Department of Medicine
Department of Internal medicine is geared to provide a foundation on which allied medical specialties can be built upon. As a first point of contact for any patient who seeks a medical advice as an out-patient or in accident & emergency department the internist is trained to have a holistic approach towards a patient, analyzing various health related issues and seek advice from his supervisors and other colleagues with highly specialized skills to offer comprehensive and best possible management plan for the patient.The internal medicine department comprises of five medical units including four postgraduate teaching units and one specialist medical unit. Each unit has its independent working team of consultants with their own special interests including gastroenterology, nephrology and rheumatology etc. They are assisted by senior registrars and post graduate trainee registrars and house officers. Each medical unit has capacity of 40 beds with 36 hours emergency and 12 hours outpatient working rota per week. Although its a nominal capacity, occupancy rate is often more than 100% by addition of beds. Huge patient turn over in A&E department often forces a rapid patient turnover compromising the ability of the teacher to demonstrate disease evolution to the patient.
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