Services
The Department of ENT and head and neck surgery offers the most sophisticated and comprehensive treatment modalities available, covering almost all the ENT related ailments. It has a highly trained and dedicated staff, focussed on providing the best patient care. The department boasts of all the major equipments, including a Zeiss Operating microscope, complete endoscopic surgery unit, microdebrider. The department has recently acquired a coblator and is in works of acquiring CO2 laser surgery and Harmonic unit.
Out Patient services:
The department offers outpatient services from 8 am to 2 pm during summers and 9 AM to 3 PM during winters. On Sundays and Gazetted holidays, the outpatient services are offered from 9 AM to 11 AM.
Emergency Services:
Department has been handling all the emergency procedures and services pertaining to ENT and Head & Neck on regular basis.
Emergency endoscopies both diagnostic and therapeutic, foreign body removals from aero digestive tracts, tracheostomies and management of other ailments such as epistaxsis etc.
In Patient services:
A steady admission procedure with detailed, regulated and structured protocol for managing the patient is done. Preoperative, Postoperative and conservative management patients are taken care on regular basis with round the clock care and attention.
Surgical Services:
Department of ENT operates with one table OT for 3 days managing upto 50 or more major cases per month and more than 100 minor procedures done every month.
Other than the regular cases of ENT like Tympanoplasties, Mastoidectomies, Septoplasties, Stapedotomies ,FESS, EDCR, Tonsillectomies and Adenoidectomies further branching into Ear, Nose and Throat is being done.
Head and Neck Surgery catering to both benign and malignant lesions are being done on regular basis.
Beyond FESS the use of Endoscopes for removing Angiofibroma, Sino nasal tumours, Skull base surgery and venturing into endoscopic ear surgery has become a mandate of the department.
Department is trying to get into the ongoing Government run Cochlear Implant programme so that it can further extend its services for betterment of the society.