The hospital provides a variety of general and specialized surgical services, including tonsillectomies, hernia repair, bowel resection, gall bladder, foot, cataract and many others. The surgery department was completely remodeled in 2003.
Some procedures may be performed using a narrow, rigid viewing tube called a laparoscope. In laparoscopic surgery, the laporoscope and other instruments are inserted through a small incision. Laparoscopy also may be used to examine the appendix, gallbladder, liver and female reproductive organs.
Many surgeries require only local anesthesia,
