Key subspecialties in the internal medicine department

Infectious diseases: Our distinguished medical professionals, with a wealth of experience, excel in precision diagnostics and exceptional care for infectious diseases. From bacterial, viral, and fungal to parasitic diseases, our dedicated team specializes in treating various conditions. We focus on gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urinary tracts infections, along with seasonal flu, malaria, dengue, typhoid, and other communicable diseases, utilizing cutting-edge techniques to ensure optimal care and outcomes.

Acute and chronic diseases: A multidisciplinary team of experts collaborates to ensure timely diagnosis and intensive medical management tailored to your unique needs at KIMS-Arete Hospital. We offer comprehensive care and management of chronic diseases, prioritizing your health and well-being.

Diabetes: Guiding patients through diabetes care, our expert team at KIMS-Arete Hospital combines lifestyle changes, medications, and regular blood glucose monitoring. Early diagnosis and intervention can significantly reduce the chances of complications of diabetes, contributing to better outcomes.
Hypertension: High blood pressure is a long-term medical condition that can become serious if not treated promptly. Our highly experienced team of doctors identify and manage hypertension through a personalized plan, including antihypertensive drug therapy and lifestyle modifications such as weight loss, smoking cessation, and stress reduction. This meticulously tailored approach enhances precision and accuracy, ensuring your comfort and overall well-being.
Thyroid disorders: We offer a comprehensive approach to treating thyroid disorders, including early diagnosis, personalized treatment plans, and continuous support for managing hypo- and hyperthyroidism. In cases where medication proves insufficient, surgery is recommended to remove the thyroid gland, providing expert care to enhance overall quality of life.
Metabolic Disorders: Metabolic syndrome, comprising conditions like elevated blood pressure, high blood sugar, abdominal obesity, and abnormal cholesterol levels, heightens the risk of heart disease, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes. We integrate advanced diagnostics, personalized interventions, genetic counseling, medications, and regular monitoring through follow-up appointments to address this condition.
Obesity: At KIMS-Arete Hospital, we tackle obesity, a complex and chronic disease, through personalized treatment plans. These include dietary guidance, behavioral counselling, medications, BMI calculation, and, in specific cases, recommendation for weight-loss surgery. Our commitment to excellence is evident in the convenience we offer, simplifying and minimizing the challenges associated with obesity.

Preventive Health Check-Up: In our serene and calm environment, we offer a set of medical tests and screenings to detect diseases or health conditions early, before they become more serious. Our preventive care services provide a wide range of conditions aimed at improving health.

Arete Essential Health Plan: Introducing our comprehensive health package thoughtfully designed to prioritize your well-being. This inclusive offering covers screenings for diabetes, heart health, liver function, kidney health, hormone levels, anemia screening, minerals, vitamins, and general body screening along with consultation. By choosing this package, you take a proactive step in establishing a strong protective barrier for your health, preventing the onset of illnesses.
Arete Well Women Package: Tailored uniquely to address women's health needs, the Well Women Package at Arete focuses on your convenience. Offering user-friendly screenings for diabetes, cardiac health, liver, kidney health, vitamins, hormone levels, general body screenings, and other tests, the package also includes expert consultations. Prioritizing your well-being, the package is designed to empower you with proactive insights into your health.
Arete Prime Life Package: Our Prime Life Package is an all-encompassing health bundle that includes screenings for diabetes, lipid profile, ECG, 2D Echo, liver function test, kidney screening (creatinine, BUN), T3, T4, TSH, minerals, vitamins, BMD (spine), anemia screening, and general body screenings. Additionally, it provides physician consultation. This package is designed to address the specific health needs of the individual.
Arete Cardiac Checkup: We provide a comprehensive cardiac evaluation, incorporating advanced diagnostics such as 2D Echo, ECG, TMT, homocysteine, lipid profile, CT coronary angiogram, TSH, kidney function test, diabetic tests, and general body screening, along with a consultation. Our dedicated medical team meticulously examines your cardiac health, utilizing cutting-edge technologies.
Arete Whole Body Health Checkup: The Arete Whole Body Health Checkup is an all-inclusive package that includes screenings for diabetes, cardiovascular health, liver function tests, kidney function tests, hormone level, minerals, vitamins, viral, radiology tests, anemia screenings, general body screenings, and other tests along with consultation. This package is designed to encompass all aspects of the entire body, addressing a spectrum of health factors.

Adult Vaccination: At KIMS-Arete Hospital, where healthcare is redefined through cutting-edge technology and a tech-enabling approach, we offer a personalized and compassionate healthcare journey. We offer a range of adult vaccinations to protect you from preventable diseases, including:

a. COVID-19

b. Flu (influenza)

c. Hepatitis B

d. Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

e. Pneumococcal Vaccine

f. Shingles

g. Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap)

Geriatric Care: Geriatric care at KIMS-Arete Hospital involves a dedicated team of experts, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and dietitians committed to supporting your well-being. We prioritize the unique needs and challenges of elderly individuals, create a geriatric-friendly environment, implement models of geriatric care, and employ evidence-based interventions for patients.

Diseases and Conditions Treated in the Internal Medicine Department

Seasonal flu: An epidemic wintertime illness caused by the influenza viruses; our country particularly experiences seasonal flu at least annually.
Diabetes: A collection of metabolic diseases in which an increased quantity of sugar is seen in the patient's blood, which could be due to defective secretion of insulin or its action causing excessive thirst, urination, weight loss, blurred vision, etc.
Thyroid Disorders: Disorders in which the thyroid hormones’ production is disrupted, resulting in the production of various symptoms, which can be divided based on hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone) and hyperthyroidism (high thyroid hormone).
Lifestyle Diseases: Chronic diseases such as obesity (increased adipose tissue), hypertension (increased blood pressure), cardiovascular disease (disease related to the heart affecting the blood perfusion), type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance causing increased blood sugar level), and cancers, etc. are caused due to lifestyle choice such as smoking, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity.
Infectious diseases: Infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, hepatitis, sepsis, etc. represent a continuous and increasing threat to human health and welfare. Due to emerging diseases, increasing resistances, and international travel, infectious diseases concern the whole world.
Pyrexia of unknown origin: This fever disease is defined as a temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or higher with a minimum duration of three weeks without any established diagnosis even after an intensive one-week investigation in the hospital.
Malaria: An infection transmitted to humans by a mosquito's bite caused by Plasmodium species (falciparum and vivax are the predominant species).
Autoimmune disorders: When the body's immune system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue, it is called an autoimmune disorder. There are more than 80 autoimmune disorders.

Treatment from Internal Medicine

Treatment of diabetes, hypertension, and thyroid disorders: Thyroid dysfunction and diabetes mellitus are closely linked, which is why there is an increased prevalence of thyroid disorders in patients with diabetes mellitus and vice versa. Both the conditions are exacerbated by hyperthyroidism and vice versa. The multidisciplinary team of experts at KIMS-Arete Hospital collaborates to ensure timely diagnosis and intensive medical management. KIMS-Arete Hospital offer comprehensive care and management of chronic diseases, prioritizing your health and well-being.

Viral Fever Treatment: Any fever due to viral origin is viral fever. Viruses are tiny germs that spread in various ways, and the reaction between the viral conditions and the immune system corresponds to the development of fever. At Arete Hospital, the distinguished medical professionals excel in precision diagnostics and take exceptional care in treating various infectious diseases ranging from bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic causes.

Managing Acute and Critical Medical Conditions (Sepsis, MODS, etc.): The multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), as the name implies, is a syndrome in which more than one organ system fails, which may or may not be related to the initial injury or disease process for which the patient was admitted to the ICU. The physicians at KIMS-Arete Hospital manage sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome through early intervention in the form of goal-directed therapy and supportive management.

Treating the Ailments and Staying Ahead of the Curve

KIMS-Arete Hospital believes in staying up to date with evidence-based medicine to help the internists in ferreting out the latest and advanced therapeutic education, enabling them to integrate the best and most current evidence into their pharmacotherapeutic decision-making. These strategies can help healthcare professionals to distinguish reliably beneficial pharmacotherapies from those which can be ineffective or harmful.

To achieve that desired effect, KIMS-Arete Hospital frequently indulges in case discussions, seminars, workshops with hands-on training experience, in-person conferences, and other sources of training and knowledge transfer centers where dissipation of knowledge occurs, thus continuing medical education.