Paediatrics

The pediatric department is one of the oldest pediatric training centres in North India. Besides excellent care for children with various childhood illnesses, the department has dedicated neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit.

The neonatal intensive care unit is a 22 bedded accredited Level II B Neonatal unit with 7 intensive care beds. Newborn care is based on evidence based protocols with facilities for invasive and noninvasive ventilation. Babies weighing as low as 500 grams are taken care of efficiently. Doctors trained in neonatal resuscitation protocols(NRP) are available to attend all deliveries round the clock. There is weekly clinic for neurodevelopmental follow up for high risk newborns. Daily vaccination clinics are conducted for all children visiting the hospital. The unit is approved for Neonatal Fellowship training.

The pediatric intensive care unit is one of the oldest in Punjab with 7 ventilator beds and  monitoring devices. Doctors trained in PALS and trained staff nurses take care of critically sick children round the clock. Sick children from 0 – 18 years of age are looked after efficiently in the ward.

There are a number of special clinics for different conditions in children. Such as The Child Development Clinic, The Adolescent Clinic, Seizure Clinic and Daily Thalassemia day care services, Asthma clinic. The adolescent clinic is a multi specialty clinic that takes care of the special needs of the teenagers, with support from gynecology, dermatology, psychology and physiotherapy department. The child development clinic is the first and only comprehensive clinic that cares for children with special needs such as behavioural problems, intellectual, hearing and visual disabilities. The Thalassemia services conduct daily transfusions (including Sundays) and provide multispecialty long term monitoring and care to Thalassemic children.

The department has a well established training programme for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. It is a recognized centre for providing specialized training to doctors for various diseases.  Almost all the faculty is trained in Medical education technology and is a resource for various educational courses.

Besides care of sick children, the department of pediatrics believes in continuing to spread knowledge and awareness. Periodically awareness seminars are held for parents either in the hospital or on Radio and TV networks.