SURGICAL ICU (SICU) Department

The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at BAMTH cares for patients who have undergone major surgical procedures and require intensive post-operative monitoring, or those with surgical emergencies requiring critical care-level support before or after intervention.

• Post-operative patients following major abdominal, thoracic, neurological, urological and vascular surgery
• Polytrauma patients requiring multi-organ management
• Patients with abdominal sepsis, peritonitis or anastomotic leaks
• Post-cardiac surgery monitoring
• Burns patients requiring critical care
• Patients with surgical complications — bleeding, acute respiratory failure, haemodynamic instability

Advanced ventilatory support, invasive haemodynamic monitoring, wound and drain management, nutrition support, close liaison with all surgical specialties, and Anaesthesia department oversight.