Institute of Critical Care Medicine

Overview

Critical illnesses, such as severe infections, organ failure, respiratory or cardiac emergencies, and trauma, require immediate and specialised care to ensure the best outcomes for patients. The Department of Critical Care Medicine at the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital provides round-the-clock, patient-focused care delivered by a team of highly skilled doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals. Designed for patient comfort, the department features state-of-the-art facilities, including dialysis-enabled beds and isolation units.

Our Vision

Our vision ensures that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital is recognised as a Centre of Excellence. We aim to provide safe, timely, high-quality care and comfort to all patients with critical illnesses and to support those who care for them.

Location: Level 13 & 14, Tower Building

Timings: 24X7, All days

About Us
Our Technology

The department is led by a director with a team of experienced doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dieticians, technicians, counsellors, and support staff that provide comprehensive critical care services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All staff members wear identification badges with their names and photos clearly displayed.

Special arrangements are made for the patient’s accompanying family member next to the ICU of each wing. The waiting area has arrangements for one family member, including a foldable couch with an attached lamp and charging facilities. The support staff provide bed sheets, pillows, and blankets every night. Vending machines for hot beverages are available in the waiting area of the north wing on each floor. Washrooms are available on each floor, and bathing facilities are near the south wing on both floors.

Equipped with state-of-the-art devices, our ICU integrates advanced technology to deliver comprehensive and precise critical care. From ventilators and hemodynamic monitors to portable ECMO machines, our tools ensure the highest standards of patient safety and treatment efficacy. The equipment available in our department includes:

Monitors and ventilators (all beds)
Advanced hemodynamic monitoring
Dedicated echocardiography and ultrasonography devices for ICU
Dedicated bronchoscope for ICU
Difficult intubation cart
ICP monitoring device
CRRT/SLEDD machines for ICU
Portable ECMO
Point-of-Care Testing

Our Services

Our team of doctors includes chief intensivists, consultants, associate consultants, and resident doctors who work closely with other specialists in our multi-speciality hospital. The team coordinates with primary and referring doctors to form a comprehensive patient care plan, and they monitor the patient during admission, morning rounds, and in case of any changes in condition.

In addition to our multi-disciplinary team of physicians, our hospital nursing staff, including a Deputy General Manager, experienced unit ward managers, and bedside nurses, provide specialised nursing care for comprehensive patient care services. Each nurse is assigned the care of one or a maximum of two patients in each shift, and they are responsible for the following:

Monitoring and recording heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and other relevant clinical parameters.
Regular blood and urine testing.
Administering medicines and fluids prescribed by the doctors.
Monitoring pain score and administering pain-reducing medicines.
Turning the patient in bed every few hours to prevent bedsores.
Providing general care of the eyes and mouth, sponging, clearing mucus from the chest, and applying dressings as required.
Tending to the medical devices (lines, catheters, and tubes) attached to the patient.

Our team of physiotherapists provides chest and limb physiotherapy based on the patient’s needs. Chest physiotherapy facilitates clearing the lungs and strengthening the respiratory muscles. Arm and leg exercises prevent joint stiffness. Our physiotherapy team promotes physiotherapy as soon as the patient's condition improves to ensure a smooth and effective recovery.

Speech therapists assess and support the oral feeding of patients with swallowing difficulties or those who have undergone a tracheostomy.

After admission, a dietician assesses the patient’s likes, dislikes, allergies, and nutritional needs to customise the diet based on patient’s condition and instructions of the treating doctors. Accordingly, feeding can be oral, through a nasal tube (from the nose to the stomach), or intravenous (through a vein).

Our ICU technicians are specially trained in performing radiological investigations such as sonography and echocardiography under physician supervision.

Our dialysis procedures are performed by specially trained technicians supervised by physicians.

Patient families can approach counsellors directly for any concerns related to their patient care. They are stationed on the 13th floor at the south wing in a room in the family waiting area, and provide counselling services for patients and their families whenever needed.