..Surgical Department..

The Surgical OPD is located on the ground floor in close proximity to the emergency theater.

The OPD consists of 6 consultation rooms that are designed and equipped to international standards and comprises of a with surgical secretariat and a dressing room.

The Emergency mini theatre is located on the ground floor near the ETU and MO OPD area.

The mini theater is equipped with theater bed and lighting. It has been designed to maintain sterility with patient and surgeons dressing and scrub areas.

Main procedures include cases that require only local anesthesia such as removal of sebaceous cysts, Lymphomas, excision of lumps, removal of foreign bodies, biopsies , bone marrow aspirations as well as surgical dressings.

All the staff are trained in theater handling and have been transferred from main theater units after intensive training.

The SICU is located in the 1st floor within the ICU complex (MICU, CCU, SICU) and is a dedicated ICU for surgical patients. At the SICU all nursing staff are especially trained in surgical care and are developed on an on going basis on surgical care. As a result, nursing care at the SICU is one to one.

Maintenance of sterility and prevention of Surgical Side Infection is considered of prime importance and as a protocol no infected cases are accepted into the SICU. Thorough cleaning is frequently done with culture swabs with the coordination of the infection control unit. Currently infection rate is ‘0’.

In striving for clinical excellence 2 wings in 6th floor has been dedicated to surgical patients (single room facility). All general ward patents are managed in the 4th A wing where 6 beds are allocated to Neuro and ENT patients.

All nurses have undergone especial surgical training and continuous training is being carried out to enhance their knowledge not only in medical care but also other areas in a bid to achieve service excellence and better patient handling.

Newlife Hospitals currently has 5 theaters and the Theater complex is situated on the 2nd floor and is divided in to 2 main areas