CLINICAL SERVICES:

ENT:  OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Patient care services 

The department of ENT provides patient care services in GGH Karaikal attached to ENT unit of GGH including outpatient, inpatient services, emergency and surgery.

General ENT OP : Daily 8:30 to 1pm

Endoscopy: Daily 10:30 to 1pm

Voice, airway and swallowing clinic : 10:30 to 1 pm every Wednesday.

Audiology services : Audiogram, Hearing Screening of Newborn, Speech therapy.

List of surgeries performed: Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy, Septoplasty, FESS, Tympanoplasty, Mastoidectomy, Stapedectomy, Thyroidectomy, Parotidectomy, CSF Leak repair, Endoscopic Medial maxillectomy, Microlaryngeal surgery.

Emergency care services include Neck trauma, Epistaxis, Stridor and Foreign body scenarios.

OPTHALMOLOGY:

Services:

  1. Cataract
  2. Cornea and ocular surface
  3. Glaucoma
  4. Medical retina
  5. Lacrimal sac surgeries
  6. OPD laser procedures
OPD AND OT STATISTICS (Jan-Dec 2024)
Total number of OPD patients seen 5560
Total number of cases operated:

Individual cases list :

(Cataract surgeries) SICS + Phaco

Cornea surgeries

Glaucoma surgeries

Ptosis surgery

Miscellaneous

(Pterygium, DCR, Excision, Biopsy etc.,)

 623

 

569

1

1

1

51
Total  623

SURGERY:

Department of General Surgery – Brief of Hospital Services

The Department of General Surgery provides comprehensive outpatient, inpatient, emergency, diagnostic, and surgical services covering a broad range of general surgical conditions. Services are delivered through regular OPD clinics, elective and emergency surgical care, endoscopic services, and operative facilities with both major and minor operating theaters.

Clinical Services Schedule

Service Schedule
Surgical Outpatient Department (OPD) 5 days/week (08:30 AM–11:00 AM)
Upper GI Endoscopy Services Weekly once – Wednesday
Emergency Duty at GH Weekly once
Minor OT / Day Care Procedures 5 days/week
Major OT Weekly once – Monday

Scope of Services

The Department offers diagnostic and therapeutic surgical services including:

General Surgery Services

  • Comprehensive evaluation and management of general surgical diseases
  • Elective and emergency surgical procedures
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

Minimal Access Surgery

  • Basic and advanced laparoscopic procedures
  • Special focus on complex hernia surgeries
  • Laparoscopic abdominal surgeries

Upper Gastrointestinal Services

  • Upper GI endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
  • Evaluation of dysphagia, upper GI bleeding, abdominal pain, and gastrointestinal disorders

Hernia Services

  • Management of inguinal, ventral, incisional, umbilical, and recurrent hernias
  • Advanced and complex hernia repair procedures

Breast and Oncosurgical Services

  • Diagnostic evaluation and surgical management of breast diseases
  • Radical and curative oncological excision procedures
  • Early diagnosis and treatment of malignancies
  • Multidisciplinary cancer care with prompt referral services to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Medical and Radiation Oncology departments, with particular emphasis on breast cancer management

Basic Urology Services

  • Basic urological diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
  • Evaluation and management of common urological conditions

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Services

  • Skin grafting procedures
  • Local rotation flaps and basic reconstructive procedures
  • Soft tissue coverage procedures

Diabetic Foot Care Services

  • Comprehensive diabetic foot evaluation and management
  • Wound care and debridement procedures
  • Vascular assessment and limb preservation strategies

Vascular and Venous Disease Services

  • Assessment and management of venous and Peripheral Arterial disorders
  • Management of varicose veins and related vascular conditions

Thyroid Services

  • Evaluation and management of thyroid diseases
  • Thyroidectomy and related surgical procedures

Soft Tissue and Skin Disease Services

  • Management of benign and malignant skin lesions
  • Soft tissue swellings and tumors
  • Abscesses, cysts, and other surgical conditions

Average Department Census 

Parameter Census
OPD Attendance 1200 patients /Month
IPD Admissions 25-30/Month
Major Surgeries 16-20/Month
Minor Surgeries / Day Care Procedures 100-110/Month

PAEDIATRICS:

Inpatient services:

The Department of Pediatrics provides comprehensive outpatient, inpatient, emergency, and critical care services for neonates and children at the Government General Hospital, Karaikal.

Outpatient and Preventive Services

  1. Regular Outpatient Department (OPD) services: Monday to Saturday
  2. Immunization services
  3. Evening specialty clinics: Monday to Friday
  4. Emergency and Critical Care Services
  5. 24-hour pediatric emergency services (Monday to Sunday)
  6. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) services
  7. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) services

Referral and Follow-up Services

  1. Coordination and streamlining of referral services for children requiring advanced care to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry.
  2. Speciality follow-up consultation services for children discharged from JIPMER, Puducherry

The department is equipped with neonatal and pediatric critical care facilities, including:

  1. Radiant warmers & Phototherapy units
  2. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) support
  3. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
  4. Heated Humidified High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HHHFNC) therapy
  5. Invasive mechanical ventilation, including High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) services

ANAESTHESIA:

The Department of Anaesthesiology, JIPMER Karaikal, provides comprehensive perioperative anaesthesia care at GH Karaikal, working in close collaboration with the Department of Anaesthesia at GH Karaikal. Our team is committed to safe, evidence-based anaesthetic practice across surgical specialities, with round-the-clock availability for emergency and critical care needs.

Clinical services offered:

  • Preoperative Assessment Clinic — risk stratification, optimisation, and patient counselling
  • Obstetric anaesthesia — for elective and emergency caesarean sections
  • General and regional anaesthesia for laparoscopic, orthopaedic, arthroscopic, spine, endoscopic, and otolaryngology (ENT) surgeries
  • Monitored Anaesthesia Care (MAC) for ophthalmology services
  • Advanced airway management — awake fibreoptic intubation, supraglottic airway (LMA) techniques, and management of the anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway
  • Acute Pain Service — multimodal perioperative analgesia and maintenance of postoperative epidural infusions
  • Emergency trauma care and resuscitative stabilisation — 24×7 on-call anaesthetic cover for trauma, obstetric, and surgical emergenci

PULMONARY MEDICINE:

Comprehensive medical care, including both outpatient and inpatient services

Over 1000 OP’s per month and  30 – 40 IP’s per month.

Clinical services provided:

Tuberculosis-related services:

  1. Latent tuberculosis screening utilizing Cy-TB for above 5 years and Mantoux testing for below 5 years
  2. Implementation of TruNAAT with universal drug sensitivity testing for suspected pulmonary cases
  3. Routine HIV diagnostic screening for all presumptive tuberculosis cases
  4. Household contact evaluations, including preventive therapy for children and chest radiography for others
  5. Standard clinical care encompassing baseline assessments of baseline line blood glucose level, Hemoglobin, renal, and liver functions
  6. Therapeutic management for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis strains
  7. Establishment of the NTEP Core Committee at JIPMER, Karaikal

Management of additional respiratory conditions:

  1. Pulmonary function testing via spirometry for asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, and post-tuberculosis sequelae
  2. Diagnostic Bronchoscopy.
  3. Ultrasound-guided clinical procedures, including thoracentesis and fine-needle aspiration cytology of pulmonary lesions
  4. Intercostal tube drainage for management of pleural pathologies.

DERMATOLOGY

Hospital Services

The Department of Dermatology provides outpatient, inpatient, diagnostic, and procedural services covering a broad range of general dermatological conditions, pediatric dermatology, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and leprosy.

Out patient services

  • OPD  caters dermatology patients from Karaikal and neighbouring districts
  • OPD acts as the Designated STI/RTI centre under NACO
  • Leprosy services included
  • Referrals from other OPDs

In patient services

  • Patients admitted under Dermatology in the male and female wards under direct care
  • In patients referrals

Procedures 

  • Biopsy: Punch, incision, excision
  • Surgical procedures like excision of moles, sebaceous cysts, steatocystoma, neurofibroma enucleation
  • Acne procedures
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Chemical cautery- TCA, podophyllin resin
  • Intralesional steroids, MMR
  • Corn paring
  • Growth factor concentrate injection
  • Scar revision

Side lab tests and dermoscopy

  • Routine dermoscopy services
  • Wet mount for trichomonas
  • KOH mount for fungus
  • Oil mount for ectoparasites

Clinical Services Schedule

Service Schedule
Outpatient Department (OPD) 6 days/week (08:00 AM–01:00 PM)
Dermatology procedures 6 days/week (10:30 AM–01:00 PM)
STD and leprosy services 6 days/week (08:00 AM–01:00 PM)
Dermoscopy and side lab services 6 days/week (08:00 AM–01:00 PM)
In patient services

Department Census- 2025-26 

Parameter Census
OPD Attendance 24,343
IPD Admissions 89
Procedures 234
Side lab tests 293

DENTISTRY:

At present, the Department of Dentistry, JIPMER (Karaikal), is working actively with the Department of Dentistry, General Hospital, Karaikal. We treat patients with a wide variety of oral & maxillofacial conditions from facial trauma, secondary deformities of facial region, complex dental extractions, auto-transplantation of teeth, treatment of benign pathologies, cysts/tumor of the orofacial region, maxillofacial infections, benign pathology of jaws and temporomandibular disorders. We perform open-reduction and internal fixation of complex maxillofacial trauma and are providing treatment for TMJ problems through arthrocentesis and prolotherapy.

The department is involved in teaching programmes for MBBS students. The department faculty also provides support for integrated teaching with departments of ENT, Ophthalmology, Medicine, Pediatrics and Surgery for clinical teaching.

The department contributes to the community level oral health initiatives of GH, Karaikal and JIPMER, Karaikal.

In future, with establishment of hospital services at JIPMER, Karaikal, Department of Dentistry shall expand its services further to involve the whole spectrum of dental and maxillofacial surgical services, both elective and emergency.

OPD Timings (Monday to Friday) 08:30 AM – 01:00 PM

Saturday 08:30 AM – 12 noon

OT Days: Every Tuesday

Minor Surgery & Preventive Care for children: Thursday, Friday & Monday

Routine Extractions: Wednesday

Orofacial Pain & TMJ Clinic: Monday, Saturday

At present the department performs around 60+ OT procedures and around 500 minor operative procedures in one year. The team attends to peripheral calls from other departments routinely and attends night duty & emergency calls for around 15 days per month.

COMMUNITY MEDICINE:

Health Centres (Training Linkages)

Since October 2025, the Department of Community Medicine, JIPMER Karaikal, has established academic and training linkages with an Urban Primary Health Centre (UHC) at Thirunagar and a Primary Health Centre (PHC) at T.R. Pattinam. These are Government health facilities functioning under the State Health Department. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is under process, with approval obtained from the District Administration. The department supports training of undergraduate students and interns through field-based learning, and posts Senior Residents, Medical Social Workers, and interns for academic and public health activities. The department has started screening for cervical cancer (papsmear) in collaboration with the dept of Obstetrics Gynecology and Dept of Pathology. Culture and sensitivity of specimens is initiated in collaboration with the Dept of Microbiology. Our department has actively participated in national health programs like Pulse Polio, TB Mukt Panchayat, World TB Day, Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.

Urban Health Centre (UHC), Thirunagar: Serves a population of 9,144. Provides outpatient care, NCD clinic, antenatal care, well baby clinic, and adolescent health services. Laboratory services and free medicines are available.

Rural Health Centre (PHC), T.R. Pattinam: Serves a population of 21,280 through the main centre and subcentres. Provides outpatient and preventive services including NCD clinic, antenatal care, well baby clinic, adolescent health services, and Village Health and Nutrition Days.