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Department of Surgery
This
department is a large teaching department in the country both in terms of clinical
services provided and the surgery training program. The department examines over
100,000 patients each year. It performs about 6000 major and 12000 minor operations
every year. A variety of diagnostic and interventional surgical, laparoscopic
and endoscopic procedures are performed. The department has a very active teaching
schedule for residents besides conducting refresher courses; it also provides
opportunity for observership for those from other departments and elsewhere in
the state and country.