Department of Anaesthesiology of Dr.Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute has come a long way since its inception in the year 1980. The Department currently has six major surgical operation theatres, one minor operation theatre, along with a pain clinic and a separate brachytherapy OT. It also has an eight bedded Intensive Care Unit and a 12 bedded High Dependency Unit equipped with all modern state of the art infrastructure. The Department is conducting paramedical courses for anaesthesia and CSSD technicians for last twelve years and has contributed immensely to skilled manpower development for the north eastern states of India. The department performs more than 2500 major surgeries, 500 minor procedures annually. The PAC clinic and the Pain Clinic attend to more than 3500 and 150 patients respectively each year. In addition, there are about 250 ICU admissions in a year. The Department also manages the CSSD services of the Hospital.
