Hello Freinds!! Dr Rajiv colaco has already given a very good review of Nanavati hospitals and orthopedics. You can go here to read that blog. So I will be concentrating on Radiodiagnosis in Nanavati.
The Radiodiagnosis department in Nanavati hospitals has all the machines that are required to acquire knowledge in Radiodiagnosis.
The Hospital has –
- 5 sonography machines
- 1 CT (64 Slice with PET Scan) machine
- 3 Tesla and 1.5 tesla MRI Machine
- MAMMOGRAPHY
- BMD(Bone mineral density)
- Nuclear scans
- 1 HIFU machine(High frequency focused ultrasound)
Only two hospitals in Mumbai have the HIFU machine i.e Nanavati and Jaslok. These machines may be absent in a government medical college so this is where the advantage lies. Also almost all interventional radiology procedures are done in Nanavati.
Number of Consultants :
2 consultants in CT scan & PET scan
3 in MRI
3 in Sonography
2 in Xrays
2 in interventional radiology.
Each year we have total 4 primary DNBs, 2 secondary DNBs plus 2 CPS candidates.
Every 3rd day you will get emergency duties with one senior and we get usually 7-10 patients at night for CT scan and Sonography.
Patient load : About 30 to 35 a day in sonography and CT
MRI 45 To 50 a day including appointments,ward patients and OPD patients.
In PET Scan every day about 13 to 15 PETs done plus CT scans.
The patient load is adequate to learn radiodiagnosis.
Academics: To be frank they are just average, we have 1-2 lectures/case discussions per week. We can also ask the consultants our doubts during scanning. We can attend lectures in other medical colleges if we want more academics.
Pass rate : Pass rate is 60-70 % in radiodiagnosis @ Nanavati. Theory almost everybody passes but with practical the overall situation is around 60-70 %.
Cutoff (jan session) : My rank- 471 My batchmates – 585
For Stipend and Accomodation you can read Dr.Rajivs Blog here.
Dr.Sanket Patel
DNB Resident,Dept of Radiodiagnosis
Nanavati Hospital and research centre,Mumabi
