Category Archives: Department

department of pediatrics

Paediatrics

Department of Paediatrics headed by Dr. Adarsh. E, has been a platform for medical professionals and is been establishing as a center of excellence by training students with a sense of social commitment, ethical values and high standards, through continual improvement of medical services. The department favors a conducive environment for learning by providing excellent care for neonates and children. Our tertiary care center provides optimal care for all cases encompassing all the specialties of pediatrics. The residents are trained to be compassionate and are exposed to clinical details including the latest development in pediatric field.

dpt-medicine

General Medicine

Department of General Medicine caters the needs of Undergraduate, Postgraduate students and provides round the clock patient related services. On the education front the dedicated faculty in the department are actively involved in providing need based learning and good clinical skill development of both Undergraduate & Postgraduates students. Clinical Research is given top priority. The faculties are involved in clinical research and guiding the undergraduate and Post Graduate students in various research activities. On the patient front the department provides outpatient services, round the clock emergency services, services and regular inpatient services.

dpt-Orthopaedics

Orthopaedics

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT -2004

ONLY Orthopaedic department in the Karnataka state to get ICMR project

  • Excellent and Dedicated Faculty
  • Post-graduate students committed to learning
  • State of the art Equipments
  • Fully equipped Central Research Laboratory
  • Keeping abreast with recent trends and new procedures and implementing the same.
  • UG (MBBS) Annual intake-250
  • PG (MS- Orthopaedics) Annual intake-08
dpt-anaesthesia

Anaesthesiology

The modern anaesthesia is comparatively of recent origin dating back to a century and half, before which “Surgery was an agony”. Introduction of general Anaesthesia in 1846 (W.T.A.Morton), combined with aseptic techniques, permitted increasingly extensive and complex operations to be performed. Present day monitoring facilities and pain relief made the Sevier safe.
Duties of the department of Anaesthesia have extended beyond operating rooms to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, critical care and pain management services. The department of Anaesthesiology has a significant role in surgeries. The department utilizes the most advanced equipments to cater to the varied requirements of patients undergoing various medical and surgical procedures and treatment. The Anaesthesiology team comprises specialist doctors with training in hemodynamic monitoring, management of Thoracic and Lumbar pain blocks under ultrasound guidance, fiberoptic intubation and intra and post-operative ventilator management.
We have an excellent infrastructure with 17 fully equipped air conditioned operation theatres. It comprises with remote controlled tables, LED shadow less lights with cameras beaming the proceedings along with audio in our demonstration room. We have fully automated Anaesthesia workstations with multi-paramonitors in every OT; specialized equipment like nerve locator, nerve mapper, fiberscope, and a difficult intubation cart.
We also have an Anesthesia museum depicting the history of Anaesthesia and its evolvement to present today. We provide ICU care with 10 ventilators for patient requiring ventilator support including non invasive ventilation and BIPAP machines. Department of Anaesthesia has been in frontline in managing critical ill Covid–19 patients during the pandemic.

dpt-community-medicine

Community Medicine

Dept of Community Medicine has incorporated Training, Preventive Promotive and Curative Services inclusive of Research Projects.


Dept of Community Medicine Is being updated as per National Medical Commission to train as per the recent Competency Based Medical Education.


Teaching Faculty of Dept of Community Medicine are competent as per National Medical Commission to train Undergraduates, Post – Graduates and allied Health course Students. In this regard the Dept is updated regarding Practical Classes, Field based Activities, Research Projects, Observation of Important World Health Days, Specialist Health Camps, etc


Recent Research and Academic Activities of Dept of Community Medicine are as follows:
  • Covid 19 Vaccination – Covishield Vaccine – Administered to 7000+ – Inclusive of Staff & Students.
  • ICMR Project –Effectiveness of BCG Vaccination in reducing Morbidity & Mortality in Elderly Individuals in Covid 19 Hotspots in India
  • Staff & PG’s of Community Medicine – Coordinated with BBMP Task Force Surveillance , IEC – Information-Education- Communication & Primary & Secondary Contact Tracing Activities in RajaRajeswari Nagar & Bangarappanagara Government Health Centre – UHTC Field Practice Area
  • Counseling & Tele ICU support provided by Junior Doctors under Directorate of Medical Education after Training.
  • Participated in State Surveillance Task Force Committee Managing Data Base, Information-Education & Communication
  • Discussions held in Ramanagara DC Office on 01/07/2020 & Micro – Plan – Finalized – Zone wise IEC – Information Education Program, Fever Surveillance, ILI & SARI Screening – Zone – wise – PHCs, Monitoring of Patients under Quarantine – by Interns – by Rotation.
  • Hospital – Covid 19 Patients – Data – Base Documentation.
  • Urban Health Training Centre– Field Practice Area, Channasandra, Uttarahalli Main Road, Bengaluru – Awareness Program for Employees of Indo-America at 2 locations. Urban Health Training Centre – Functioning as Fever Surveillance Centre & Referral center.
  • Rapid serological survey to assess the Burden of Covid 19 among Urban Slum Population in Bengaluru City funded by RGUHS.
  • Specialist Health Camps Conducted in Bengaluru Urban & Bengaluru Rural Districts in Coordination with Dept of Health & Family Welfare – Govt of Karnataka under RBSK – Rashtriya Bala Swasthya Karyakrama under Mother & Child Health Programme.
  • Observation of World Health Days like World TB Day, World AIDS Day, World Breast Feeding Week etc.
    Dept Funded Projects :
  • ICMR Project –Effectiveness of BCG Vaccination in reducing Morbidity & Mortality in Elderly Individuals in Covid 19 Hotspots in India.
  • UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAAN – Rural Development of Villages –Project – Under Ministry Human Resource Development (MHRD), IIT NEW Delhi – initiated @ Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC) – K R Halli.
dpt-Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

The department began its services in the year 2005 as a part of RajaRajeswari Medical College & Hospital, on the outskirts of Bangalore, for villages in and around Kengeri and RajaRajeswari Nagar. Our Ophthalmology (eye) department is registered under District Blindness Control Society and has a successful record of offering the best possible care for our patients. We conduct eye screening camps every week in Kumbalgudo, Kengeri, Sullikere, Bangarapanagara, Kengeri upanagara through which we provide free treatment. We provide services to about 100 out patients every day. We have two ophthalmic units which are functioning and provide all necessary care for all ocular disorders. We run specialty clinics twice a week which includes cornea clinic, retina clinic, glaucoma clinic, squint and pediatric ophthalmology clinic. We also provide medical retina services. We have an operation theater which is well equipped with latest phaco machines and operating microscope. We provide a variety of ocular surgeries including cataract, glaucoma, Keratoplasty, pterygium, squint correction surgeries, pediatric cataract surgeries, DCT and vitreo- retinal surgeries, beside laser treatments. The department conducts outreach programs and school screening camps every now and then; it is also involved in Tele-ophthalmology services. Our Ophthalmology department also has a functioning Eye Bank Facility. We also take pride in educating and gifting tomorrow’s best ophthalmologists to the country. The department has a grand library with national and international journals on ophthalmology.

dpt-ent

ENT

  • Microscopic ear and advanced hearing solutions/cochlear implantation.
  • Endoscopic nose, sinus and skull base surgeries.
  • Micro laryngeal Surgery & Phonosurgery.
  • Head & Neck oncology.
  • Sleep and snoring surgery.
  • Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.
  • Facial Plastic & Reconstructive surgery.
  • Vertigo and Allergology.
Rehabilitation programme by audiology wing
  • Rehabilitation programme by audiology wing
  • Voice rehab – symptomatic treatment and vocal hygiene programmes.
  • Fluency therapy
  • Articulation and sound drilling training
  • Child Language rehabilitation – autism, adhd, hearing loss, DSL, CP and learning disability
  • Adult Language rehabilitation – aphasia and dysarthria.
  • Swallowing rehabilitation.
dpt-pharmacology

Pharmacology

Department of Pharmacology strives to train undergraduate and post graduate students of the college in pharmacology. We believe that a good physician has to be a good pharmacologist too. The Department has a vibrant post graduate teaching program catering to various aspects of experimental and clinical pharmacology. The training is conducted so as to produce a blend of traditional skills along with a modern outlook so that the trainees can start from scratch on any drug related issue and are capable to take the matter to logical conclusion. We help our students to gain a thorough knowledge of medications, such as various routes of administration, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, adverse drug reactions and dosage schedules. Hands on practical training of Drug Assays and Pharmacometrics are supported by thoughtfully planned seminars, workshops. Students understand the general principles of drug action and select, prescribe suitable drugs according to the need of the patient. They are guided to use rational drug combinations judiciously in the best interest of the patient. Students are made to appreciate the essential drug concepts and translate that in terms of drug needs for a given community. The faculties and post graduate trainees undertake and participate in research projects in addition to their teaching work. The Department also inculcates and encourages research aptitude in undergraduate students and helps them to undertake short term studentship research projects. With well-qualified and experienced faculty guiding them, students can look forward to an interesting course. The faculty keep themselves up-to-date by participating in national and international conferences and-presenting scientific papers. This in turn keeps students updated.
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Forensic Medicine

The Forensic Medicine Department is dedicated to the study and subsequent application of several areas of the medical sciences which are applied to Human Body in order to assist the law for investigating a crime so that a full plausible reconstruction of the events in a crime like murder, sexual assault, poisoning or natural deaths could be made certain beyond reasonable doubt. It also deals with the concept of imparting knowledge of Medico-Legal responsibilities to the treating physician and various problems pertaining to the practice of legal medicine.


The curriculum includes syllabus on Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Pathology, Viscera Packing Application of Anthropology, Toxicology, etc. The department is vested with a good laboratory having adequate Microscopes and Specimens. Clinical Forensic Median services, Medico legal Postmortems in the Mortuary, Toxicology lab works, Court related works also come under the department.


All autopsies and examination of human tissues is done by the Forensic Medicine Department with the help from other departments in the Medical Institute itself. The Examination of Physical Evidence, Toxicological Analyses, DNA testing including tests for blood stains, narco-analysis, brain mapping etc are done at the Forensic Laboratories run usually by the State or Central Government or other special centers set up for this purpose.


The application of Forensic Medicine plays a crucial role in police and crime investigations making the work done by the medico on duty crucial to investigation of the crime.


RajaRajeswari Medical College & Hospital, through this Department,
  • to meet the National Objective of skills in all related matters, being sensitive to ethical/ moral duties & ability to draw conclusions from autopsy work, Treating Poisoning Cases & Managing Clinical Forensic Medicine tasks. The curriculum followed is according to the requirements of the Medical Council of India Requirements & in accordance with the course prescribed by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
  • Provides Eye Donation
  • Provides for Post Graduate Studies
  • Provides all Post Mortem Examination services(Cost Free)

With an overall aim to train the medical undergraduates within the national objectives pertaining to Medico-legal responsibilities, this department unequivocally makes attempts to provide the best learning opportunities within its setup & within the required timeframe. Responsibility in service and research are two other responsibilities taught to students by the department.


The department does this by conducting classes for the medical student’s uncle and teaching them how to carry out medico-legal autopsies as per requests from the p provide embalming services, provide consultation and help in the casualty regarding medico-legal cases and carrying out research activities.


The department is vested with a good laboratory having adequate microscopes, charts and museums displaying models and specimens. Clinical forensic medicine services, medico-legal postmortems in the mortuary, toxicology lab work, court related work also come under the Department of Forensic Medicine.


A future plan includes establishing Eye bank and skin bank for organ transplantation.

dpt-microbiology

Microbiology

Microbiology as a subject imparts knowledge about various microorganisms as a causative factor for inducing a disease. Department of Microbiology functions in two division’s mainly Clinical microbiology and Academics. Clinical microbiology is a multidisciplinary unit comprising of Immunology, Parasitology, Bacteriology, Virology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology and Serology. The department is well equipped with adequate academic resources, spacious lecture halls, museum and laboratory and departmental library.

The Department of Microbiology is part of RajaRajeswari Medical College and Hospital Laboratory services which offers various modalities for diagnosis of infectious diseases.

We have a dynamic group of microbiologists who strive to provide timely and accurate reports to aid in patient care. Along with the conventional diagnostic techniques, rapid tests and state of the art automated equipment with latest technologies have been incorporated into the laboratory services. Apart from diagnostics, academic and research work forms a major component of the departmental activities. Continual medical education in the form of workshops and conferences are held every year.

Adding a feather to its cap the department of Microbiology has the Prestigious NABL Accreditation.

Microbiology as a subject imparts knowledge about various microorganisms as a causative factor for inducing a disease. Department of Microbiology functions in two division’s mainly Clinical microbiology and Academics. Clinical microbiology is a multidisciplinary unit spanning of Immunology, Parasitology, Bacteriology, Virology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology, Entomology and Serology. The department is well equipped with adequate academic resources, spacious lecture halls, museum and laboratory and departmental library.

The already well equipped lab is now in the process of inducting advanced systems such as BACTEC, BACTALERT, FLOWCYTOMETRY, PCR etc. In co-ordination with other departments, the microbiology Department is also involved in nation health programs such as RNTCP for tuberculosis, NLEP for leprosy and ICTC for HIV.