The department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care is responsible for training undergraduate and postgraduate students in Anaesthesia. It also undertakes research and provides services to almost all departments of the hospital. The services include the provision of perioperative Anaesthetic care of all surgical patients (including medical patients requiring invasive investigations), some aspects of palliative care, pain management, resuscitation and management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.

Functions:

The department provides a wide range of services to various clinical departments of the hospital as follows:

1. Main operating theatre complex: Elective anaesthetic services are provided to seven (7) surgical subspecialties and emergency anaesthetic services to ENT and Neurosurgery.
   2. Urology theatre: Provision of Elective anaesthetic services to Urology, Paediatric and Organ transplant surgical procedures.
   3. Obstetrics and Gynaecology theatre complex: Anesthetic services for elective and emergency Obstetrics and Gynecological procedures are provided in this unit. The unit also provides anaesthesia for emergency neonatal surgeries 24/7
   4. Ophthalmic theatre suite: Anaesthesia for both elective and emergency ophthalmic surgeries, especially in a paediatric age group, is administered in this unit.
   5. A & E theatre: Emergency anaesthetic services for almost all surgical subspecialties are provided in this unit. Furthermore, intermediate elective and day-case anaesthetic services are provided during working hours when there are no emergencies.
   6. Intensive care unit: This unit provides supportive care to critically ill patients from all clinical departments with 24hr coverage by a Physician Anaesthetist (minimum of Senior Registrar).
   7. Out-of-theatre Anaesthetic services: Departments that currently benefit from
   these services are:
   ¾ Radiology: Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic imaging (CT scan and Angiography)
   ¾ Medicine: Central venous cannulation for dialysis patients.
   ¾ Psychiatry: Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
   ¾ Diagnostic Centre: Sedation for day-case investigations.
                                                      

                                                     INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
The unit manages critical patients of the hospital and neighbouring institutions even from other states. It is the only public unit that provides standard intensive care in the country or at least the northern region. For this reason, other institutions send their staff or students for further training with us. 

OBJECTIVES/CORE VALUES OF THE DEPARTMENTS:
• Optimal, prompt and safe Patient care will continue to be our main focus.
• international best practices will be our target in all our standard of care.
• Democratic approach to all affairs of the department.
• Giving Academics its due priority despite the challenge of our tight nature of work.
• Ensure standards in teaching, service and research and be an exemplary department in the country.
• Collaboration with sister departments to uplift our academic and patient management standards.