Overview
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Justice K. S Hegde Charitable Hospital is well equipped to provide women with comprehensive health care ranging from antenatal and postnatal care, general gynaecology, infertility services, cancer screening for gynaecological oncology and family planning services. It has adequate demonstration rooms, lecture halls with audio visual aids, museum, well equipped labour theatre and a library. The department trains students at the undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as students of paramedical courses like Physiotherapy and Nursing.
The KSHEMA IVF lab is located in a spacious, well equipped and ventilated hall in the second floor of the hospital adjacent to the skill lab.
Faculty / OPD Schedule
Staff list
| Sl.No | Doctors Name | Designation | Qualification | Unit | OPD Day | OT Day |
| 1 | Dr. Prasanna Kumar Shetty | Professor & Head | MBBS, MD | V | Fri | Mon, Wed |
| 2 | Dr. Lakshmi Manjeera M | Professor | MBBS, MD | I | Mon | Wed, Fri |
| 3 | Dr. Supriya Rai | Professor | MBBS, DNB, DGO | II | Tue | Thu, Sat |
| 4 | Dr. Vijaya Manohar Revankar | Professor | MBBS, MD | III | Wed | Mon, Fri |
| 5 | Dr. Neetha Nandan | Professor | MBBS, MS, FRCOG | IV | Thu | Tue, Sat |
| 6 | Dr. Krishnapriya R | Associate Professor | MBBS, MS, DNB | V | Fri | Mon, Wed |
| 7 | Dr. Pujitha Murthi | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS, DGO | III | Wed | Mon, Fri |
| 8 | Dr. Neetha J Poonja | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS, DNB | II | Tue | Thu, Sat |
| 9 | Dr. Shwetha Ballal | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS | IV | Thu | Tue, Sat |
| 10 | Dr. Shilpa Kamath | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS | II | Tue | Thu, Sat |
| 11 | Dr. Harshitha Kumari | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS | IV | Thu | Tue, Sat |
| 12 | Dr. Pranjali Rai K.S | Assistant Professor | MBBS, DNB | IV | Thu | Tue, Sat |
| 13 | Dr. Prathiksha H.L | Assistant Professor | MBBS, MS | V | Fri | Mon, Wed |
| 14 | Dr. Anushree Ballal | Senior Resident | MBBS, MS | V | Fri | Mon, Wed |
| 15 | Dr. Kavitha V Shenoy | Senior Resident | MBBS, DNB | II | Tue | Thu, Sat |
| 16 | Dr. Ranjitha M | Senior Resident | MBBS, MS | I | Mon | Wed, Fri |
| 17 | Dr. Shraddha K.S | Senior Resident | MBBS, MD | III | Wed | Mon, Fri |
| 18 | Dr. Varsha Kamath | Senior Resident | MBBS, MS | I | Mon | Wed, Fri |
| 19 | Dr. Sushmitha Laxmi Rao | Senior Resident | MBBS, MS | III | Wed | Mon, Fri |
| 20 | Dr. Deeksha Kothwal | Senior Resident | MBBS, MS | I | Mon | Wed, Fri |
| 21 | Dr. Shreya Bhat | Senior Resident | MBBS, MS | IV | Thu | Tue, Sat |
Remark: Saturday and Sunday OPD will be on rotation
PG list
| Sl.No | Designation | Year | Department |
| 1 | Dr. Anjana Mavelil | III Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 2 | Dr. Narmatha Rajan | III Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 3 | Dr. Rachana S Lekkala | III Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 4 | Dr. Roopali Chaturvedi | III Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 5 | Dr. Rashika Saraff | III Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 6 | Dr. Sanjitha R | III Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 7 | Dr. Heny Sanjay Sopariwala | II Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 8 | Dr. Nitya Jangir | II Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 9 | Dr. Sanjeevini M.J | II Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 10 | Dr. Vadla Ruchitha | II Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 11 | Dr. Christina Susan George | II Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 12 | Dr. Krithika M | II Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 13 | Dr. Namitha Acharya | I Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 14 | Dr.Kurapati Susmitha | I Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 15 | Dr. Dravya Hegde | I Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 16 | Dr. Abhay Anand | I Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 17 | Dr. Sukrutha A | I Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| 18 | Dr. Kathireddy Tejaswini | I Year | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
Speciality Services
- Antenatal Clinic: High risk pregnancy care, management of bad obstetric history cases
- Family Planning Program: Counselling, distribution of oral contraceptives, condoms and IUCD insertion for free of cost, tubal sterilization both minilap and laparoscopy.
- In-patient care, Labour and Delivery Area (Birthing Centre), we have Well-equipped Air conditioned Labour Theatres (4 beds) with adult and fetal monitors, portable ultrasound machine and eclampsia room.
- We have painless Labour Clinic in association with the department of Anaesthesia and other labour analgesia are also available.
- Common High dependency unit (HDU), closed ICU and New-born care areas (NICU) with 6 beds Ante-partum and post-partum observation rooms with special high risk pregnancy ward (6 beds).
- General Gynaecology: outpatient consultation for common gynaecological problems and complex disorders where experienced faculty provide quality care. All gynaecological procedures including endoscopic gynaecological procedures like operative laparoscopy (lap assisted vaginal hysterectomy, total lap hysterectomy, laparoscopic cystectomy, adhesiolysis, hysteroscopy etc.) are performed in well-equipped operating theatres.
- Diagnostic and Operative Hysteroscopy: carried out to diagnose and treat abnormal uterine bleeding, missing IUCD etc.
- Cancer screening: Pap smear for cervical cancer, colposcope for the diagnosis of pre-invasive and invasive cancer of the cervix, mammogram for breast cancer, outpatient endometrial biopsies facilities are also available.
- Menopausal clinic: Complete evaluation and counselling of women who are nearing menopause or menopausal, including hormone replacement therapy is provided in our department.
- KSHEMA IVF-Fertility & Reproductive Medicine Centre: KSHEMA IVF has a floor area of approximately 2,500sq.ft. Comprehensive fertility care under one roof including initial evaluation, counselling, ultrasound, semen analysis, artificial insemination with husband's semen, donor semen (intrauterine insemination), IVF/ICSI, cryopreservation of embryos and gametes, egg donation/sharing etc. Facilities for ovulatory studies, diagnostic / operative laparoscopic and facilities for evaluation of the male partner.
- Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC): Located in the out-patient wing, the centre offers pre and post-test counselling and free HIV spot tests. This serves in the reduction of mother to child transmission of HIV Emergency care is provided by the in-hospital consultants on a 24 hr basis.