Anaesthesia at the Bronovo Hospital

The waiting room of the pre-operative outpatient clinicabove for the arms or shoulder, the difference being that leg nerves are nowblocked. For a one-leg nerve block during knee surgery, both the groin and thehip nerves are blocked.For a spinal injection, the anaesthetic is injected at the base of the spine with afine needle. The effect is almost instantaneous.Patients for major abdominal and thorax surgery are injected in the epiduralspace. The anaesthetic agent is so administered via a thin tube which remainsin place, taped to the patient’s back where it can be used for further pain treatmentafter the operation.7