Sūsrūta System of Intensivecare –A Prospective Overview

Abstract

In Vŗhatryee, Sūsrūta has the doctrine of surgical management along with related descriptions of anatomy, physiology. Though Charaka and Vāgbhata have similar description but are not up to the content like Sūsrūta. Sūsrūta was the first who described surgical operations and had broad view on sterilization pre and post-operative management along with intensive care which are unique and has prime importance. In modern system of medicine intensive care plays a vital role for patient’s life and sustenance. It was inter-esting to evaluate that Sūsrūta system of intensive care has been described considering all aspects where he has given importance to the major specialties required. In the line of shlokas all the meanings are buried and are yet to be understood in the line of description. It is also very important to know that the present system of surgery though so advanced but also existed before 1000 B.C and which is clearly evident from the description found. Sūsrūta had felt the necessity of multispecialty physician cum surgeon’s advice dur-ing critical care as per the prevailing system. During Sūsrūta time different names (probably nominated specialists of different wings) were given due importance to the critical management of the patients are usually seen nowadays in modern system of medicine. In the present paper efforts have been taken to de-cipher the every term used by Sūsrūta in parlance to modern system concerned to ancient system of critical care.