INTRODUCTION

The department of Skin, STD & Leprosy was shifted from Sadar Hospital to the RMCH building in the year 1964. Dr. B.N. Prasad was the first head of department. In the year 1972 permission was granted for the post graduated courses. M.D.(Skin,STD & Leprosy )and diploma(DVD) . These were recognized by the MCI in the year 1990 Dr. A.K. Singh took over as the HOD from 1998 . Presently the department is successfully running under Dr. S. S. Choudhary.

DESCRIPTION

The total no. of beds is 66. The department has a well-equipped operation theatre having electro cautery and skin surgery .There are experimental labs having facilities for AFB smear, gram staining etc. There is a dark room. The labs have adequate number of microscopes, centrifuging machines etc. There are 2 LASERS one is the fractional CO2 LASER and the other is Q switched NdYag LASER by which pigmented lesions and many benign tumors are removed .

ACTIVITIES

Seminars- 1 per week

Conferences- once per year

Workshops- 4-5 per year

Tutorial classes, Journal discussions & Case presentations are done weekly.

FUTURE PLANS

1. Apart from LASER, PUVA Chambers of partial and whole body are some of the projects in the pipeline.

2. Education and patient care will be improved gradually in the future by the hard work of the doctors and students.