Maternity and Gynaecological Care Since 1976
Obstetrics and Gynaecology is the oldest and largest department established right since the inception of the hospital in 1976. The department caters to the maternity and Gynaecological needs of women from across the country.
What the Department Offers
Services offered include normal and assisted deliveries (forceps and vacuum), episiotomy, planned and emergency Caesarean section, management of retained placenta and ectopic pregnancy, hysterectomy (laparoscopic, abdominal and vaginal, with pelvic floor repair where needed), laparoscopic and open removal of ovarian cysts and fibroids, advanced laparoscopic surgeries for endometriosis, laparoscopic tubal recanalisation, myomectomy, laparoscopic fertility preservation surgeries for prolapse, diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy, diagnostic laparoscopy with tubal patency testing for infertility, cervical procedures (polypectomy, biopsy, cautery), dilatation & curettage and cervical cytology (Pap smear).
Beds, Theatres and Volumes
Facilities include
Antenatal ward 10 beds · Post-Op wards 10 beds · Maternity Ward 10 beds · Labour Rooms including one for Eclampsia cases — 2 · Dedicated Operation Theatre slots
Quantum of services
1800 Outpatient consultations per month · 50–60 deliveries per month · 50 Gynaecology surgeries per month
The Department Team
From Honorary Consultants to a Full Department
1976 – 2012
- 1976 — Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital established
- 1976 – 2012 — Obstetric and gynaecological patients cared for by legendary honorary consultants
- 2012 — Formation of the OBG department
2013 – 2016
- 2013 — Beginning of the laparoscopy era
- 2016 — Department moves to SSSIHMS, Whitefield, providing comprehensive obstetric and advanced gynaecological care
- 2016 — Uro-gynaecological surgery introduced
2019 onwards
- 2019 — Hysteroscopic surgery introduced
- 2025 — SaiObgyn Conclave — state-level conference hosted at SSSIHMS Whitefield
Key Expertise
Present Infrastructure
The Doctors Who Built the Department
Late Dr. P. V. Hegde
Honorary consultant at SSSGH from 1976 — an exceptional surgeon in vaginal surgery and VVF repair, who introduced Hegde’s modification of Fothergill’s repair for cervical elongation.
Late Dr. Savithri
The “Heart of SSSGH”, who managed the entire hospital single-handedly under the guidance of the honorary consultants.
Heads of Department
- Dr. Jaya Bhat — 1997–2012, and honorary consultant until 2024
- Dr. Sharmila Nagendran
Honorary Consultants
Swami and the General Hospital
Conferences and Presentations
The SaiObgyn Conclave, a state-level conference, was held at SSSIHMS Whitefield on 2 March 2025 — an academic feast for consultants and post-graduates.
Dr. Sharmila Nagendran
- Laparoscopic excision and repair of a post-caesarean huge isthmocele with multiple endometriomas and cervical stenosis — AICOG 2023, Kolkata
- Efficacy of LNG-IUS in women with cardiovascular disease on anticoagulants with abnormal uterine bleeding — Gnanavarsha 2023, Bengaluru
- Diagnostic challenges in Müllerian anomalies: a case series — Gnanavarsha 2024, Bengaluru
- Cervical cerclage — when? to whom? and how? — SaiObgyn Conclave 2025, SSSIHMS Whitefield
- Case series on vaginal cysts beyond the common Bartholin’s cyst — diverse and rare presentations and surgical challenges, a 3-year experience — Gnanavarsha 2025, Bengaluru
- A high-stakes dissection: laparoscopic management of extra-pelvic endometriosis extending up to the external iliac vessels — video presentation, Endogyn 2026, Kolkata (organised by IAGE Bengal)
Dr. Neekita Pradhan
- Laparoscopic pectopexy for post-hysterectomy vault prolapse, compared with laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy — 24th Annual Congress of the Asia Pacific Association, 2024, Chennai
- Diagnostic dilemma and treatment challenges in a rare variant of diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis — AICOG 2024, Hyderabad
- Ribbon technique in endobag abdominal manual morcellation in laparoscopic myomectomy: a safe, zero-cost alternative to the power morcellator — AICOG 2026, Delhi
Dr. Kavya Kshatriya
- Diagnostic challenges in Müllerian anomalies — poster, Gnanavarsha 2024, Bengaluru
- Gelatin sponge as an unexpected cause of early postoperative bowel obstruction — poster, Annual Academic Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SLCOG), 2026
Dr. Rachitha M. Prasad
- Edge of the uterus, test of precision: laparoscopic management of interstitial ectopic pregnancy — poster, Endogyn 2026, Kolkata (organised by IAGE Bengal)
Special Initiatives
- Antenatal clinic, and antenatal classes for pregnant patients
- Yoga classes for pregnant women
- Immunisation of pregnant women and newborns
- Screening for cancer of the cervix
- Teaching programme for doctors, post-graduate medical students and nursing students
- HPV vaccination drive for staff and students of SSSIHMS
