Department Of Pediatrics Medicine

A.    Structure

· Department has 8 units in SPMCHI, 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