BMC BUZZ!

An occasional online news letter published by BMC AA and BMC DT VOL 02 N0 04 April 2016

In this issue, we are highlighting the BMCRI Super Specialty Hospital which was built under the PMSSY - Pradhana Mantri Swastya Suraksha Yojana. At present it is headed by Dr. Girish PG who has given a brief note on the hospital and its activities.

In Victoria Hospital, a new Skin Bank also has been established. It is a first facility of its kind in Karnataka and sixth in the Country.

Let me conclude by once again requesting readers for letter, views and contributions. Dr. K M Srinivasa Gowda, Editor

New skin bank to help treat burn victims at Victoria Hospital

Dr. Sharan Prakash R. Patil, Hon’ble Minister for Medical Education, Dr. P.K. Devadass, Dr. Smitha, Dr. K.T. Ramesh are seen in the picture.

A BRIEF NOTE ON BMCRI SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITAL (PMSSY)

Pradhana Mantri Swastya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) is a Central Government Scheme

sanctioned in the financial year 2006 -2007 and launched by the Honourable Prime Minister of

India to upgrade Tertiary Healthcare Speciality and provide quality Medical Education in

Speciality / Super Speciality disciplines across the country.

Super Speciality Hospital was inaugurated by the Honourable Minister for Health and

Family Welfare, Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad, on 18.08.2012.

The aim of BMCRI- Super Speciality Hospital is to provide the best tertiary care to the

patients and to make it as a model patient care centre.

The total built up area is 15000 sq. meters approximately with 5 floors and 210 bed

strength. In this hospital there are Six Super Specialities supported by well equipped

Anaesthesia department

I. Neurology

II. Neurosurgery

III. Plastic Surgery

IV. Cardiology

V. Paediatric Surgery

VI. Surgical Gastro Enterology & Liver Transplantation

Six Modular Operation Theatres and a Cath Lab with latest technology and are well

equipped.

Each department has 5 bedded well equipped Intensive Care Unit, 5 bedded High

Dependency Unit and 20 bedded wards. Other than these, there are 4 Special Wards, 6 Semi-

Special Wards, a Deluxe Room for the VIP’s and a Liver Transplant Isolated Room for the Liver

Transplant recipient.

BMCRI Super Speciality Hospital has implemented E-Hospital; a computer based Hospital

Information Management System (HIMS). Different modules like Out-Patient Registrations, In-

Patient Registrations, Discharges, Pharmacy, Cash Counters, Lab and Radiology information

system, Stores and Purchases, OT Management, Ward and ICU Managements are implemented.

DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY:

The Department of Neurology is headed by Dr. Jagadish B. Agadi. Neurology unit is

fully equipped in terms of man power. DM (Neurology) Super Speciality Post Graduate Course

recognized by Medical Council of India and fellowship course in Neurology recognized by Rajiv

Gandhi University of Health Science are available. The department is running Out-Patient and

In-Patient services. Treatment for all kind of Neurological disorder is available.

This Department is equipped with modern and latest equipments like EEG Machine, ENMG

Machine, and Video EEG monitor to perform all Clinical Electro Physiological procedures like

EEG, ENMG, VEP, BAER and SSEP.

It has a dedicated unit to treat patients with Acute Stroke. This is the first unit in State apart

from NIMHANS to have such facilities.

Botilinum Toxin Therapy is being used for Dystonial and procedures like Muscle and Nerve

Biopsy is being performed.

DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY:

The Department of Neurosurgery is headed by Dr. Balaji S. Pai. The Neurosurgery unit

is also fully equipped in terms of man power. Neurosurgery department has started 3 years

MCH Training Program. The department is running Out-Patient and In-Patient services with

treatment for all kind of Neurological surgery is available.

The Department is equipped with modern and latest equipments like Ultrasonic Aspirators, C-

Arm Machine, High End Pneumatic and Electric Drills and many more to perform all

complicated spine and brain surgeries.

It houses a well established Clinical Skill Centre and holds CME’s monthly. Various workshops

on Micro Neuro Surgery are being held.

DEPARTMENT OF PLASTIC SURGERY:

The Department of Plastic Surgery is headed by Dr. Ramesh K.T. This department is

equipped to restore the form and function of that what is lost by tumor or trauma to as

normal as or better than what could have been. This department work towards restoration to

normalcy of all children affected with congenital malformations of head, neck, limbs, trunk,

like clet lip/palate, polydactyly, syndactyly, absent ears, hypospadias, etc. with the aid of

good nursing and operative facilities.

The State of Art Microsurgery facilities including Operating Microscope and high quality micro-

instruments now provides post trauma and post cancer reconstruction as emergently as the

situation demands allowing a rapid recovery and shorter hospital stay is available.

Replantation of hands, digits, toes, ear, penis, etc. is routinely done by the well equipped

facilities. Aesthetic / Cosmetic surgery facility, latest power assisted liposuction facilities

with availability of rhinoplasty and facelift instruments and equipments to manage

faciomaxillary trauma are available. Scarless surgery facility is also available.

Skin Bank is another milestone that has been achieved by the Plastic Surgery Department.

DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY:

The Department of Cardiology is headed by Dr. Girish P.G. This department has State

of Art and latest technology high end equipment in both invasive and non invasive cardiology.

ECG, 2D Echocardiography, TMT, Holter Monitor, Defebrillators, Haemodynamic Monitors and

its accessories are available.

Catheterization lab facility is available in this department where procedures are done to

diagnose and treat certain heart conditions and where insertion and passage of small plastic

tubes (Catheters) into arteries and veins of heart to obtain X-ray pictures of coronary arteries

and cardiac chambers and to measure the pressure in the heart (Haemodynamis). In this

laboratory Angiography on coronary arteries, Aorta, Pulmonary and Peripheral Vessels could

be performed apart from interventions like Angioplasty with stenting to arteries and veins.

Defibrillators to convert abdominal heart rhythm to sinus by giving DC shock are available.

Facility for TMT (stress test) is available.

ECG facility to diagnose Acute Myocardial Infarction, Chamber Enlargement, and Rhythm

disturbance of electrical activity of heart is available. 2D ECHO, A unique non-invasive method

for imaging the living heart is available.

Holter monitor for continuous record of ECG for 24 hours is available.

DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY:

The Department of Paediatric Surgery is headed by Dr. Anand Alladi. This department

is provided with State of Art Laparoscopic Instruments, the whole set of Paediatric

Endurological Instruments, Optical Bronchoscopes, and Video Monitored Paediatric Gastro-

deudenoscope, Colonoscopy and a Uro-Dynamic machine in the Paediatric Urology Unit. It has

also sufficient teaching and other faculty to conduct various surgical procedures.

The department of Paediatric Surgery provides service to children with all surgical problems

from newborns to adolescents except cardiac surgeries. The services offered by this

department include all neonatal surgeries involving correction of congenital structural

defects; Paediatric Urological problems involving operations related to entire urinary tract

from kidneys; ureters; down to bladder and urethra; Paediatric Airway and Thoracic surgeries,

which range from Bronchoscopy to major surgical procedures for lung abnormalities;

Paediatric Gastrointestinal surgeries ranging from simple appendicectomy to complex staged

repairs for anorectal malformations; hepatobiliary and

pancreatic surgeries for portal hypertension, biliary atrisia, Choledochal cyst and Liver

resections, Splenectomy, Pancreatic drainage and resections; Pediatric Neurosurgical surgeries

like repair of Myelomeningocele, Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus; Paediatric cancers requiring

surgical removal and chemotherapy; Minimally invasive surgery like Laparoscopy and

Thoracoscopy; Common day care surgeries like those for hernia, hydrocele, undescended

testes and circumcision.

DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL GASTRO ENTEROLOGY & LIVER TRANSPLANTATION:

The Department of Surgical Gastro Enterology & Liver Transplantation is been headed

by Dr. Nagesh N.S. This department undertakes Diagnostic, Laparoscopic, open type of

operations for the diseases affecting organs like Liver, Pancreas and Bile ducts. It also has the

facility of conducting surgeries like Liver Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation, and

Intestinal Transplantation for diseases including various types of cancers, infections and

others. Further this department also has facilities for operations for weight reduction called

Bariatric surgery for morbidly obese patients, who have got type 2 diabetes.

The equipments available are Liver Workstation, Thrombo Elastography unit, Video Gastro-

scope; Video Duodeno-scope; Video Colonoscope; C-Arm with IITV; Harmonic scalpels;

Ligasures; High end OT tables & OT lights; Laparoscopes with 3-chip cameras & Hi-definition

monitors (imported); Open surgical instruments imported from Germany; Various types of

surgical staplers-both for open & laparoscopic surgeries; Argon plasma coagulator.

The Department started the Liver Transplantation program since 2015. A dedicated team and

a well equipped Operation Theatre exclusively for Liver Transplantation is available. So far 2

Liver Transplantations are taken up from the department.

DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY:

The Department of Anesthesiology is headed by Dr. Sandhya K. The department is

successfully managing Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery and Surgical Gastro

Entrology cases. So far 4 cadaveric organ retrieval and 2 liver transplants and many

complicated hepatectomies have been done.

They have been successful in handling diverse group of new born to Paediatric patients.

Complicated Micro Neurosurgical cases have been done successfully with the assistance of the

able Anesthetists of this hospital.

Cosmetic and functional Plastic Surgery cases are keenly supported.

ICU and stroke ward care and management is taken up by the Anesthesia department.

Emergency calls and cases are efficiently managed.

BMC&RI Super Speciality Hospital (PMSSY) Statistics from July 2012 to November 2015:

PARTICULARS TOTAL

Out- Patient 277061

In- Patient 12723

Major Surgeries 6212

Minor Surgeries 13491

Cath Lab Procedures 1203

Liver Transplant Cases 2

INVESTIGATIONS

PARTICULARS TOTAL

ECG 32747

ECHO 39763

TMT 2785

EEG 4557

ENMG 3380

VIDEO EEG 75

ABR+VEP 1430

PHYSIOTHERAPY 27723

Pradhana Mantri Swastya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)

Department of Cardiology CATH Lab

Department of Neurosurgery

Operating in the OH-4 Leica microscope

Department of Paediatric Surgery

Department of Anaesthesiology

MY ENTRY INTO BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE ----Dr. M MOHAN KUMAR, 1981 Batch, Physician High Court & Karnataka Dispensary

In 1980 there were only 4 Govt Medical Colleges in the state, getting a merit seat in Govt medical college was tough task .As usual without any tuitions, I finished II years P.U.C in National College Basavangudi Bangalore without any forethought of becoming doctor or engineer .After II P.U.C results. I Applied for Medical College through director medical education and Engineering College through director of technical education and I received the interview letter for both and got a seat in KMC Mani pal and UVCE Bangalore respectively. Interview letter and selection orders are still with me & I have carefully preserved it for my memory. My father did trunk call in those days and enquired about fees in KMC Manipal. The college office told it as RS 10,000/- , As I was elder among 8 Children to my father who was a honest officer told me that he cannot invest RS 10,000 on me, as there are 7 other children to look after .I felt very bad as I missed Govt Medical college by a margin .If I had known earlier I would have put little more effort in PUC and got good marks. All my friends who were studying with me from 5th standard got Govt Medical College Seats I started pestering my father to join me to KMC Manipal, but he did not oblige .He joined me to UVCE for BE Civil Engineering by paying RS 50 fee. I was going to Engineering College by Wearing Khaki dress with T square feeling disappointed. My father who was director for Burean of Economics and statics department went and met then director of Medical education Dr. YP Rudrappa regarding transfer of my 1st year seat from KMC Mani pal to BMC Bangalore, due to my pressure. I was preparing for my Engineering Exams and one fine day, when I came from Engineering College in the afternoon to house I saw an ordinary post from DME which my mother gave in to me stating that some letter has come as she was illiterate I read in letter that you are selected to 1st year MBBS in BMC. I can’t imagine that day how happy. I was next day I went to lord venkateshwara temple with my father opposite to BMC, prayed lord venkateshwara our house diety and then went to BMC office and enquired about procedure for admission later I went UVCE ,took my original marks cards got admission to BMC in march 1981, 50 members odd batch which was sanction by Govt. As I had already completed 6months and got adjusted in Engineering, my friends felt bad as I am leaving the college. In BMC first day of college I once again went to lord venkateshwara temple and prayed for my success and entered the college. On first day I was very nervous and afraid of the atmosphere. I was made to stand in front of cadaver in Anatomy Dissection hall, where formalin odour caused me irritation and tears in my eyes, later on I purchased Apron, dissection set and bone set from privithi Book stores and my medical journey in BMC began Dr.Krishnaiah urs, Dr. T Rajeshwari were my teacher’s in Anatomy, Dr. Mukbool Ahmed, Dr. puttaraye, Dr. Nanjundaiah and Dr. Sharada were my Teacher’s in physiology Dr. Kantharaj was my Teacher in Biochemistry If I remember correctly long live BMC.