PATHOLOGY

Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek, pathos which may be translated into English as either “experience” or “suffering” and logia – “An account of” or “the study of”. Pathology refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological. Pathologies (or pathoses) is synonymous with diseases. The suffix “path” is used to indicate a state of disease.

Pathology addresses four components of disease: cause/etiology, mechanisms of development (pathogenesis), structural alterations of cells (morphologic changes), and the consequences of changes (clinical manifestations).

RADIOLOGY

The branch or specialty of medicine that deals with the study and application of imaging technology like x-ray and radiation to diagnosing and treating disease. The Department of Radiology is a highly specialized, full-service department which strives to meet all patient and clinician needs in diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapies.

STRESS TEST

Stress testing provides information about how your heart works during physical stress. Some heart problems are easier to diagnose when your heart is working hard and beating fast.

During stress testing, you exercise (walk or run on a treadmill or pedal a stationary bike) to make your heart work hard and beat fast. Tests are done on your heart while you exercise.

You might have arthritis or another medical problem that prevents you from exercising during a stress test. If so, your doctor may give you medicine to make your heart work hard, as it would during exercise. This is called a pharmacological (FAR-ma-ko-LOJ-ih-kal) stress test

2D ECHO

Echocardiography is a very precise method to detect the hearts movement and shape. It is a non-invasive technique that uses sonar to study the motion and appearance of the valves. The patient is asked to lie down and remove clothing from the waist up. A sheet of paper or cloth is used to cover the patient. Electrodes will then be placed on the patient's body. The patient might be asked to breathe in a certain way or be asked to lie on ones side to best help the test be performed successfully. A gel is applied to the chest followed by a transducer i.e. a machine that sends and receives sound which is placed on the body over the heart and measures distance to produce the visual representation of the heart on a monitor. How the visuals appear in a 2d echo test and a 3d echo test will depend on the machine used. Though only a trained sonographer is required to perform the test, a cardiologist will best interpret the results.

ULTRASONOGRAPHY

Ultrasonography uses high-frequency sound (ultrasound) waves to produce images of internal organs and other tissues. A device called a transducer converts electrical current into sound waves, which are sent into the body’s tissues. Sound waves bounce off structures in the body and are reflected back to the transducer, which converts the waves into electrical signals. A computer converts the pattern of electrical signals into an image, which is displayed on a monitor and recorded on film, on videotape, or as a digital computer image. No x-rays are used.

Ultrasonography is painless, relatively inexpensive, and considered very safe, even during pregnancy.

DIALYSIS UNIT

Dialysis refers to a treatment that performs some of the same things done by healthy kidneys. It is needed when your own kidneys can no longer take care of your body’s needs.

When is dialysis needed?

You need dialysis when you develop end stage kidney failure –usually by the time you lose about 85 to 90 percent of your kidney function.

What does dialysis do?

Like healthy kidneys, dialysis keeps your body in balance.

PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST (PFT)

Pulmonary function tests are a broad range of tests that measure how well the lungs take in and exhale air and how efficiently they transfer oxygen into the blood.

Spirometry measures how well the lungs exhale. The information gathered during this test is useful in diagnosing certain types of lung disorders, but is most useful when assessing for obstructive lung diseases (especially asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD).

Lung volume measurement detects restrictive lung diseases. In this set of diseases, a person cannot inhale a normal volume of air. Restrictive lung diseases may be caused by inflammation or scarring of the lung tissue (interstitial lung disease) or by abnormalities of the muscles or skeleton of the chest wall.

LAMINAR UNIT & MINOR OT

OT services (major, intermediate, minor and Day-care OT services)are provided by the department of General Surgery under Gastrointestinal surgery, Open Urology, Pediatric surgery, Neurosurgery, Endourology surgery and Laparoscopy Surgery. Major Operations are performed in ten sessions in major OT and 4 sessions per week in day care OT. Laparoscopic surgeries are routine in this institute and laparoscopic and lap assisted surgeries are becoming more common now. Endourology services are now in full swing with procedures like: cystoscopy, optical internal urethrotomy, TURBT, TURP, Ureteroscopy and Intra-corporal shock wave lithotripsy (ICSWL). Minor OT procedures under department of Dermatology are skin biopsies, electrocautery, molluscum needling, pairing, intralesional steroid, chemical peeling/cautery, slit skin smear for AFB, come done extraction, radiocautery, CO2 laser, podophylline application, nail avulsion/biopsy, patch and photopatch test, KOH mounting, PUVA/NB-PUVA, dressing, vitiligo surgery, etc.

I.C.U UNIT

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a unit in the hospital where seriously ill patients are cared for by specially trained staff. The ICU staff includes doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, physical therapists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, social workers, and chaplains.

Seriously ill patients require close observation and monitoring. Specially trained nurses care for one or two patients at a time, each shift. ICU doctors are specially trained critical care doctors. Patients may have special equipment in their room, depending on their unique situation and condition. The equipment in the ICU may seem overwhelming. Patients are connected to machines to monitor their heart, blood pressure, and respiratory rate. Ventilators (breathing machines) assist some patients with breathing until they are able to breathe on their own.

SPECIAL & COMPLETE HEALTH CHECKUP PLAN

We offers special and complete health checkup plans for individuals, family and corporate, to serve them better.

IN HOUSE PHARMACY

In house 27X7 pharmacy for patients who offers all medicines and other relevant medical treatment equipments.

DOPPLER

Doppler ultrasound helps diagnose many conditions including blood clots, poor functioning valves, heart valve defects and congenital heart disease, blocked artery and much more.