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 Hospital.

·  All units have adequate facultyand facilities as per MCI norms.

·  Department has 348 indoor beds with 136 sanctioned recently.

·  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 & 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.