Dr. Vikash Agarwal and Team
Anaesthesia and Critical Care, PGH Super Speciality Hospital
Dr. Vikash Agarwal heads the anaesthesia and critical care team at PGH Super Speciality Hospital, Uttam Nagar. The team supports every surgical department in the hospital, runs the ICU and HDU, and provides 24-hour cover for painless labour and emergency airway management.
You meet the anaesthesia team only briefly before surgery, but the comfort of every patient on the table comes from this team. Dr. Agarwal's pre-anaesthesia consults are clear: he tells you what type of anaesthesia is right for your surgery, what to expect when you wake up, and how pain is managed afterwards. In the ICU, the team takes time to update families twice a day so no one has to chase for information.
Areas of focus
General anaesthesia for surgery
Spinal and epidural anaesthesia
Painless labour (24-hour obstetric epidural)
Intensive care of critically ill patients
High-dependency unit (HDU) care
Pre-anaesthesia clinic for fitness assessment
Pain management for acute and post-operative care
Emergency airway and resuscitation
How to book a pre-anaesthesia consultation
Pre-anaesthesia consultation is booked when your surgery is planned. The surgical department schedules it for you. Walk-in pre-anaesthesia evaluation is also available for patients planning surgery in the next few weeks.
Frequently asked questions
You meet a member of the anaesthesia team for a pre-anaesthesia consultation before your scheduled surgery. Where possible, the same consultant looks after you in the operating theatre. For emergency surgeries, the on-call anaesthetist takes over and shares the plan with Dr. Agarwal afterwards.
Yes. Obstetric epidural is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An anaesthetist comes to the labour room once labour is established and sets up the epidural. Discuss it with your obstetrician in the antenatal visits if you want to plan for it.
No. Under general anaesthesia, you are unconscious through the surgery and feel nothing. The anaesthetist monitors you closely and adjusts the drugs throughout to keep you safely asleep. Awareness under modern anaesthesia is extremely rare.
The anaesthetist reviews your full medical history, examines you (heart, lungs, airway), checks your blood and ECG reports, and asks about any previous surgeries, anaesthesia reactions, allergies, and current medicines. You get a chance to ask anything that worries you about the anaesthesia or surgery.
By critical care consultants, junior doctors, and trained ICU nurses around the clock. Dr. Agarwal's team coordinates with the patient's primary doctor for the medical plan.
Yes, at fixed visiting times every day. We share daily updates with the family even outside visiting hours. For very sick patients, we relax visiting rules so close family can stay nearby.
Yes. Anaesthesia and ICU care are part of the surgical package billed by the hospital. Cashless under Ayushman Bharat, CGHS, ESIC, and 27+ private insurers.