Department of
TATA MEDICAL CENTER
The importance of infectious diseases
India continues to hold top spot in many Infectious diseases (I.D) prevalence like TB. Moreover, increasing antimicrobial resistance is making infections difficult to manage. Individuals are living longer with access to health care, technological innovation, advanced surgical techniques, and ever-improving cancer care. These advances bring along with them the risk of infections. Chemotherapeutic agents, stem cell transplants, organ transplants save lives, but also increase chances of infections in these patients. To prevent, contain and effectively treat infectious diseases and to train the next generation of ID specialists, it is vital to have a department of infectious diseases in every good institute.
What we do
Patient Service
The department provides their inputs for both in-patients and out-patients referred to it. The patients referred generally have infections and complications therefrom. The department also is called upon to give inputs in complicated cases and in those having diagnostic dilemma. Besides the department sees all HIV patients that are under care of Tata Medical Center and the tuberculosis (TB) patients seeking care.
Since Infectious Diseases and Microbiology are complimentary, the department has collaborated with Clinical Microbiology for many activities for better patient care:
How it all started
Infectious Diseases services at the Tata Medical Center started functioning) in April 2015 under the auspices of Prof.(Dr) Bibhuti Saha. Prof. Saha has, since then, been the visiting consultant. In August 2020 the hospital formally started its Infectious Diseases department with joining of Dr. Soumyadip Chatterji as a consultant. Very few centres of India currently have such a department with a trained consultant. Dr. Chatterji, a postgraduate in Tropical Medicine and having a DM degree in Infectious Diseases (from A.I.I.M.S, Delhi) was previously attached to this hospital as a fellow. He is an active member of various national and international bodies and has many publications to his credit.
Training the next generation
The department of Infectious Diseases is also involved in teaching and training activities. The department is involved in training of staff. It also trains D.M infectious Diseases trainees who come on rotation. It also hand hold observers, interns and fellows who come from India and abroad to get trained in state-of-the-art diagnostics and therapeutics in Infectious Diseases. The department is open to welcome more such national and international scholars who seek exposure in Infectious Diseases.
Prof.(Dr) Bibhuti Saha
Dr. Soumyadip Chatterji
