Our General Surgery Team is headed by Dr R Padmakumar, Medical Director who received his training in laparoscopy and cancer surgery from prestigious institutions including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, TATA Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and Apollo Cancer Hospital, Chennai. Dr Padmakumar has 20 years' experience in Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures. He is an eminent Bariatric Surgeon and one of the pioneers in performing surgical treatment of of Type II Diabetes and Obesity. Dr R. Padmakumar is a well reputed faculty for Surgical workshops and CME in India and Abroad. He is also a visiting Specialist Surgeon at IMH (International Modern Hospital) Dubai and Venniyil Medical Center (VMC) Sharjah. Other procedures like Stapler Haemorrhoidectomy, Varicose Vein Surgery, Thyroidectomy, are also done with very good outcome. Bowel surgery and hernia surgery are other areas of excellent surgical treatment performed in the department.