Anesthesiology department has state of the art fully functional operation theatres, which are utilized by all clinical departments carrying out surgical procedures. Anesthesiology is the medical specialty deals with pharmacologic, physiologic, and clinical basis of anesthesia and related fields, including resuscitation, intensive respiratory care, and the management of acute and chronic pain. The subject focuses on preoperative medicine and the administration of anesthesia. One of the fundamental practices of anesthesiologists is that of general anesthesia in which a person is placed in a reversible medical coma to performed surgery without the individual responding to pain during surgery. If general anesthesia is not necessary, then regional anesthesia can be performed to induce analgesia in a region of the body.

The department provides a high standard of clinical services and academic activities and runs 5-6 busy operating theaters daily for elective surgical procedures in addition to emergency surgery. The department also offers obstetric pain relief and anesthesia for surgical delivery. Anesthesiologists manage surgical patients in general intensive care unit. Other clinical services include anesthesia for day surgery, requests in the Radiology Department and for postoperative pain relief. The department maintains quality care by continuous quality improvement activities that review and implement approved policies and procedures.

To be the center for training future professionals of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine by promoting critical ethical thinking, challenging the boundaries of knowledge, fostering compassion and developing creativity and independence of the mind through interdisciplinary partnerships.

To achieve excellence in patient care, education and research, meeting the health care needs of our patients and health care partners.