The Department of Burns & Plastic Surgery was established in December 2005 at Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Memorial Hospital attached to Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipurand was shifted to its present site at DKS Super specialty Hospital Post Graduate Institute & Research Centre in October 2018 when the Super Specialty Hospital was established as a separate specialized tertiary care hospital. The hospital is attached to Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipurand is affiliated to Pt. DeenDayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh. It is run by Ministry of Health of Chhattisgarh state Government.It is having one of the most developed and fully equipped Plastic Surgery Department for teaching, training and patient care in central India.

         Infrastructure – The Department is situated at first floor of the DKS Super Specialty hospital has two sub specialized subunits – Burns Unit and Plastic, Maxillo-facial&Reconstructive surgery Unit.

         The Burns Unit – The Burns unit is a fully functional,modular 20 beddedburns unit with 8 ICU beds, first of its kind in central Asia..It is having dedicated Burns Operation Theatre.It is equipped with 1 patient bathing system and patient mobilization system offering comfort and safety to the burns patient during their dailydressings. It is the only specialized burns center catering to Central India having very vast catchment area.

         The Plastic Surgery Unit – The Plastic Surgery ward consists of 30 beds for both Male & Female patients. It is fully air conditioned and with individual monitors for 5 beds requiring more intensive monitoring. The department has two fully dedicated Operated theaters in the Main theatre Complex catering to need of Plastic Surgery care 24x7.

        The Department offers MCh training course in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery as per MCI guidelines and has presently capacity of admission of 1 seat per academic year. The first MCh (Plastic Surgery) residency programme was started in May 2019. The Department also provides training facility to MS (General Surgery) residents posted in the Department on rotary basis.The Department also runs postgraduate certificate course in Hand surgery.The Department is thus committed to teaching and contributing to continue medical education and holds weekly teaching activity for its residents and supporting staff. The Department also provides comprehensive care in Cosmetic Surgery, and is equipped with PAL (Power Assisted Liposuction) machine, RFA machine to treat varicose veins and Diode LASER &IPL machines. Burns Unit of the department is equipped and efficient in treating Acute burns, Chronic burns wounds and complications of Burns (Contractures). It is the tertiary referral center for the state of Chhattisgarh and thus deals with all complications and types of Burns, including thermal burns, electric burns etc