The Department of Anaesthesia of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) provides a wide range of services including clinical anaesthesia for scheduled surgeries and 24-hour emergency services at the operating theatres. In addition, the Department of Anaesthesia also provides out-of-theatre pain management services, obstetrics anaesthesia & analgesia services and resuscitation & trauma services.

The Department Anaesthesia is also recognized as an established training centre for both local and overseas colleges of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Scope of Service

Anaesthesia Service
  • Clinical anaesthesia including General Anaesthesia, Regional Anaesthesia and Monitored Anaesthesia Care.
Obstetric Anaesthesia & Analgesia Service
  • 24-hour labour epidural service
Operating Theatre Services
  • Elective surgery
  • 24-hour emergency surgery
  • Support surgical specialties include:
    • Breast, Head & Neck
    • Colorectal
    • Dental
    • Ear, Nose and Throat
    • General Surgery
    • Hepato-bilary & Pancreatic
    • Neurosurgery
    • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Ophthalmic
    • Orthopaedics and Traumatology
    • Spinal
    • Upper Gastrointestinal
    • Urology
    • Vascular
Out-of-theatre Anaesthetic Service
  • Anaesthetic support for psychiatry, cardiology, endoscopy and radiology interventions
Pain Management Service
  • 24-hour acute pain management service for inpatients
  • Specialist Out-patient Pain Clinics
  • Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics with Departments of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Physiotherapy, Oncology and Occupational Health Services.
Preoperative Assessment Service
  • Pre-anaesthetic assessment as in-patient or day patient
Resuscitation & Trauma Service
  • Support to cardiopulmonary and trauma resuscitation

Contact Us

General Anaesthesia at the operating theatre
Performing pain intervention
Pre-anaesthetic assessment service
Regional Anaesthesia service