The Department's Intensive Care Unit is the best in the region and is equipped with:

• Defibrillators
  
• Bedside monitors and central monitoring station
  
• Dialysis equipment

Treadmill tests and Doppler studies are also available to patients.

Department's consultants have successfully treated a wide range of problems including heart attacks, poisoning, snake bites, severe anemia and neurological diseases.

In addition to an undergraduate course, the Department offers a postgraduate program that admits four students annually.

The Department has the following faculty:

The Department also benefits from the services of following specialists

• Dr.M Rajapurkar
• Dr.Parvinder Singh
  
• Dr.Suhas Lele
  
• Dr.Kaushik Trivedi
  
• Dr.Anil Ganju

 
The Department of Surgery uses modern Operation Theatres equipped with:

• Laproscopic equipment
  
• Laprotomy sets
  
• Ventilators
  
• Cardioscope with defibrillator
  
• Pulse Oxymeters
  
• Endoscopy with upper GI scope
  
• Fiber-optic and rigid sigmoidoscope, colonoscope and cyto-urethroscope
• Video Endoscopy

The Department's 12-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit, eight-bed intermediate medical care unit and Trauma & Emergency Care Centre are all outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment.

The Department supports the undergraduate course and admits two students annually to its postgraduate program.

The Department has following faculty:

The Department also benefits from the services of following super specialists

• Dr. Shailendra Singh
• Dr. Shailesh Patel
  
• Dr. Ajay Gehlot
  
• Dr. Monish Malhotra
  
• Dr. Vijay Thakore
  
• Dr. Narendrasinghji Jadeja

 
A major constituent of the Central Diagnostic Laboratory, the Microbiology Department conducts all serological, culture and sensitivity tests. The Department's expertise in TB culture tests has led to a research project on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The Department is responsible for HIV/AIDS (including Western Blot) testing and has fully equipped and staffed parasitology, mycology and bacteriology labs.

The Department routinely conducts environmental sampling in sensitive areas on the campus as well as at the hospital testing the bacteriological quality of the Hospital's water.

The Department teaches and trains the students of M.B.B.S, Physiotherapy and DMLT course. It also offers a two-year course of M.Sc (medical) in Microbiology after M.B.B.S. Plans are underway for starting a M.D. (Microbiology) course. A Ph.D. programme in Microbiology is also available.

The Department has the following faculty

To enhance its program and service to Charotar's women, the Department runs four specialized outpatient services:

• High-risk pregnancy clinic
  
• Cancer & STD clinic
  
• Infertility clinic
  
• Family planning clinic

The Department implements a post-partum programme in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat. Working through 18 remote Primary Health Centers, the Department implements a family planning programme. Its consultants also visit Tribhuvandas Foundation's sub-centers to bring medical services to rural women.

Four well-equipped major and minor Operation Theatres and Labour Rooms support the Department's work. Equipment includes:

• Doppler
  
• Electronic foetal heart monitor
  
• Ultrasonography machine
  
• Colposcopes
  
• Laparoscope
  
• Hysteroresectosope

The Department's post-graduate course admits two-degree and two diploma students annually.

The Department has the following faculty:

 
The Opthalmology Department facilities and its two Operation Theatres have recently been upgraded with a Yag Laser, Operative Microscopes, Refractomer, Auto Perimeter, Synaptophore and Slit Lamps. The Department's outpatient facilities have also been renovated. It would also soon start a Retina Clinic, a first in the region, with the help of Green Laser and Fundus Cameras.

The Department teaches undergraduates and is planning a post-graduate course.

The Department has the following faculty:

The Department of Orthopedics carries out spine, joint, knee and hip replacement surgery. Its four Operation Theatres are equipped two C-arm IITVs,  pneumatic drills and a state-of-the-art operation table.

Each year the Department admits one degree and two diploma students to its post-graduate course

The Department has the following faculty:

The Department also benefits from the services of following external faculty

• Dr. P M Desai
• Dr. Ashok Vaishnavi
  
• Dr. Virendra Shandilya

The Department of Pathology supports both the Central Diagnostic Laboratory and the AD Gorwala Blood Bank. It includes teaching faculty for second year MBBS, Medical Laboratory technicians and Physiotherapy students.

The Central Diagnostic Laboratory offers round the clock routine and special investigations in clinical pathology, histopathology, cytopathology and telepathology.

In an area where such services are not readily available, the AD Gorwala Blood Bank supplies safe, and tested blood to the Hospital's patients as well as to other facilities in and around.

To ensure the safety of patients, every unit of blood is tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and syphilis. Blood donation camps are regularly organized in villages, towns, institutions, factories and educational centers. The Blood Bank's investment in education has produced dividends as people from all walks of life come forward to donate blood.

Department's faculty have taken up research on screening of newly born infants for alpha thalassemia and screening of antenatal women for both beta thalassemia and sickle cell anemia

Plans are underway for starting post-graduate diploma (DCP) and degree (M.D) pathology course in near future.

The Department has the following faculty:

 
Outreach is the Department's priority. Working with the Tribhuvandas Foundation, a community-based rural health organization that serves the maternal and child health needs of 600 villages, the Department supports health service to thousands of children in Anand and Kheda Districts. The Department also participates in multi-diagnostic camps, Pulse Polio campaign, promotion of breast feeding as well as training to Foundation health workers. In addition to an ongoing vaccination programme, the Department operates a Well Baby Clinic, Immunization Clinic and Adolescent Clinic.

When serious problems arise, the Department relies on its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit equipped with a defibrillator and ventilator.

The Department has the following faculty:

The Department also benefits from the services of

• Dr. Nikhil Kharod
• Dr. N. Banker

 
In addition to its O.P.D. patient caseload, the Department of Psychiatry:

• Counsels intellectually and emotionally-challenged children and their families
  
• Conducts psychological testing
  
• Provides cognitive behaviour therapy
  
• Offers marital and couples therapy
  
• Counsels patients with HIV, serious illness and substance abuse disorders
  
• Offers twice-weekly EEG testing for epilepsy
  
• Provides ECT treatment for patients with major depression and psychoses

The Department is conducting research projects on tobacco cessation and communal riots.

The Department has the following faculty:

Name Of the visiting faculty:

• Dr. M P Hathi

 
The Radiology Department is equipped with six x-ray machines of different capacities including portable units. The Department also operates:

• CT Scan Unit
  
• Mammography machine with automatic processor
  
• Ultrasound machines
  
• Colour Doppler
  
• Electric dryer
  
• IITV

The Department's post-graduate course admits two-degree and two diploma students annually.

The Department has following faculty:

In addition to routine outpatient services, the Department has a special focus on leprosy. The Leprosy clinic provides free leprosy drugs given by the Government. Patients receive physiotherapy and receive education on prevention and cure of dermatitis in leprosy.

During OPD hours, the Department offers cosmo-surgical procedures including:

• Skin pigmentation and peeling
  
• Mini-punch grafting
  
• Tattooing for Vitiligo patients
  
• Electric and chemical cauterization of warts, maevus, coms, skin tage, milia.
  
• Liquid Nitrogen thermal cauterization of warts, corns, skin tage, condyloma accuminata, milia and keloid.

The Department also carries out STD education, emphasizing preventive measures.

The Department has the following faculty:

 
In addition to tuberculosis, the Department is involved in diagnosis and treatment of a full range of pulmonary diseases. The Department offers fiber-optic bronchoscopic examinations each Wednesday. Pulmonary function tests are performed by spirometry.

The Department is responsible for undergraduate teaching on tuberculosis and chest diseases.

The Department has the following faculty:

The Department also benefits from the services of:

• Dr Manoj Yadav

 
The Shree Krishna Hospital is the recognized referral centre for all medico-legal cases within a 25-kilometre radius of Karamsad. The Hospital's proximity to major National and State highways leads to a number of accident cases.

To meet these needs, along with emergencies such as poisoning, burns, emergency pregnancy, heart attack and snake bits, the Mandal established the Shapurbhai Patel Trauma and Emergency Centre. The Center, which has an Operation Theatre attached to it, is supported by a wide range of diagnostic and life-saving equipment including ventilators, debrillators, sonographic and mobile x-ray machinery.

The department has the following faculty:

The Hospital's pharmacy has two goals: to make medicine available to patients at the lowest cost possible; and to promote rational therapy among clinicians and students. The pharmacy serves an average of 800 patients daily, carries an inventory of more than 800 medicines and has an annual turnover of more than Rs. 200 lakhs (US$ 425,000).

The Department has the major responsibility for the Hospital's efforts to meet and exceed hygienic and aseptic standards. Eight autoclaves of different sizes and capacities are used to ensure that all instruments and materials used in Operation Theatres and wards are properly sterilized.

Patient registration, outpatient and in-patient services are all on-line. Computers in the wards and other service stations ensure real-time capture of all transactions. The Medical Records Department maintains files for all discharged patients, making them available as needed for reference purposes. Plans are underway to record ward and outpatient treatment protocols on-line.