About ICU

Our ICU is headed by the Department of Critical Care medicine. Intensivists who are qualified in providing ICU are available round the clock and form an important cog in managing sick patients. It is the place where all seriously ill patients are taken for admission and taken care of. It is considered to be the backbone of any hospital and the effective management of seriously ill patients at our ICU has been critical in the growth of Harini hospitals as a tertiary care Centre for all Gastroenterology and pulmonology-related disorders.  Our Intensivists are trained to provide sophisticated care in various domains of invasive and non-invasive ventilation, peritoneal and hemodialysis, hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring, getting invasive circulatory system access. ICU at Harini hospitals is an open ICU with a team of specialist doctors, well-trained nurses and other support staff, who work in co-ordination with concerned department doctors such as medical and surgical gastroenterologists, pulmonologists, etc., providing the best possible care.

Highlights of ICU at Harini hospitals

• ICU caters to the need of both medically ill and surgically ill patients with dedicated beds.
• Enormous experience in dealing with emergencies in medical and surgical gastroenterology like Gastrointestinal bleed (Blood vomiting and blood motion), severe acute pancreatitis, liver failures, septic shock, intestinal obstruction, perforation, and organ failures.
• Dedicated Liver ICU under the care of hepatologists for management of acute and chronic liver failure.
• Advanced pulmonary care in various respiratory disorders like Asthma, COPD, Obstructive sleep apnea, Interstitial lung disease, COVID-19, and pneumonia backed up by high-end Medical ICU to deal with all kinds of fevers, poisoning, snake bites, severe anemia, emergencies in diabetes and hypertension.
• Strict barrier nursing and stringent cross-infection prevention protocols.
• Separate Isolation Rooms with ICU Care is available to prevent the spread of cross infections.
• 1:1 patient to nursing and support staff ratio.
• Availability of Bedside Arterial blood gas analysis, bedside Ultrasound Unit, Bedside X-ray machine, bedside 2D echo machine.
• Lab backup by VITROS® 5600 advanced diagnostic systems with the most accurate, reliable, speedy diagnosis.
• Centralized ICU monitoring system with all the monitors directly being monitored by concerned physician or surgeon.
• Round-the-clock dieticians and physiotherapists availability to care for the nutritional needs of sick patients.
• Crystal clear, transparent, and time to time communication with the concerned family members about the critically ill patient.

With all the above-mentioned modalities it is possible to deliver the utmost care to the patients who deserve it the most in a standardized and well-organized manner making our ICU one of the best ICUs in the state of Andhra Pradesh.