Department of General Surgery, Father Muller Medical College Hospital provides comprehensive care in the various General Surgical, Laparoscopic and Oncological diseases. We have surgical faculty managing the outpatient department and the emergency departments round the clock including Sundays and national holidays.
Department of General Surgery is equipped with Endoscopy and Colonoscopy units which help in diagnosis and biopsy of various gastrointestinal diseases and malignancies and also in therapeutic interventions like Banding, Sclerotherapy, Snaring and ERCP.
The Department has a high definition laparoscopic unit and trained Laproscopic Surgeons conducting various G.I., Colorectal, Hernia and Gall Bladder related Laproscopic Surgery with excellent results.
Department of General Surgery is also supported by various sub specialities like Paediatric Surgery, Neuro Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Onco Surgery.
The Department is well equipped with latest instruments in the operation theatre like harmonic scalpel, CUSA and argon bean coagulators for liver surgery and have a good surgical post operative ward where round the clock care is provided to patients in terms of pain relief and nursing care. We also have association with Physiotherapists and Dieticians in order to help in early mobilization and recovery of patients. We also have day care wards to help in early discharge of patients admitted for minor procedures.
Regular community outreach programs are being conducted in form of camps, talks by faculty to general public, TV talk shows.
Various insurance schemes like Vajpayee Arogya Schemes for BPL card holders which cover up the treatment cost of malignant diseases for free are also available. In addition there is Rajiv Arogya Bhagya for APL card holders, Yashaswini, E.S.I., Sampoorna Suraksha and other private insurance schemes which benefit the patient in availing maximum health care at affordable cost.
The Department has surgeons with several years experience and also with adequate knowledge and experience in Laparoscopic Surgery which helps in providing latest treatment option in patient care.
We treat patients with compassion and care keeping up to our motto HEAL AND COMFORT.
Sl.No | Head of the Department | Year |
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1 | Dr. B.Rathnakar Hegde | 03-06-1994 to 15-01-2001 |
2 | Dr. S.Raghunath Shetty | 16-01-2001 to 31-07-2006 |
3 | Dr. H.Divakar Shenoy | 01-08-2006 to 31-08-2008 |
4 | Dr. P.Sathyamoorthy Aithala | 01-09-2008 to 31-08-2012 |
5 | Dr. Erel A Diaz | 01-09-2012 to 31-10-2016 |
6 | Dr. Leo Francis Tauro | 01-11-2016 to 01-11-2020 |
7 | Dr. Clement R. S. D'souza | 02-11-2020 to till date |
Sl.No | Name of the Student | Rank | Year |
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1 | Dr. Aruna C.M. | Gold Medal | 2014-2015 |
2 | Dr. Sahanashree. | 8th rank | 2018-2019 |