Paediatrics Old

General pediatric outpatient department functions This service was started in 1974. Complex surgical conditions in newborn babies and children are performed with excellent results.

General pediatric outpatient department functions Paediatric cardiology is emerging as another separate subspeciality of cardiology and it deals with all kinds of cardiac problems of children like birth defects, heart failure, rhythm disturbances, etc., Being the best Best Paediatric Cardiology Hospital in Coimbatore, offers state of the art cardiac care to children in both interventional procedures as well as non-interventional modalities.

General pediatric outpatient department functions The department houses the largest Pediatric Endocrinology service in Coimbatore started by Prof. Raghupathy from CMC Vellore and now run by Dr. Ahila Ayyavoo. Neonatal screening program for hypothyroidism was started in 1st January 2006. Special awareness camps for type I Diabetes Mellitus patients, obese children’s and also for children with Disorders of Sexual Differentiation are held regularly.

General pediatric outpatient department functions The NICU is the largest of its kind with 30 beds (12 of which are intensive care beds) was started in 1973.

The NICU is the state-of-the-art facility to treat extreme preterm babies and is equipped with ventilators, warmers, photo therapy, incubators, infusion pumps and multiparameter monitors. NICU has got Level 1, Level lll and Isolation rooms.

PICU which is 10 bed is equipped with ventilators, multiparameter monitors, dialysis, infusion pumps and syringe pumps to handle sick children with life threatening infections, Neurological emergencies, Hemato oncological emergencies, respiratory emergencies, trauma, post operative care etc.

Special Neuro developmental clinic for Ex NICU children and children with special needs. Multidisciplinary team includes speech therapist and physiotherapist.

The Pediatric nephrology division at GKNM Hospital provides comprehensive care for patients with all forms of kidney disease from infancy through late adolescence, with the recent, innovative diagnostic and treatment techniques.