The Department of Anaesthesiology was established in the year 1988 in Sri Devaraj Urs Medical
College, Kolar as a part of the R L Jalappa Hospital and Research Centre. Anaesthesiology is a
medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and
immediately after the surgery. Anesthesia department not only caters anaesthetic services in
the theatre but also extends care to patients suffering with chronic pain, critical care services in
the ICU and non – operating room services to endoscopic suites and patients requiring imaging
(CT, MRI).
Surgery and critical illness are events that are taxing and disturbing to the patients and the
entire family. Anesthesiologist is a perioperative physician and is pivotal in providing a safe
surgical environment. Anesthesiologists constantly strive to make sure that the patients get the
best of care during the surgical procedures and managing patients during the critical illness.
