General Medicine

The department of general medicine focuses on disease prevention, diagnosis, and non-surgical treatment. A general practitioner examines the patient physically before advising on the necessary diagnostic tests and procedures. A final diagnosis is then made by correlating the findings of these tests with the symptoms, the general physical examination, and other factors.

The patient is either given the necessary treatment, which is typically medicine by the general physician, based on the final diagnosis, or is referred to a speciality department for additional care. Lifestyle related ailments like diabetology, non surgical obesity ailments, regular and routine health monitoring that pre-empt and avoid later complications, by early symptomatic diagnosis are dealt by this branch of medicine.