What is an Anaesthesiologist?

The anaesthesiologist and his specialist team are essential to the daily running of the hospital, without them the hospital would virtually close down. The anaesthesiologist is indispensable to any surgical activity, and also to many other procedures such as gastro-intestinal and obstetrics (epidural for painless deliveries).
The FVH Anaesthetists and their teams have studied and trained in leading European institutes in the various sub-specialties of anaesthetic care. They are expert in providing peri-operative care management for patients, as well as, treating acute cases in ICU and dealing with all aspects of pain management.

Their scope of work is huge as they work in all areas of the hospital:

• Consultations in the Out-patient Department
• Operating Theatres
• ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and USC (High Surveillance Unit)
• Gastro-intestinal Department (endoscopies)
• Obstetrics Department (epidural anaesthesia), and
• Follow-up of hospitalised surgical patients

There is at least one anaesthesiologist on duty at the hospital 24 hours a day