The Department of Orthopaedics at IMS, BHU has 5 teaching staff, 13 trauma staff, and 88 MBBS students. Strengths include a large clinical volume with over 130,000 OPD visits and 5000 surgeries annually, good teaching infrastructure, and collaborative research opportunities. Challenges include the need for specialty clinics, dedicated surgeons, a spinal injury center, and improved infrastructure to support the increasing patient load such as an O-arm and 3D printer. Administrative support is required to increase beds, operating theaters, and develop infrastructure like a bone bank, navigation systems, and equipment for advanced procedures.

1. Department of Orthopaedics,
IMS, BHU

2. OVERVIEW
• TEACHING STAFF
• Department of orthopaedics – 5
• Orthopaedics for trauma centre-2
• Trauma centre – 2
• Division of PMR - 0
• Department of orthopaedics (Occupation
therapy/ physiotherapy ) - 1
• TRAUMA CENTRE (SR)
• 13
• ORTHOPAEDICS (JR)
• JR-1- 0
• JR2- 7
• JR3 - 7
MBBS – 88
MS (ORTHOPAEDICS) - 8
Ph.D
Bachelor of Occ Therapy (since 2018)
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (since 2018) 50

3. Strengths
• Large volume of clinical material ( OPD attendance 2019-
130916, Surgeries~5000)
• Good infrastructure for teaching & learning.
• Opportunities for collaborative research-Research projects in
collaboration with IIT, BHU(2 areas) , GOI ( PMR)
• Highly regarded & placed Alumni in most states & abroad
• Dedicated faculty and trauma infrastructure

4. CHALLENGES
 Speciality clinics and speciality operation theatres-
Arthroplasty, spine, sports medicine
 Appointment of dedicated Hand surgeon, Paediatric
orthopaedic surgeon.
 Dedicated spinal injury centre
 Establishing Geriatric Orthopaedics & adult reconstruction
facility
 Infra-structure to strengthen the ever increasing patient
load – procuring O-arm, 3 –D printer
 To start online OPD registrations and Feedback system
 Strengthen patient data management system for follow up

5. Self improvements
• To have digital library of records and X rays
• Getting the speciality work included in National registry
• Support new courses like ATLS in trauma Orthopaedics
• Enforce the national programme for Road safety and Trauma
management
• Establish specialty clinics and learn- by –doing sessions for
students of both UGs and PGs

6. Administrative Support
 Required teaching beds as per NMC norms at 40 beds per unit (40*3 =120)
 Creation of beds for 5 specialties to be developed- Joint replacement, sports
medicine, spine, Geriatric orthopaedics and Paediatric orthopaedics (15*5=75)
 OT table strength currently 18 per week, should be increased to 24 per week
 2 emergency OT should be running 24 X7
 Development of skill lab and endoscopy lab
 Infrastructure requirements :
BONE BANK SET UP,
O-ARM,
OPEN ENDED NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR SPINE AND JOINT REPLACEMENT,
Scoliosis surgery
Advanced endoscopy instruments and arthroscopy for small joints