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Orthopaedics
Services Offered
The department runs a state-of-the-art, 24×7 emergency musculoskeletal trauma services to all patients from Puducherry and neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu.
Outpatient Department
The outpatient department provides daily OPD services on all the working days. Â The patients are seen by the consultants and senior faculty. The undergraduate students are given cases and taught clinical examination skills. The postgraduate students are taught OPD skills under the supervision of the senior faculty. The department encourages interaction and discussion between the faculty and students.
Emergency Services
The department of orthopaedics provides 24×7 emergency musculoskeletal and trauma care throughout the year. Cases are provided first aid, appropriate plasters, and splints, wounds dressed and sutured and emergency admissions are made. Emergency operations are provided for patients with serious injuries.
Health Camp
The department conducts regular health camps in the rural and urban areas surrounding Puducherry and Tamilnadu. Free check-up, medication and local care are provided to appropriate cases. Patients with serious or severe problems are referred to the main hospital.
The department also conducts regular Osteoporosis screening camps where individuals at risk are identified and given appropriate advice and treatment.
Inpatient Services
The department provides inpatient services to male, female and paediatric age group patients in separate wards. Special and deluxe rooms are available in addition to patients who desire their services.
Special clinics
The department runs special clinics which are
Joint Care ClinicÂ
Patients with joint pains are seen and appropriately investigated. Appropriate advice from simple lifestyle modifications to advice on joint replacements is made.
Spine Care Clinic
The spine clinic reviews people with simple and complex spinal problems including deformities. Appropriate diagnostic and management modalities are adapted, and has helped in making the department a referral centre for spine surgeries.Â
Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Clinic
Here patients with sports injuries and soft tissue problems are seen and diagnosed. Advanced investigations such as MRI are requested if necessary. Appropriate treatment ranging from simple physiotherapy to advice regarding arthroscopic surgery is made.
Osteoporosis Clinic
Here screening and advice to population at risk is made.
Pediatric Orthopaedic Clinic
Here children with a club foot, polio, cerebral palsy and other congenital and childhood disorders are seen and treated.
The department has improved the awareness about musculoskeletal conditions and is primarily responsible for management of musculoskeletal problems in the area as well as being a tertiary care centre.  Â
