General Medicine

About the Department & Specialty:

Established : 2003

The department of Medicine was established in 2003. The department consists of five units and offers advanced care in Internal Medicine & critical care. The department has experienced senior faculty with 2-3 decades of teaching and young dynamic Associate professors and Professors .Many of the faculty have received BLS, ACLS and ventilator courses. On an average they recorded around 25% rise in patient care statistics. The department has speciality services like Nephrology, Pulmonology, Cardiology , Geriatrics , Endocrinology, Rheumatology. Both UG and PG teaching schedules by the department are well structured and research oriented and fully complying with NMC guidelines.

Disease Profile Treated:

24 hours casualty services
ICU & CCU round the clock
24 hours Radiology services
Well-equipped interventional cardiology in association with SDM NH
Well established Dialysis

Timings & Holidays

Outpatient (OPD) :

Monday to Saturday – 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

Sundays & Public Holidays – Not Available

Emergency – 24*7

Services Available

Outpatient Services

General OPD:

Timings & Schedule – 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

Special OPD:

Timings & Schedule – 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

Inpatient Services

General ward admissions

Patients with general ailments involving Respiratory, Cardiac, Metabolic, Infective conditions and who are otherwise stable, are treated in these wards.

Intensive Care Unit

Patients who are critically ill and require round the clock monitoring of vitals, are treated in ICU.

Special Services

Physiotherapy

Diagnostic Services

Digital X- RAY
HRUSG, colour Doppler
ECG, 2D ECHO, TMT, Coronary angiogram and revascularization procedures. With collaboration from NH
3D CT scan and MRI
CSF, pleural, ascitic and pericardial fluid aspiration and analysis
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, liver, renal and pleural biopsy

High Dependency Unit

Patients who are not stable but not requiring ICU stay , are treated in these wards.

Emergency

Patients coming to hospital who appear to be sick and unstable and require immediate evaluation and resuscitation are seen in the emergency department, once stabilised they are shifted to concerned wards.

Facilities

Outpatient Department:
i) Consultation – Regular outpatient consultation

ii) Procedure – ECG, GRBS and other investigations that can be done on an outpatient basis

iii) Other – Ryle’s tube , catheter replacement etc

General ward:

i) Beds Availability:

— Male Medical ward

— Female Medical ward

ii) Staff Availability:

— Clinical Assistants

— Nursing Staff

— Office Assistants

— Co-Ordinators

High Dependency Unit:
i) Beds Availability
Emergency:
The concerned information will be provided by Emergency department

Awards & Achievements

Doctors from the Medicine Department led the SDM team in successfully treating the dreaded pandemic Covid-19.
Dr. Kiran Aithal, Professor & HOD felicitated by API Hubli- Dharwad for his work & contribution, during COVID pandemic.