24/7 Emergency Orthopedic & Trauma Care in Ahmedabad

The following need immediate evaluation at an emergency department — not a wait-and-see approach:

• Fractures — visible deformity, inability to bear weight, or a limb that looks "wrong"
• Joint dislocations — shoulder, hip, knee, elbow, or finger
• Open injuries — wounds where bone is visible or exposed
• Road-accident polytrauma — multiple injuries from a two-wheeler or car accident
• Crush injuries — from machinery, falling objects, or vehicle accidents
• Sudden inability to move or bear weight on a limb after a fall, even without an obvious deformity

If in doubt, call and describe the injury — our team will advise whether to come in immediately or by ambulance.

Yes. DHS Multispecialty Hospital's trauma service runs round the clock, 365 days a year, backed by a 24/7 ICU and standby operation theatres so a case can move straight from the emergency desk into surgery when needed. Call the emergency helpline at +91 9081610444 any time, day or night — landline back-up is available on (079) 26844444 / (079) 26845555.

Yes. DHS operates a 24/7 ambulance service equipped with advanced life-support systems and staffed by trained paramedical personnel, so injured patients are stabilised and monitored on the way in, not just transported.

To request an ambulance, call the emergency helpline at +91 9081610444 and share the location and nature of the injury — dispatch begins immediately.

While help is on the way:

• Keep the person still. Do not try to straighten or realign a visibly deformed limb.
• Support, don't force. If the limb must be moved, support the joint above and below the injury.
• Don't give food or water — emergency surgery may need to follow, and an empty stomach is safer for anaesthesia.
• Call an ambulance instead of self-transporting for a suspected hip, spine, or head injury — incorrect handling can worsen the damage.
• Bring ID, insurance details, and current medications if you can, to speed up registration and billing.

Call +91 9081610444 on the way — our team can advise you en route and have the trauma team ready when you arrive.

Orthopedic trauma care is led by Dr. Hardik M Shah (Medical Director, MBBS, MS Orthopedic, FRCS Germany) and Dr. Swagat M Shah, our orthopedic and trauma surgeons. For complex or multi-injury cases, they are supported round the clock by on-call neurosurgery, vascular surgery, and critical-care/anaesthesia specialists, along with 24/7 radiology (X-ray/CT) and ICU teams — so a single accident with several injuries is managed by one coordinated team rather than being referred out.

Timelines depend on the type of fracture:

• On arrival: immediate triage and X-ray/imaging
• Closed fractures (skin intact): assessed and a treatment plan finalised within hours
• Open fractures (bone breaking the skin): taken up for surgical washout within 6 hours of arrival to reduce infection risk

Calling ahead on +91 9081610444 lets the trauma team prepare the OT and blood bank in advance, which shortens the time from arrival to treatment.

Yes. DHS provides round-the-clock polytrauma care for patients with multiple injuries — for example, a fracture combined with a head or internal injury from a road accident. Orthopedic, neurosurgery, vascular, and critical-care specialists coordinate on the same case, supported by a 24/7 ICU and operation theatres kept on standby for exactly this kind of arrival.

DHS Multispecialty Hospital is empaneled with various health insurance providers, and our billing team assists with cashless approvals for emergency admissions. Call the billing desk at +91 9081021444, or simply tell the emergency team on arrival that you'd like to start a cashless claim — they will guide the paperwork alongside treatment. See our cashless insurance process for details.