The Department of General Surgery deals with a range of surgical ailments and emergencies. In addition to treating minor swellings, the surgeons are adept at complex abdominal surgeries and trauma cases. Most abdominal surgeries are performed through laparoscopy (keyhole surgery). Backing this team of highly skilled surgeons, trained nurses and technicians and state-of-the-art operation theatres equipped with the latest technology.

Our department takes care of various surgical emergencies like acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, intestinal obstruction, trauma, abscesses, carbuncles, gangrene and necrotizing fasciitis, patients with sepsis due to surgical conditions. Our department acts as a tertiary referral unit for these emergency cases. Patients are received in our well-equipped casualty department and are operated upon, if required. Peri-operatively, these patients are treated in our intensive care unit or in wards.

Our consultants routinely attend national and international conferences to remain abreast with the recent knowledge and to present our work. As a part of training, we have regular academic activities in the department.

We perform surgeries for various indications like hernia (Inguinal, incisional, umbilical etc. by both open and laparoscopic approach), hydrocele, emorrhoids (piles), issure in-ano, enlarged lymph nodes, lipomas and other skin swellings, breast and axilla lumps, neck swellings including thyroid and parotid gland swellings, etc. Besides these, we offer holistic treatment for diabetic foot, peripheral vascular disease. We perform both open and laparoscopic surgeries for gall-stones, appendicitis and hernias.