Introduction: There are multiple complex factors which affect satisfaction with anaesthesia services.

 In India, anaesthesia service and the importance of anaesthesia in the overall outcome of surgery is not well recognised. Most patient satisfaction studies in the postoperative period are usually about general satisfaction with hospital services. We propose to look at some important aspects of patient satisfaction about the specific anaesthesia-related indicators of awareness and postoperative discomfort of all patients undergoing General Anaesthesia in the period between 15^th August to 31^st December.2023.

 This will be done with a structured survey based on questions related mainly to aspects of awareness and post-operative discomfort in all patients who have undergone General Anaesthesia in Jehangir Hospital between 1st August 2023 to 31st December 2023. Any other data which is highlighted during the questionnaire interview will also be presented in the results as aspects of importance to the patient. This questionnaire will be presented to the patient who consents to fill out the survey form by a member of the staff who is not connected with the anaesthesia service.

 There are very few studies of anaesthesia-related patient satisfaction as there are multiple factors which are of extreme importance to the patient in the first 24 hours. Most people forget about the anaesthesia experience when things go right. At the same time, they are very bitter about anaesthesia/anaesthetist when complications take place. In this study, we are trying to understand issues of importance to the patient through a questionnaire. This task is difficult as most people with good experience are reluctant to comment on the details and are mostly glad it is over. Patients with a prolonged stay or developing complications are reluctant to participate in the survey. It is also difficult to separate the postoperative complications into anaesthesia and surgical complications as they overlap.

 This study is expected to help us improve our anaesthesia services, especially focusing on the incidence of awareness and postoperative concerns related to anaesthesia which significantly affect patient satisfaction after surgery.