The Department of Plastic Surgery was started in King George Hospital in 1986 with posts of one Professor and two Assistant Professors. The bed strength then was 17. Presently, the Department of Plastic Surgery conducts two Out Patient Clinics and has two days exclusively for surgeries and operations during the week. Over 1100 patients attend the Out Patient Clinic every year with 200 hospital admissions and 400 surgeries.

In 1995, a separate Burns Ward with 12 beds was inaugurated with help of generous donations from an NRI doctor, Dr Vasu Pandrangi. About 350 burn patients are admitted each year at the ward.

The department provides training to Under graduate and Post graduate students in procedures of plastic surgery, ENT etc.