The ICU & Anaesthesia Department provides comprehensive, continuous care for patients requiring advanced monitoring, life support, pain control, and perioperative management. By uniting critical care and anaesthetic services, the department ensures seamless support from the operating theatre to the intensive care unit, offering timely interventions for medical, surgical, and emergency conditions.
Your Care Options
Anaesthesia Services
Pre-operative Assessment and Preparation
- Reviewing your health, medicines, and any risks; planning the best anaesthesia for you.
Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia
- Pain relief for labour and safe anaesthesia for caesarean section.
Post Anaesthesia Care
- Close monitoring as you wake, with support for pain, nausea and early recovery.
Anaesthesia for surgery (elective and emergency):
- General Anaesthesia – medicines that let you sleep through the operation.
- Spinal/Epidural anaesthesia – numbing medicine placed near the spine to block pain from the waist down (often used in obstetrics).
- Regional nerve blocks , targeted injections that block pain in a specific area of the body, helping with pain control during and after surgery.
Chronic pain clinic
- Where we offer specialized and comprehensive care for patients with long term pain that doesn’t truly resolve with routine treatment. We provide a multidisciplinary approach which basically means several types of specialists working together for optimal care of our patients.
Intensive Care Unit
Our ICU provides advanced monitoring, life-support therapies, and comprehensive management for critically ill patients, including:
Advanced airway and breathing support:
- Mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure or during postoperative recovery
- Non-invasive ventilation when appropriate
- Skilled airway management by intensivists and anaesthesia-trained physicians
Circulatory and organ support:
- Vasopressor and inotrope therapy
- Haemodynamic monitoring
- Coordination of dialysis support when needed in the unit with 2 haemodialysis machines
Patient Support
Critical care for a wide range of conditions
- Sepsis and septic shock
- Trauma (including head injury)
- Cardiac emergencies that require ventilory support
- Obstetric complications
- Poisonings and toxicology cases
- Postoperative surgical cases
- Respiratory failure and ARDS
Bedside diagnostics and procedures:
- Point-of-care ultrasound
- Central and arterial line insertion
- Chest drains and emergency procedures
Comfort, communication, and family support:
- Sedation and pain management tailored to each patient
- Clear communication with families regarding progress and treatment plans. This includes daily updates and multidisciplinary updates.
Our Team's Expertise
Dr. Fernando Vladimir Ramirez Tellez is a specialist in Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine with extensive training and experience. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Clinical-Surgical and Teaching Hospital “Saturnino Lora”, Cuba, in 1996, followed by a Diploma in Intensive Medicine and Emergencies in 1999. In 2003, he earned a Diploma in Health Economy, and in 2009 completed a Master’s in Intensive Medicine and Emergencies at Medical University No. 1, Cuba. His career reflects a strong commitment to critical care and the advancement of healthcare services.
Anaesthesiologists
Specialists trained in anaesthesia and critical care, managing routine and high-risk cases, including obstetric and paediatric procedures.
Nurse Anaesthetists
Provide anaesthesia delivery and continuous monitoring, supporting safe care in theatres.
Anaesthesia Patient Care Assistants
Assist the anaesthesia team to ensure smooth, safe operations.
ICU Nurses
Deliver skilled bedside monitoring and critical care.
Respiratory Therapist
Manages ventilation, airway support, and respiratory monitoring for critically ill patients.