Lithotripsy is the glistening technology adopted at Prince Aly Khan Hospital. The word “litho,” means stone, and the word “tripsy,” means to “break.” Lithotripsy is a non-invasive method i.e it does not require surgery. Unlike painful methods like open surgery or extraction, shockwaves are used to break up stones inside the kidney, Ureter and Urinary Bladder. The latest ultrasound lithotripter is available for the purpose. Both x-ray & Ultrasound controls are available on this machine. The positioning, focusing and delivery of shock waves are all controlled by advanced computerized system with safety cut-offs to prevent damage by human error. Patients does not need any hospital stay and can go home same day. With lithotripsy, the stones are simply crushed into sand-like particles, which pass out, harmlessly, in urine. Hence, the patient recovers painlessly, which is of utmost priority at Prince Aly Khan Hospital. An anesthetic is given once the patient in the lithotripsy treatment room. The stone can be viewed on a screen in the control booth. The actual treatment, conducted by a urologist, takes 20 minutes, but the whole process lasts for about 45 minutes. The patient is conscious throughout the entire procedure. Afterwards, the patient is brought back to lithotripsy day care where recovery room nurses monitor and care for the patient awhile they are in the lithotripsy unit 30 minutes after the procedure. Laser lithotripsy is a procedure where pulses of intense laser light are used to break up urinary calculi or “stones” that have formed in the urinary tract, including the bladder or kidney. When these stones grow so large that they cannot be passed out of the body easily, they obstruct the normal flow of urine and can cause extreme pain, infection or kidney damage. Laser lithotripsy is most often used in very large or difficult to reach stones where other treatments have failed and/or major surgery may be the only other option. The stones are simply crushed into sand-like particles, which pass out, harmlessly in urine & the patient recovers painlessly.