This specialty focuses mainly on the abdominal organs. The general surgeons are highly skilled in resolving common abdominal issues, including appendicitis, hernias, gallbladder surgeries, and stomach and intestinal abnormalities.

In this department the areas of surgical treatment include intestines, esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts, and thyroid glands. They also deal with diseases involving the skin, soft tissue, and hernias.

General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical emergency. They are the ones who are often called upon to treat and care for the critically ill or gravely injured patients. They perform various procedures to stabilize such critical patients like intubation, burr hole, cricothyroidotomy, and emergency laparotomy or thoracotomy to stanch bleeding.

The general surgeons here are trained in emergency surgery. Bleeding, infections, bowel obstructions, and organ perforations are the primary problems they deal with. They also have the expertise in carrying out Cholecystectomy, the surgical removal of the gallbladder. This is most often done electively but the gallbladder can become acutely inflamed and require an emergency operation. Ruptures of the appendix and small bowel obstructions are other common emergencies. Minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery is also available here.