Department Of Paediatrics

Paediatrics deals with the medical care of all acute and chronically diseased children to ensure that there is optimal growth and development of them. The Department of Paediatrics at CMRI Hospital, Kolkata is a well-established health setup that aims to deliver care and treatment to infants and children.

There is best secondary and tertiary level nursery care for new-borns. Moreover, curative, comprehensive, and preventive care are provided to children by a compassionate screening of paediatric diseases, Immunization, and Initial Counselling. The Department primarily focuses on helping the patients to get back to their active and healthy lifestyle and daily routine. 

• Best team of Doctors & Nursing Staff
• Treatment for all concerns
• Best care & treatment for children
• Minimally Invasive treatments
• International level of care
• Emergency care (24x7)
• Safe & hygienic operating rooms
• Patient safety at first
• World-class care

Following are different facilities available in the Department of Paediatrics:

• A separate child development clinic to diagnose and manage the neurological conditions and delay in the development of a child.
•  Emergency services involving paediatric screening for diseases.
• Wards or causalities with many beds for indoor admissions of children. 
• Nursery and postnatal wards that provides immunization for children of different age groups on all days of the week (including Sundays)
• OPD services working round-the-clock (except on Sundays) that include diagnosis, investigation, and treatment of paediatric diseases.
•  Day care services (an outpatient wing) for daily vaccination and counselling for an infant or young children feeding.
• Centre for Lactation of new-borns which offers assistance to mothers in breastfeeding, lactation failure, relaxation, and complementary breastfeeding. 
• Intensive Care Unit for sick newborns or extramural neonates (Level II nursery care). These are equipped with high-frequency ventilators, incubators, high-end monitors, and surfactant therapy to provide aid for any medical ailment of the newborn.
•  Intensive Care Unit for critically ill children who are managed and treated by board-certified Paediatric intensivists. Children and adolescents who have long-term medical or surgical conditions are admitted to this unit. The latest facilities and equipment are available that intensively monitor the patient round-the-clock for emergency care of such intensively sick kids until they get stabilized.  
•  Post-natal wards for taking care of healthy newborns till they are discharged
• Clinic for the wellness of babies who are discharged from the nursery
• The critically ill neonates (high-risk babies) follow-up clinics. 
• Special clinics staffed with experts for child development and guidance, Malnutrition (Nutritional rehabilitation centre), Paediatric Chest and Asthma, Thalassemia, Gastroenterology, Paediatric celiac and Haematology, Paediatric Nephrology, and Paediatric Neurology.
• The Paediatric Urology and Surgery unit offers a wide range of services in Urology, Laparoscopy, Neonatal Surgery, Radiology, Urodynamics, Onco-surgery, Day-care surgery, Paediatric Anaesthesia team, and Counselling for Congenital Anomalies. These are taken care of by proficient paediatric surgeons. 
• The Paediatric Cardiology wing of the department manages congenital or acquired heart disease in newborns, children, and adolescents. It is a multidisciplinary care unit handled by paediatric cardiac surgeons, cardiac anaesthetists, occupational therapists, clinical nursing staff, dieticians, and paediatric cardiac physicians. 
•  Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine- This centre's department focuses on the respiratory problems of infants, children, and teenagers. With a personalized treatment plan, every patient is taken the best care possible by first identifying their underlying problems. Some advanced services available include Flexible or Rigid Bronchoscopy, Spirometry, Impulse Oscillometry, OesophegalPh Monitoring for 24 hours, Paediatric sleep studies, Scanning of Gastro-Oesophageal reflux, Sweat Chloride testing, and others.(Children above 8 years can be taken care)
• Paediatric Orthopaedic- Initial consultation, comprehensive care, and advanced treatments (using the latest technology and minimally invasive techniques) are available for musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions under a single roof.
• Adolescent medicine- The teenagers and young adults of age group 10 to 21 are provided nutritional, medical, psychological, and gynaecological care to help them recover from issues such as drug abuse, sexuality, low self-esteem, growth and development, cosmetic concerns, and psychological problems. 

The paediatric department is specially designed to offer the best care to kids in a comfortable environment. Treatment for all types of concerns and diseases is provided by experts. For more information schedule a consultation with the best child doctor in Kolkata at CMRI.