COMPASSION IS MOST NEEDED WHEN LIFE IS JUST BEGINNING
MMHRC’s Pediatrics and Neonatal care department are specially designed to diagnose and manage diverse medical problems of children effectively utilizing the latest medical technology and life-support systems. We provide complete child care comprising Baby Clinic, Neonatal Care, Neonatal and Pediatric Surgeries, and Sophisticated Neonatal and Pediatric ICU’s 24 hrs Children Trauma Care and Immunization Programs.
FACILITIES
- We offer a complete range of healthcare services for children from birth supporting all through their childhood and growing years. We offer the following comprehensive pediatric care services as a part of our Outpatient and Inpatient department.
- Critical care supported by our level 3, Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
- Care of illness supported by our multidisciplinary specialty services including, general pediatrics, Neonatology, nephrology, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology, nutrition and rehabilitation.
- Vaccination, immunization and developmental assessment programs.
- Preventive health care advocated through a series of awareness and Wellness programs
- High risk neonate follows up the program.
- Pediatric asthma clinic
- Pediatric surgery
- Nutrition and health education
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Our NICU is 25 beds. To avoid cross infection the unit is divided into septic and aseptic units. Round the clock availability of consultants, DNB residents and trained medical officers.
- One to one care with well trained NICU nursing staffs
- We also have a separate unit for Departmental library in the ICU
Salient Features
- Treating a newborn in our NICU always gave us immense pleasure and satisfaction. We have a great concern in the recovery of our babies and this is accomplished by vigilant monitoring by our team.
- Our neonatal intensive care unit is well known for its excellent service to term, preterm and sick newborn babies.
- MMHRC is one of the best hospitals in Madurai to provide surfactant therapy and ventilator care with high frequency ventilation for premature babies.
- The outcome of premature babies treated with surfactant therapy & parenteral nutrition and babies with hyperbilirubinemia treated with exchange transfusion and phototherapy are well comparable with any other well equipped tertiary care centre in our country.
- Utmost importance is given to aseptic techniques while dealing with neonates.
- Ventilator care and surfactant therapy provided here have improved the survival rate of VLBW and ELBW preterm babies.
- Exchange transfusion has saved many newborn with Rh hemolytic disease without any squeal.
- All sick cases requiring inotropic support are managed with central venous access which is done under strict aseptic precautions.
- We have an established transport system to transport sick babies from outside the hospital to our NICU. Our transport unit is equipped with adequate equipment, Transport ventilator, qualified pediatrician and NICU trained nursing staff.
Achievement
Post Covid – Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) – April 2021
DOCTORS
Dr. A. Kannan
MD, (Paed)
Senior Consultant
Dr. Uma Muralidharan
MBBS, D.Ch, DNB (Paed)
Consultant
Dr .K. P. Arun Priya
MBBS.DCH.,DNB., (Paed),