Bone marrow is the soft spongy tissue that lies within the hollow interior of long bones. Bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. The bone marrow contains stem cells. These are cells at a very early stage of development that develop into the three different types of blood cell. When the cells are fully mature, they are released into the bloodstream. Hence, bone marrow works as a factory for blood. When things go wrong in the blood e.g. blood cancer (leukaemia), aplastic anaemia (empty bone marrow), its origin is in the stem cells in the bone marrow. Hence, bone marrow transplantation or stem cell transplantation can be a curative treatment for such conditions. What is bone marrow transplantation or Stem Cell Transplantation? The two terms "bone marrow" and "stem cell" transplants are sometimes used interchangeably. However, all bone marrow transplants are stem cell transplants but not all stem cell transplants are bone marrow transplants.

Anaesthesia is a medication, given prior to surgery, that helps lessen pain or discomfort during a procedure. It is a controlled temporary loss of sensation are administered intravenously (IV) or inhaled. A patient under general anaesthesia will be unable to feel the pain and is known as medically induced coma. The Department of Anaesthesia makes continuous efforts to deliver outstanding clinical care to adult and paediatric patients in the peri-operative period, including Acute and Chronic Pain management. We are committed to ensuring that all patients are treated in a compassionate fashion using state of the art medicine with a focus on patient safety. We provide Anaesthesia services primarily to 2 Operation Theatre complexes which include 9 operation rooms which cater to major surgeries like Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery, Oncosurgery, ENT, Urosurgery, Abdominal, Laproscopic, Gynaecological, Kidney and Liver transplants.