The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is an offshoot of the Dept of Surgery, founded in Oct, 1951. Prof BN Sinha, the founder and father of Orthopaedic Surgery in India was the first Head of the Department. From a beginning with a single bed unit in the Dept of Surgery providing, OPD services from a small room and plasters applied on the open terrace, the Dept has flourished to become one of the most sophisticated state of the art & centre of excellence in management and teaching of Orthopaedics in Northern India. This was the first department in India, which started PG courses in Orthopaedics. It has many first to its credit - a comprehensive spinal cord injury unit, Arthroscopy and joint care unit for joint replacements, , internet based electronic medical records and many more.
Prof. A. N. Srivastava Annual Oration
Prof. A. N. Srivastava was a very popular and respected teacher, beacon of ethical practice and torch bearer of research and academics. His teachings on moral values, right conduct and mannerism exemplified his modesty. He was a standing role model for punctuality, discipline and patient care. As a token of appreciation and gratitude from all his family members, students and well wishers, an oration was started in his name in 2008, to be held every year on the foundation day of the Department.
There are 16 seats annually for MS in Orthopedic Surgery and 4 seates or CDCC (2 seates in Arthroplasty and 2 seates in spine surgery).
Facilities:
Spinal Surgery
Joint replacement unit
Arthoscopy (Diagnostic & Therapeutic)
Trauma Unit
Traumatic Paraplegia Unit
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Orthopedic Oncology
Output:
Bed strength is 160 .Number of major surgeries done annually are 1488 and minor surgeries number around 1704.The annual O.P.D. attendance is roughly 17623