General Medicine Department offers comprehensive primary care services in an outpatient setting along with providing complete care to hospitalized patients suffering from a broad range of ailments. General Medicine department collaborates with other specialities in dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of various communicable and non-communicable diseases. The hospital has the expertise seasoned through 5 decades of handling a large number of critically ill patients with high standards of clinical care through Multi-disciplinary and evidence-based approach.
Life style disease like hypertension, diabetes, Dyslipidemia are given focussed care to prevent future complication and modern modalities like ABPM (Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring) and CGM(continuous glucose monitoring) are available as OPD service for better blood pressure and diabetes control. Long term care for geriatric patients , palliative care patients and critically ill patients like post stroke patients, motor neuron disease and those needing ventillatory support are also given.
Department provides efficient support services to other specialities by attending to cross-referrals and carrying out procedures like pleural tapping, lumbar puncture, ascitic tapping and bone marrow aspiration. The team also provides health education and expert counseling to the patients and their attendants in order to facilitate speedy recovery.