This is one of the younger specialties of medicine dealing with obtunding or minimizing pain associated with surgery or any invasive procedure. It is a relatively new branch which has been in existence for a little over 150 years and its growth in leaps and bounds has made complex procedures and surgery which were unthinkable in the recent past, a reality now. The speciality has spawned into newer branches like intensive care, pain management, and emergency medicine. The department has a team of experienced and dedicated anaesthesiologists skilled in various subspecialties like cardiac, neuro, pain as well as newer and upcoming specialities like Bariatric (obesity) surgery.