Basaveshwara Hospital treats critically ill patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) receive exceptional patient-centered care by intensivists (doctors who specialize in treating intensive care patients) who use a multidisciplinary team approach to medicine. Our intensive care team includes nurses, physician extenders, rehabilitation therapists, nutritionists, social workers, and palliative care specialists.

The Surgical Intensive Care Unit is a 25-bed closed ICU that is staffed by full-time, the Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology departments at Basaveshwara Hospital. The SICU provides a high level of intensive care to critically-ill patients from specialists who are affiliated with General Surgery, Orthopedics, Vascular Surgery, Gynecology-Obstetrics, Transplantation (liver, pancreas, bowel, and kidney), and Urology. The SICU has a long tradition of nursing excellence, with a wide scope of nursing practices.

The SICU team is well trained and equipped to handle a variety of healthcare issues that can affect patient safety and hospital. The entire SICU staff assists in the early planning for patient’s clinical needs and goals. They give exemplary daily care to these critically ill patients and put emphasis on interdisciplinary team communication with patient and families.