Head of the Organisation/Department Faculties
✔ The Department of orthopaedics was started in the year 2021 in the 1st floor of hospital block, Government Medical College, Ariyalur. The Department of Orthopaedics specialises in conservative and surgical treatment of various Orthopaedic problems. Patients who need emergency care are attended to 24 x 7 in the Emergency services.
✔ IP floor has separate male, female & Post OP wards. Totally 90 beds are available with 30 for each unit. OP functions daily. OT functions three days in a week. Other than routine trauma cases, special surgeries like Arthroplasty, Paediatric deformity correction are all being carried out. Apart from regular Ortho OT, as per TAEI protocol efforts are being made for emergency surgery wit
✔ The MBBS students who enter the clinical postings every year from the third semester onwards are rotated in various teaching schedules for system based learning such as clinical demo classes, case presentations, to impart ability to diagnose and manage common Orthopaedic disorders.
Mental Health Outpatient and Inpatient Services (including Diagnosis and Treatment) of patients with psychiatric disorders (PWMI), to the population of Ariyalur district, and nearby taluks of Lalgudi, Thittakkudi, Sethiatthoppu, Kattumannaarkoil, Kunnam and Thiruvaiyaaru of neighbouring districts.
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- List of on-going Projects/Schemes with Target groups, and Other Services provided:
Alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, opioids (heroin etc) and other substances deaddiction clinic
✔ Suicide Prevention Clinic
✔ Geriatric and Dementia Clinic
✔ Child Guidance Clinic
✔ Family Couples Therapy Clinic
✔ Neuropsychiatric and Psychomotor Clinic
✔ Legal Psychiatry – evaluation of Court related medicolegal and Medical Board cases
✔ Disability assessment and certification clinic.
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✔ Details of Project/Schemes/Schools/Hospitals
Treatment of all routine, complex trauma and neglected trauma
Primary Hip, Knee,Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty
Paediatric orthopaedics including treatment of complex congenital, developmental anomalies and deformities like– Hip dysplasias (DDH)– CTEV
✔ Congenital pseudoarthrosis
✔ Perthe’s disease
✔ Paediatric bone and soft tissue tumours
✔ Limb deficiency
✔ Skeletal dysplasia and cerebral palsy
✔ Treatment of all infective,metabolic and inflammatory diseases of bone
✔ Treatment of all bone tumours
✔ Corrective osteotomy in O.A knees and Limb lengthening
Educational Courses
- Undergraduate Courses- MBBS
- Certificate course in POP Technician (One year course)
Academic schedule of department
- Monday to Friday – MBBS clinics
- Tuesdays– DRP PG case presentation to the faculty and residents.
- Thursdays-. Review of a topic/Seminar for DRP PG and CRMIs
The department is fully established with Eminent faculty members. The list of faculties in the department are furnished below:
| S.No. | Name of the Faculty | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.A.V.Shabi M.S.Ortho | Associate professor |
| 2 | Dr.M.Bharathidasan M.S.Ortho | Assistant Professor |
| 3 | Dr.V.Sureshkumar M.S.Ortho | Assistant Professor |
| 4 | Dr.D.Praveenkumar M.S.Ortho | Assistant Professor |
| 5 | Dr.P.Karthickeyan M.S.Ortho | Senior Resident |
| 6 | Dr.S.Venkatramanan M.S.Ortho | Senior Resident |
| 7 | Dr.V.Dinesh M.S.Ortho | Senior Resident |
| 8 | Dr.S.Kannan M.S.Ortho | Senior Resident |
| 9 | Dr.T.R.Rajesh M.S.Ortho | Senior Resident |
| 10 | Dr.T. Kanmani D.Ortho | Junior Resident |
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INPATIENT WARD SERVICES
ORTHOPAEDICS SURGERIES (Emergency and Elective)
