HOD Message

Pleasure to meet you as head of department on behalf of Department of ENT Head and Neck surgery GMC SRINAGAR. The department  of  ENT head and neck surgery  is one of the oldest  departments of Government  Medical College Srinagar and its Associated  Hospitals with a rich heritage of catering to the problems  related to ear nose throat and head and neck over decades and also providing academic services in the form of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching from the very early years of inception  of college. The Department  takes pride in rendering  its services  to patients of whole valley Ladakh and Kargil and even patients from Chenab valley. At the same time the Department  is actively  involved  in teaching  and  training postgraduates  with 8 postgraduates graduating annually  to serve different  parts of country. It also gives me immense  confidence  to share our almost no referral outside state record by providing  services of complex ENT head and neck surgeries  related to head and neck cancer, cochlear implant, lateral skull base and anterior skull base. The Department provides 24×7 emergency  services  and 6 days a week OPD services  to patients and operative facilities   round the week .At present  this is the only hospital  providing emergency  services  to ENT Patients of whole valley 24×7. As head of Department  I feel satisfied in providing  scientific  and and patient  centric treatment  to different  ailments  of our patients by close  coordinated  efforts  of my doctors with other specialities  as is being done in reputed centers of country  where institutional practices are standard of care. Head and neck cancer patients are being treated on a scientific protocol based on tumour board recommendations.

The cochlear  implant  is being  done on routine basis and patients are being registered  under ADIPS  scheme to pass on benefits  to  poor patients. At the same time research  activities  are a priority  and whole faculty  is working  on one or other research  activities  in coordination  with young senior and junior residents so as keep flame of research  burning in young Doctors. Moreover young doctors are being  encouraged  to present their research  work in national conferences .Nonetheless  there is always a scope of improvement  and  I pledge  to continue  our efforts in that direction  by timely medical and surgical  audit and enlightening our doctors by keeping  them abreast  with latest in the subject.

I feel privileged to head this Department  with rich heritage.