A host of professions are opening up in the healthcare and primary sectors that yield very high levels of satisfaction. Read on to know what these emerging professions are and how you can pursue them.

1. Diploma in Anaesthesia Technology

Ivan's daily task is to give skilled support to the anaesthesiologist for a surgery in the operation theatre (OT), a highly intense place in any hospital.

He sets up the equipment and arranges the drugs required for anaesthesia procedures, which temporarily numb the sensation of patients for pain-free surgery.

"I have observed all kinds of operations from cardiac and plastic to paediatric surgery," says Ivan Vijaykumar, Anaesthesia Technician at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal.

Anaesthesiologists feel that the presence of technicians is imperative. "We do not start a case without technicians." shares Dr Anita Shenoy, Anaesthesiologist at Kasturba hospital, Manipal.

Eligibility

Any class 12 science student with sciences can enrol in the programme.

What you learn

"All students receive both theoretical and practical exposure at hospitals. It helps them to grab exact skills," says Prof Saumy Johnson, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Manipal University.

Job outlook

Anaesthesia technicians are hired in any hospital having OT -- from small to big multi-speciality hospitals.

There is a swelling demand of technicians in the Middle East countries. In India, a fresher can expect a salary between Rs 12,000 and Rs 15,000 and abroad about Rs 50,000 per month.

Prof Dr K Prasad, Department of Anaesthesiology, MCOAHS feels, "The work demands high-level concentration as you are responsible for patient's life." The job may stretch to long hours during specific cases of operation.

Institutes

MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Mumbai

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

Maharaja Sayajirao University, Gujarat

Aligarh Muslim University; Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences (MCOAHS)

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