DEPARTMENT

The department of paediatrics includes office area, separate rooms for HOD & faculties as per NMC specifications, well equipped seminar/tutorial hall of capacity 50 students, departmental library & departmental research lab.

Departmental library:

The departmental library has more than 160 textbooks and reference books including Neonatology, emergencies, Paediatric sub speciality, general paediatric & infectious diseases. The departmental library also has various National & international journals. The department is having facility for online access to various paid journals & literature for undergraduate, post graduate students & for faculties that is helpful in research activities & updates in recent advances.

Departmental Research Laboratory:

Departmental Research Laboratory provides facilities for current departmental research projects and previous research data.

Out Patient Department (OPD):

OPD of Department of Paediatrics is on first floor, OPD building of Dr Shankarrao Chavan Govt. Medical College, Vishnupuri, Nanded. OPD is having total 11 rooms including separate consultation for residents, assistant professor, associate professor & professor/ HOU, treatment room & separate clinic / demonstration room as per NMC specifications. OPD consists of spacious waiting room & playing area for the children.

Department have Child guidance, Child Rehabilitation & Child welfare OPDs as per MCI norms.

OPD notes & patient related data are entered in HMIS system. All investigations & treatment ordered online to encourage paperless environment. Department runs its daily general paediatric OPD & various weekly specialty clinics as per following schedule:

In addition to above, Disability certificates are issued by Department on regular basis in the OPD in collaboration with hospital administration.

In patient Department:

A)     Paediatric General Wards:

As per MCI norms, the Department of Paediatric is having two separate wards of 30 beds each for two separate units. Ward No. 5 & Ward No 13. Each ward is having few beds with central oxygen supply. Both the wards are having separate clinic cum demonstration room for training of undergraduate & post graduate with the capacity of 25 students. Both the wards have side Lab. Wards also have separate rooms for staffs, on duty resident doctors & a pantry.

B)     Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU):

The Department of Paediatric has state of art Critical Care Unit for neonates. The NICU is well equipped, 40 bedded tertiary care center. It has Centralised oxygen & suctioning ports, servo controlled radiant heat warmers, LED phototherapy units, Neonatal Ventilators, CPAP, Apnea monitors, Multipara Monitors, Pulse oxymeters, syringe & Infusion Pumps.

There are separate blocks for admission of Preterm, inborn, outborn & septic babies. All standard aseptic precautions are taken in NICU.

Mothers of NICU admitted babies are educated, trained & encouraged for breast feeding & Kangaroo Mother care as a part of baby friendly hospital initiative.

There is a separate resting area adjacent to NICU for mothers of babies admitted in NICU.

C)      Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU):

Department have exclusive 32 Bedded Critical care PICU. It has Centralised oxygen & suctioning ports, Paediatric Ventilators, Centralised monitoring system with Multipara Monitors, Pulse oxymeters, syringe & Infusion Pumps.

D)     Paediatric casualty:

Department runs dedicated, 24 X 7 paediatric casualty with round the clock availability of Post MD Senior resident & post Graduate residents. It has emergency OPD & treatment/ stabilization beds with central oxygen & suction facility.

All staffs working in NICU / PICU are well trained & skilled for the specialty. Hands on trainings are provided to the staffs on regular basis regarding Aseptic precautions, Neonatal nursing care & Hand Hygiene.