Department of General Medicine & Critical Care
Before there was a Shri Balaji Aarogyam Hospital, there was a problem Dr. Anurag Kaushal couldn’t stop thinking about: critical care in Kurukshetra and the surrounding region was failing people at the exact moment they needed it most. Not a lack of doctors who cared, a lack of the infrastructure to back that care up when it counted. That gap is the reason this hospital exists at all, and this department, General Medicine and Critical Care, is where it started in 2011. Everything else the hospital has built since has grown outward from this one department.
Scope of Services
Round-the-clock emergency response
A patient arriving in crisis, chest pain, severe breathlessness, a bad accident, gets assessed and stabilized immediately. There's no waiting for a scheduled slot when someone's condition can't wait.
Intensive care unit management
Continuous monitoring for critically ill patients, tracking vitals, oxygen levels, and organ function in real time rather than checking in periodically. This is where a deteriorating patient gets caught early instead of after things worsen.
Ventilator and life support management
For patients who can't breathe adequately on their own, mechanical ventilation and other life support measures are managed by a team trained specifically for it, not general nursing staff handling it as an added task.
General medical consultation and diagnosis
Everyday complaints, fevers, infections, unexplained fatigue, persistent pain, get a proper diagnostic workup rather than a guess based on symptoms alone.
Chronic disease management
Diabetes, hypertension, and other long-term conditions get tracked over repeat visits, with treatment adjusted as the condition changes rather than treated as a one-time prescription.
Infectious disease treatment
From common infections to more serious ones needing hospitalization, diagnosis and treatment happen under the same department that handles the critical cases if things escalate.
Post-ICU recovery and monitoring
Coming off intensive care doesn't mean a patient is fully out of the woods. Recovery gets monitored closely in the transition back to a general ward or home.
Multi-organ critical care support
Some critical patients aren't dealing with one failing system, they're dealing with several at once, heart, lungs, kidneys, together. This is exactly the kind of complex case an intensivist is trained to manage.
Every Minute Actually Matters Here
In critical care, the gap between a good outcome and a bad one is often measured in minutes, not days. That’s the entire premise this department was built on, and it shapes everything from equipment to staffing.
24x7 Critical & Emergency Care
A patient in crisis doesn't wait for a shift change. Neither does this department.
Advanced ICU Support
Intensive care equipped for patients who need constant monitoring and immediate intervention, not periodic check-ins.
Complete Medical Care
General medicine for the everyday illnesses that don't need an ICU, fevers, infections, chronic conditions that need ongoing management.
Intensivist-Led Treatment
Dr. Kaushal's own specialization is intensive care itself, not general medicine applied to critical patients as an afterthought.
Advanced Equipment
Monitoring and life-support equipment built for the cases where a delay or a gap in coverage isn't an option.
Every Age Group, Every Severity
From a routine fever to a patient on ventilator support, this department doesn't turn cases away based on complexity.
OVERVIEW
The Department That Started Everything
Dr. Anurag Kaushal didn’t set out to build a 18+ department hospital. He set out to fix one specific, painful gap: patients in Kurukshetra and nearby towns who needed serious critical care had nowhere reliable to turn, and by the time they reached help, it was often too late to matter. General Medicine and Critical Care opened in 2011 to close that gap directly. Everything the hospital has become since, the buildings, the specialties, the equipment, grew out from that starting point.
The Original Department
Where Shri Balaji Aarogyam Hospital started in 2011, before any other specialty existed here.
Founder-Led Care
Dr. Kaushal still practices in the department he built the hospital around.
A Team Built to Notice Small Changes
Critical care depends on staff who catch problems early, not just respond to emergencies once they've already happened.
No Case Turned Away for Severity
From routine illness to life-threatening emergencies, handled under one department.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between General Medicine and Critical Care within this one department?
General Medicine is everyday illness, fevers, infections, ongoing conditions. Critical Care is the ICU-level end, patients whose condition needs constant monitoring and fast intervention. Dr. Kaushal’s team handles both.
What does an intensivist actually do differently from a general physician?
An intensivist trains specifically for the cases where several organ systems are struggling at once and there’s no time to figure it out slowly. That’s not a general physician’s core training. It’s Dr. Kaushal’s.
Is the ICU here equipped for serious, complex cases, or mainly routine monitoring?
Serious cases. Ventilator support, continuous monitoring, intervention that can’t wait for a scheduled check-in, this is what the department was built for from day one in 2011.
If a family member is brought in during a medical emergency, what happens first?
Assessment and stabilization, immediately, any hour. No scheduled appointment needed. What happens after that depends entirely on the specific emergency.
Why was this department founded before any other specialty at the hospital?
Because Dr. Kaushal saw critical care failing people in Kurukshetra at the exact moment they needed it most, and decided to fix that first. Every other department came after.