Department of Anaesthesia

Services Offered

  • Pre–operative check up
  • Post-operative recovery
  • Chronic pain management
  • Palliative pain control as part of end of life care
  • Labour analgesia including epidural anaesthesia/analgesia

Methods of pain management

  • Pharmacologic measures, such as analgesics, tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsants
  • Interventional procedures like epidural injections, facet joint injections, blocks, intrathecal drug
  • Physiotherapy and exercise, application of ice and/or heat, Trans cutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Psychological measures, such as biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy