Government Medical College & Hospital, Bhandara

शासकीय वैद्यकीय महाविद्यालय व रुग्णालय, भंडारा

Orthopedics Departments

Department of Orthopedics

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Introduction

The Department of Orthopaedics, on an average caters to about 150-200 outpatients daily, with a special clubfoot OPD on Saturday and has an indoor bed strength of 70 having separate male and female wing. This is the third largest orthopaedic department in Vidharbha region of Maharashatra. Establised in year 2002, with an aim of providing quality education to undergraduates and affordable patient care. The department has well equipped OPD with recent with separate plaster and dressing rooms. Department also issues Disability certificate to the needy on regular basis. The department caters patients not only from Akola districts but also from neighbouring district like Washim, Jalgaon and Buldana.

Advance equipments in operation theatre having 4 tables and manned by efficient staff, this is one of the biggest orthopaedic unit in Vidharbha. Equipped with recent instrumentation and maintains strict sterility norms. Advanced surgical procedures such as spinal surgery, arthroplasty, sports medicine, complex trauma surgery, and pediatric orthopedics are performed regularly.

Around 6-8 procedures are performed daily in operation theatre. Specialised instruments like C-Arm, fracture table also present in department for patient care. Department is committed to ensure accessible, high quality and ethical care for all needy patients.

Mission

To impart sound practical and theoretical medical education based on strong scientific evidence to students.
To extend equitable and efficient care to underserved populations in the developing area.
Treat every patient with empathy and respect.
Provide special attention to the vulnerable group of patients: elderly, children and people with disabilities or illness.
Encourage clinical research and continually seek better, more efficient ways to achieve quality education and patient care goals.
Adhere to high professional standards by a commitment to ethics, confidentiality, trust, respect and transparency.

Vision

As a teaching institute we like to train undergraduates, who are competent, skillful, ethical, knowledgeable and on whom a society can rely.
It is utmost important to create confidence in society about the survival of their patient by giving quality and advanced care.
As modern care becomes more and more sophisticated and advanced it also becomes beyond the reach of a common man so it's our vision to create more reliable Medical care system by providing a caring and supportive environment for patients, patient's families and subordinates.
It’s our vision to provide services that are respectful, convenient, easily usable and culturally competent.
In long run it necessitates to conduct assessments and evaluation programmes that routinely involve end user of services and in turn modify programmes appropriately to improve the quality of service.

Functions & objectives.

A medical student after graduation may have different avenues of his/her professional career and may work either as a first contact physician in a private, semi private or public sector or may take up further specialization in Orthopedics or other specialties.
He/She may have to work in different settings such as rural, semi-urban or urban which may have deficient or compromised facilities.
At the end of the teaching/training the undergraduate will be able to:
a) Diagnose and manage common health problems of the individual and the community appropriate to his/her position as a member of the health team at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
b) Be competent to practice curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative medicine and understand the concept of primary health care.
c) Understand the importance and implementation of the National Health Programmes in the context of national priorities.
d) Understand the socio-psychological, cultural, economic and environmental factors affecting health and develop human attitude required for professional responsibilities.
e) Develop the ability for continued self-learning with a scientific attitude of mind.

Organisation / Faculty ( Teaching )

SrNo	Name	Post / Designation
1	Dr MAROTI RAGHOJI KOICHADE	Professor
2	Dr Atulkumar Abhimanji Tembhurne	Assistant Professor
3	Dr Aditya Vijay Rokade	Senior Resident
4	Dr Rupesh Marotrao Hatwar	Senior Resident

Affiliated by : Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) Mumbai

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