FAQs
1. Which doctor looks after the post-operative complications if they occur?The doctor who operates on you will look after you during this period. Sometimes if the complication is considered to be major or life-threatening you maybe shifted to the surgical intensive care unit.
2. Is it true that one may never wake up after anesthesia?
This misconception is rampant thanks to the media. A healthy individual, whose anesthesia passés off smoothly will wake up after the anesthetic effect wears off. Those instances where a person goes into a coma or does not wake up after anesthesia is due to some life-threatening event, which possibly affected the oxygen, supply to the brain. In such a situation, the person may have a delayed return to consciousness depending on the extent of the insult suffered.
