The Department of Anaesthesia is a vital part of
Rayhan Medical Complex.It provides a comprehensive range of Anaesthesia
services to its patients and is operated by a team of highly skilled,
experienced and dedicated consultants. The Department utilizes the most
state-of-the-art technology to provide an outstanding level of Anaesthesia.
Anaesthesia related care and pain service for its patients. Consultant based services are provided in
accordance with the International Standards. All the medical professionals
understand and respect traditions, customs, values and religion of the Arabian
people. Their obligation is to uphold the fundamental rights of all patients.
These principles are embraced and incorporated into all aspects of patient
care.
MISSION
The Department’s mission embraces the core
principles of safety, efficiency, excellence, comfort and care. The
Department’s chief goal is the patient’s safety and the patient’s satisfaction.
PERI OPERATIVE PATIENT CARE:
The department has outstanding moderate sedation
programs in place for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in the sectors of
radiology, endoscopy and dental suites. Procedures for both, adults and
children are carried out in an outpatient basis.
The department makes every effort to ensure
patients suffer no undue postoperative pain, therefore extensive emphasis is
placed on pain assessment and its management. Innovative techniques are
selected, including continuous infusion of analgesics, patient-controlled
analgesia, regional analgesia (such as epidurals), intrathecal narcotics,
plexus, and nerve blocks using local Anaesthetics and/or narcotics.
Nerve
block techniques, including ultrasound guided block are widely chosen,
encompassing conscious sedation, regional, local and general Anaesthesia.