Medicine

Emergency Services

The Emergency Ward (Previously Ward No 20, now # 021 - emergency room) has 10 beds and is located on the ground floor next to casualty. This is staffed by lecturers and resident doctors round the clock. Patients requiring urgent attention are first seen by the casualty officer and then referred to the emergency ward. Here, they are evaluated by the doctor on duty and a decision is made regarding admission to the various wards like general ward, Medical ICU, ICCU etc. Specialist opinion may also be obtained prior to admission. Emergency cases - the very seriously ill, are initially admitted to this ward and stabilized before being shifted to other areas of the hospital.

The emergency services are managed by the 6 medical units as follows :

Day	Unit Head	Other Consultants
Monday	Dr. L S Bichile	Dr. A.Sonawale, Dr. V.Chewoolkar
Tuesday	Dr. M.Y.Nadkar	Dr. R Singh
Wednesday	Dr. T P Medhekar	Dr. S Salagare, Dr. K.Borole
Thursday	Dr. A R Pazare	Dr. R.N.Sahay, Dr. S.Bajpai
Friday	Dr. D R Karnad	Dr. V M Kothari, Dr.R.V.Sonawane
Saturday	Dr. S S Mehta	Dr. A.G.Rajadhyaksha, Dr. D.Atre Singh
Sunday	One of the above 6 units - each unit gets a turn once in 6 weeks
Each unit manages emergency ward from 8.00am to 8.00am the next day.

Average work load :

Approximately 400-600 patients are referred here every day and 80-100 patients require admission to the emergency ward. In the year 2005-2006 more than one lac patients were referred to the Emergency room for treatment and more than 2000 patients were admitted in the emergency ward.