The Anaesthesiology service of the Nethradhama Superspeciality Eye Hospital provides preanesthetic evaluation and anesthetic care for all types of ophthalmic surgical procedures. Patients undergo preoperative evaluation by appointment. Patients right from newborns to the elderly are given day care anaesthesia with advanced anaesthetic techniques and drugs that promote rapid recovery and appropriate postoperative pain relief.

     The Anesthesiology Service at Nethradhama consists of board certified anesthesiologists. The anaesthesia team includes specialized anaesthesiologists, both residents and consultants, certified registered nurses and operation theatre technicians. In addition, Anaesthesiology services are provided in several ‘out of the Operation Room’ sites, including speciality Clinic suites for Fundus Fluorescein Angiography, Photodynamic Therapy and other minor procedures.

     A preoperative evaluation clinic is staffed with registered nurses and a compulsory rotatory nursing assistant supervised by an anesthesiologist. The patients are evaluated whenever possible the day before anesthesia is required and the most appropriate anesthetic management is selected based on the individual's problems and the procedure to be performed. It has been instrumental in decreasing the number of Operating Room case cancellations and in facilitating preoperative workups of inpatients as well as outpatients.  In addition, this clinic has helped to diminish the delays and postponements secondary to preoperative assessments on the morning of surgery.  The staff is encouraged to communicate with referring surgeons and patients’ primary care physicians so that a treatment plan can be formulated effectively and efficiently. Topical or Regional anesthesia, either alone or in combination with Intravenous sedation or general anaesthesia, for surgery and postoperative pain control, is strongly encouraged with a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of a variety of pain modalities.