The Department of Pediatric Disciplines started on 3rd January 2005 with the joining of Dr. Rashna Dass
as a Faculty. The services of this Department are available at the Main Hospital at Mawdiangdiang since 1st June 2006
SERVICES:
Out-patient (OPD): The out-patient department runs on five days
a week i.e. Monday, to Friday. All patients from the age group
of 0-18 years are being attended to in this department. The Department
plans to start special clinics soon
In-patient services:
The in-patient services also became partly functional from 3rd January 2005. Since June 2006, the Department
functions with 29 beds out of which 13 are Intensive Care Unit beds.
The neonatal services were started from January 2008 with the start of
delivery of pregnant ladies. Inter-specialty coordination with other
existing clinical departments i.e. Pathology, Radiology, Cardiology
and Gastroenterology etc, are being carried out for a holistic
management of all children seen in this Institute.
VACCINATION SERVICES
The department has also started the vaccination services for the
children as per requirement of the Department of Health and Family
Welfare, Govt. of India.
Working hours: 9
A.M. to 4 P.M. on all working days.
COMMUNITY SERVICES:
The department has started giving community health care as an integral
part of the services & training in an effort to reach out to the
community and promote the concept of Social Pediatrics, and at present
offers OPD services on Friday at the Diengpasoh PHC.
THE DEPARTMENT AT MAWDIANGDIANG:
The department has 29 beds capacity ( including Pediatrics Intensive
Care Unit)
The Department of Pediatric Disciplines comprises of:
1. Neonatal
Unit: This has been in place since January 2008. The NICU is in
the phase of completion soon.
2. Pediatric
Intensive Care and Emergency services: Keeping in view the need
for specialized and emergent care of sick children, the department has
started a PICU (Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit) since March 2007,
designated to the attention of sick children and their immediate care.
This is a 13 bedded unit and is a state of the art unit catering to
the care of the extremely sick children requiring ventilation,
intensive care monitoring and specialized care. This unit
fulfills the long felt needs for Pediatric intensive care in this
region and is the first of its kind for the exclusive care of sick
children in the north eastern part of India.
3. General
Pediatrics: This looks after all general cases encompassing a wide
variety of disease states.
4. Day care
services: The department has designated a certain number of beds
for day care services such as intervention procedures, blood
transfusion, chemotherapy etc.
5. Special
follow-up clinics: Depending on the needs of the region and patients, special clinics
will be held to look after specific group of disorders such as:
Immunology including HIV, Neurology and Neuro-developmental disorders,
Rheumatology, Allergy and Asthma, Hematology etc. These clinics will
function separate from the general OPD under a designated team of
doctors consisting of a Pediatric Faculty and Residents and para-medical
workers as needed.
6. OPD
services: The OPD services are available on all days a week except
on Saturday and Sunday from 9
A.M. onwards and cater to all children ranging from 0- 18 years.
7. In-patient
services: This serves all Pediatric patients as well as neonatal
cases for admission, work up and treatment of sick cases and is a
forum for academic purposes and training of both undergraduates and
post-graduate students.
8. Academic
training: The department is training both Junior (post MBBS) and
Senior Resident (post MD) as a part of its teaching activities and
will soon initiate training in both the undergraduate and postgraduate
levels as per the MCI norms as well as the Indian Academy of
Pediatrics and National Neonatology Forum of India to meet both
national and international standards.
9. Other activities: The department also runs a Pediatric upper
& lower GI Endoscopy service. A leaflet on weaning foods has
been introduced for distribution to parents in both the English and Khasilanguage |
