General Information
Department Of Pediatrics
A. Structure
· Department has 8 units in SPINPH, 2 neonatal units in Zenana Hospital and Mahila Chikitsalya and 1 pediatric unit in Gangori, Kanwatia and Sethi Colony Hospital.
· All units have adequate facultyand facilities as per MCI norms.
· Department has 764 indoor beds.
· Department is supported by round the clock Central lab, Radiology department, Blood bank, Emergency and Echocardiography services.
B. Programs & Services Offered
· All the faculty members of the department, participate actively in national programmes like RNTCP, ART etc.
· Department also caters specialty services to the people by providing special clinical- services like Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Hemato-oncology, Neurology, Endocrinology & Rare Diseases.
· Department was actively involved in swine -flu epidemic of 2012 to control the disease. Suspected & diagnosed patients were admitted to the Hospital in isolation wards and they were treated accordingly. This work was done in collaboration with state & Central Govt authorities & other actively participating tertiary hospitals.
· Department actively participated in National, International& WHO days and for awareness of all the strata of society about their health care promotion & prevention of diseases.
· We have separate DOTS center for screening, counseling and treatment for tuberculosis patientsand immunization clinic in which children are immunized.
· Department is also providing services to the B.Sc. Nursing Government college students.
· Department is organizing guest lectures on common topics and burning issues of healthcare management.
· Various awareness programs are arranged for the common people & for medical & paramedical staff.
· Department is nodal centre for IMNCI,F-IMNCI,MNTC,NSSK trainings.
· A child development clinic (CDC) is running three days a week.
· Department is running newborn screening program for CH, CAH & G6PD
· Department is running stem cell Counseling center