The Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery provides comprehensive care for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver and the billiary tree.  The department has a 30-bedded ward, which includes a 6-bedded High Dependency Unit. We have daily OPD from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday and 9 AM to 2 PM, on Saturday and provide emergency services round the clock (24x7).

 The theater complex has all modern facilities like Intra-operative Ultrasound,  Intra-operative endoscopes, Image intensifier, CUSA, Radiofrequency Ablator (RF), Choledochoscope and advanced Laparoscopy work station, and this makes this Department at par with any National Centre.

 We emphasize on a team approach, enlisting the cooperation of other departments in providing a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.  We work in close association with Medicine gasroenterology, Critical care, Radiology and Pathology departments.

Besides providing current, efficient and evidence based patient care, the department has a strong academic aptitude. It has formed DIGESTIVE DISEASES FOUNDATION (DDF), which organizes teaching activities and conferences in this field in Bhopal. It coordinates closely with other bodies and doctors of Bhopal in organizing a various seminars and meetings (IDDW 2001, National CME's 2002, 2003,2004, IASG 2003, MPISGCON 2006).

The Department is one of the few centers in the country which has an academic course in GI surgery (DNB GI Surgery and PhD in GI Surgery and Clinical Nutrition). It is also recognized by Johnson and Johnson as the center for advanced laparoscopic training and awards a six month fellowship in the same. It has conducted and participated in several multi-center global clinical trials for multinational drug companies.

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