Urology

Urological service at SlUT encompasses wide spectrum of emergency and routine cases. It can conveniently be divided into Transplantation, Uro-oncology, Urolithiasis (with or without renal failure), acute and chronic infectious diseases and Andrology. The Institute caters to both the pediatric and adult population.
The ER of SlUT is basically divided into ERI and ERII. In ERI the initial TRIAGE is being done and the patients are segregated as per merit so that care is concentrated on a patient who is most in need. The resident in ERI starts the process of investigations and imaging. After consultation with a senior doctor the patient is shifted to ERII or to ICU / CCU. Every day the ER of SlUT deals with approximately 200 patients with symptoms related to urinary system compounded in many cases with diseases like Hypertension and Diabetes. The ER facility of SlUT is in service with back up of pathological Lab and Radiology 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

The Outpatient of SlUT is spread in many clinics held simultaneously in different locations; some in old OPD in Civil Hospital and some in the new building of SlUT. For example on every Monday stone clinic is held, Tuesday Oncology clinic and Diabetic clinic, Wednesday pediatric clinic for general urology and pre transplant clinic, Thursday Prostate clinic and stricture clinic, Friday Pediatric stone clinic and on Saturday Filter clinic which deals with adult urology. Post transplant clinics are held every day separately in the new premises of SlUT.

The In-patient service of SlUT comprises of 350 beds which are allocated to transplant, pediatric and adult urological patients. These patients are kept in pre operative and post operative wards.

The operation theatres are 16 in numbers which on a particular are busy simultaneously. They do adult and pediatric elective cases as well as day case procedures. In addition to this there are three renal transplant operations done in a week in separate transplant theatres. The transplant patients and donors are kept in specially equipped ICU.

The day services of the Institute also comprises of A V fistula operations for hemodialysis patients (about 8 patients per day), Lithotripsy and Urodynamics. There are 4 state-of¬-the-art lithotriptors which manages 16 patients per day of stone disease.

Modern urology is technology intensive. Interventional Radiology plays a vital role in Il!any disease aspects. The facility of Radionuclide scanning, CT, MR and Angiography together with conventional X ray and Ultrasound helps not only in diagnosis but also in therapy. Recently the Oncology service with Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy units have been established which are used in the management of cancer patients specially related to transplant and urology.