Critical Care

Doctor List

• Dr. Sourav Dhara, Consultant Critical Care Medicine, MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), FNB (Critical Care Medicine), EDIC

• Dr. Rimita Dey, MBBS, MD (Gen Med), FNB, Fellowship in Critical Care, EDIC

• Dr. Prashant Verma, MBBS, MD (Anaesthesiology), IDCCM

Overview

The department of Ruby Critical Care consists of 91 ICU beds. During the peak of the Covid crisis we increasd it to 102 beds. The team comprises of Consultant Intensivists, Pain physicians, Senior & Junior Doctors and highly efficient, experienced and well trained nursing & paramedical staff.

World class Infrastructure along with modern medical technology which made this department one of our centres of excellence.

Skills, Procedures and Interventions

• Venepuncture / Central vein cannulation, Peripherally inserted Central venous Cannula

• Peripheral artery cannulation - Blind and Ultrasound guided.

• Pulmonary Artery catheterization

• Trans esophageal Echocardiography

• Basic and Advanced non invasive and invasive monitoring including ABG.

• Nasotracheal and endotracheal intubations (Adult, Paediatric and Neonatal)

• Management of difficult airway

• Management of Ventilators and its accessories, High-frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV)

• Transportation of critically ill patients

• Trauma patient resuscitation

• Peripheral ICU assessment, airway management, central venous cannula insertion.

• Management of the critically ill, medical, surgical and trauma patients and intensive care

• Septic shock, hypovolemic shock management

• Antibiotics & antifungal prescriptions,

• Heart–Lung interaction

• Dyselectrolytemia & acid base management

• RRT( PD, HD & CCRT)

• Coagulopathy Management

• Nutrition in ICU (Enteral & Perenteral)

• Management of tetanus Patients

• Obstertic critical care and analgesia

• Basic acute and chronic pain management.

• Bedside ultrasonography in orbit, neck, airway, chest, abdomen, extremity and vascular

• Transthoracic echocardiography

• Percutaneous tracheostomy

• Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) & cardiopulmonary bypass

• Epidural catheterization (Lumbar and Thoracic).

ROLE OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

• Critically ill medical patients proper assessment, diagnosis and managements such as septic shock with multi organ involvement, patients with severe antibiotic resistant infection.

• Manage life threatening multiple organ problems appropriately.

• Using Ultrasound as an assessment tool for critically ill patients with multi organ involvement.

• Manage patients with respiratory failure like ventilation management, Prone ventilation

• Post operative ICU Care after complicated surgery

• Managing patients with acute kidney failure in ICU

• Life saving bedside procedure like chest drain, tracheostomy etc.

• All types of complicated trauma patient management in ICU

BORDERS FADE INTO OBLIVION WHEN SAVING A LIFE

A 22 year old young man from Bangladesh had been presented in the Emergency department of Ruby General Hospital with complaints of severe respiratory distress and altered sensorium... Read More

PROMPT ACTION OF CRITICAL CARE TEAM SAVES ANOTHER LIFE

A 57 year old lady had been presented in the Emergency of Ruby General Hospital in a gasping condition... Read More

MULTISYSTEM INFLAMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C)

A 16 year old girl had been admitted in Ruby General Hospital under the care of Dr. Prashant Verma... Read More

Dr. Kalyan Kar & Dr. Amitabha Saha & Dr. Tapan Kumar Dass & Dr. Sougata Deb & Dr. Anjula Banerjee

A 58-year-old lady was admitted in ITU of Ruby General Hospital with a history of severe pain in lower abdomen with nausea and discharge of faecal material through a drain in... Read More

A MOTHER RETURNED TO HER CHILD AND FAMILY BY RUBY CRITICAL CARE

A 32 year old lady had been admitted in Ruby General Hospital under the care of Dr. Dibyadip Mukhopadhyay (Consultant Intensivist and Pain Physician)... Read More

WHEN EXPECTATIONS AND HOPE BECOME REALITY

A 21 year old pregnant lady had been admitted in Ruby General Hospital under the care of Dr. Sujay Samanta (Consultant Critical Care) and Dr. Bikash Banerjee (Consultant Gynaecologist) with complaints of fever and shortness of breath... Read More

There Is Always Light At The End Of The Tunnel : Challenge Taken And Life Saved

Sk Mehabub Ali, a 64 year old senior citizen had been admitted under the care of Dr. Dibyadip Mukhopadyay (Consultant Intensivist and Pain Physician) with complaints of acute respiratory difficulty. ... Read More

Dengue Adds To The Woes Of Covid Pandemic

A gentleman of over 50 years had been presented in the Emergency department of Ruby General Hospital with complaints of severe weakness for the last seven days along with fever... Read More

Ruby critical and trauma care in action

There are numerous times when things happen unintentionally and they are undesirable in nature. These, we call accidents, which are often very severe and sometimes even fatal... Read More

A Fading Light Becomes A Glimmer Of Hope

A 54 year old gentleman had been admitted in Ruby General Hospital under the expert care of Dr. Dibyadip Mukhopadhyay (Consultant Intensivist and Pain Physician)... Read More

AFTER FADING TWILIGHT COMES A NEW DAWN

A 23 year old young mother had been presented at the Emergency department of Ruby General Hospital with complaints of shortness of breath, abdomen distension... Read More