PAEDIATRICS & NEONATOLOGY
“Paediatrics is the field of medicine that deals with the well-being and medical treatment of newborns, and young children up to 12 years. “
Expertise
- Neonatal care intensive & emergencies
- General Pediatric care
- Pediatric vaccination advice according to updated guidelines and catch-up of mixed vaccines
- Training and development of staff & healthcare team for intensive care.
OPD TIME
- MON - SAT 10.00 AM - 3.00 PM
Expertise
- Paediatrics Intensive care.
OPD TIME
- MON - SAT 9.00 AM - 6.00 PM
Dr. M. Nivedha
MBBS., MD.,
2 Years of Experience
Expertise
- General paediatric care
- Paediatric intensive care
- Neonatal intensive care and Emergencies
OPD TIME
- MON – SAT 9.30AM – 2.00PM
Dr. Sam Joel
MBBS.,M.D
Expertise
- Newborn surgeries
- Pediatric Gastrointestinal surgeries
- Pediatric Head ‘n Neck and Thoracic surgeries
- Paediatric urological surgeries
- Paediatric emergency surgeries
- Pediatric liver and biliary tract surgeries
OPD TIME
- MON - SAT 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Best Paediatric Hospital in Madurai
Paediatrics is the field of medicine that deals with the well-being and medical treatment of newborns, and young children up to 12 years. Our Paediatricians strive hard to lessen the newborn and child mortality rates, prevent the spread of infectious diseases, encourage healthy lifestyles for a long life free of sickness, and assist in easing the issues faced by kids and teenagers with chronic illnesses. They deliver comprehensive care to maintain the physical, psychological, and emotional health of the kids at every stage of development, in good health as well as in illness.
At Preethi Hospitals, we offer preventive health services to healthy children as well as medical care for children who are acutely or chronically ill. Our Paediatricians are experts in child handling critical illness in kids, available 24×7.
Treated in Pediatrics
Paediatricians identify and treat several ailments in kids, including:
- Upper and lower Respiratory tract infections
- Febrile Seizures
- Viral fever / Viral pneumonia
- Acute diarrheal disease.
- Allergic disorders and Asthma.
- Paediatric orthopaedic problems
- Paediatric surgeries like Inguinal hernia, Hydrocele and Circumcision, and Appendicectomy.
Our Paediatricians also work on the avoidance, early identification, and treatment of issues like:
- Abnormalities and delays in mental and physical development
- Cerebral palsy/ Seizure disorder
- Speech delay and autism spectrum disorders
- Behavioural issues
- Mental illnesses such as anxiety and depressive disorders.
Best Neonatology Care in Madurai
Our Paediatricians are experts in handling all newborns including extremely preterm babies. The most common types of patients seen by neonatologists include newborns who are ill or require special medical care because of preterm birth, Respiratory distress, low birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction, congenital abnormalities (birth defects), sepsis, or birth asphyxia.
Nevertheless, neonatologists also contribute significantly to feeding practices such as educating the mother about Breastfeeding as well as Assisted feeding techniques. Their education aids parents in the practical aspects of caring for infants daily.
Services offered in General Pediatrics
- Pediatric and OPD inpatient services
- 24×7 emergency services and ambulance
- Intensive care for sick newborns and children (a spacious ICU with 6 beds)
- Time to time updates vaccination services
- Complementary feeding advice and diet chart
- Developmental screening and assessment
- Paediatric surgery
- Paediatric multi-speciality services in Cardiology, Neurology, Respiratory
Services offered in Neonatology
- Newborn transportation: retrieval of sick newborns, preterm for tertiary care.
- Spacious 8-bedded NICU.
- Ventilatory and Bubble CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) support.
- Surfactant therapy
- HHHFNC- Heated Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula.
- Central lines and Preterm nutritional support.
- ECHO, Neuro sonogram and Ultrasound.
- Lactational support and breastfeeding counselling.
- Developmental supportive care for preterm babies.
- Advanced phototherapy units.
- Exchange transfusion for Neonatal jaundice.
- Pre- and Post-natal counselling.
