Anaesthesiologist
Dr Meeta Saxena, M.B.B.S., M.D., is an anaesthetist of over 20 years of experience. Her skills range from Neonatal Resuscitation to Pain Management to the challenging field of Critical Care. She has successfully cleared the Fundamental Critical Care Support Course conducted by the Society of Critical Care Medicine of California, USA. She regularly provides anaesthesia for surgeries of a wide variety of specialties ranging from General and Plastic Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Orthopaedics to Ophthalmology. Her experience with Local blocks, General Anaesthesia, Paediatric Anaesthesia as well as Geriatric have stood us in good stead at Prakash Netralaya & Retina Foundation, where she has been Consultant Anaesthetist since its inception.
Dr Meeta Saxena keeps abreast of the developments in the field of Critical Care and Resuscitation techniques. She has taken up the responsibility of equipping the staff with the knowledge of the basics of resuscitation and first response in the care of patients during emergencies as a regular exercise at the hospital. This has helped make the staff more attuned to the signs and symptoms of a critical patient so that timely intervention can be provided.
Dr Saxena is a life member of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiology as well as the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. She is among the founding members and present Clinical Secretary of the Aligarh Anaesthetists’ Club.