Paediatrics Neonatology

Modern type paediatric ward with latest NICU facilities. For paediatric surgeries and well baby maintenance are available.

Birthing is the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent. Paediatrics and Neonatology play a major and vital role in taking care of the new-born. Paediatrics is, of course, the branch of the medical profession that deals with the treatment of children and their diseases, and the practitioners who practice paediatrics are called paediatricians. He/ She deals with the medical care of infants, children and adolescents

A paediatrician examines children regularly to assess development and growth, examines children to assess general physical condition, treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems and development and growth concerns, treat acute illnesses, infections or injuries, treat chronic diseases or disorders.

Neonatology is a subspecialty of paediatrics that consists of the medical care of new-born infants, especially the ill or premature new-born. The NICU medical team includes neonatal nurse practitioners, neonatal hospitalists, neonatal faculty, neonatal fellows, paediatric residents, interns and medical students. The new-born infants who are ill or require any special medical care due to prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital malformations (birth defects), sepsis, are the principal patients of a neonatologist.

Paediatric and Neonatology department provides comprehensive care ranging from preventive services, anticipatory guidance, assessment of well-being, treatment of illnesses which cover from the very minor to the most complicated and life threatening of all age groups (foetus, new-born, infant, and toddler). A neonatologist may assist with premature birth, caesarean sections and birth where there is some other complication, like a birth defect, anomaly or serious illness of the baby. They are very skilled at using tools and equipment designed especially for the tiniest human life, handling procedures from IVs to spinal taps. In short, a neonatologist is the top-of-the-line medical professional trained to respond and attend to your baby’s special needs and provide the most effective care

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