Head Of Department: Dr.Shireen gul(Associate Professor).
The
neonatology department provides services to the newborns of two
components of PIMS is Children Hospital and MCH center. It is
the largest tertiary careneonatal unit in public sector catering
for a vast area including Kashmir, KPK and upper Punjab. Over
9000 sick newborns are brought to our department per year for
the treatment of their ailments. We have over 4000 admissions
and around 9000 short duration admissions annually.
The
department was commissioned in 1985 as a part of Children
Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad and
later extended to Maternal & Child Health Center in 1999.
The
department consists of two units. One is based in the Children
Hospital and consists of an 18 bedded ICU, 6 general ward beds
and an independent Outdoor Patient Department. The Neonatal ICU
is equipped with tertiary care facilities including neonatal
ventilation. The other unit is based in Maternal & Child Health
Center and consists of a 14 bedded neonatal care unit caring for
over 14000 deliveries annually.
Our neonatal OPD is functioning in the Children
Hospital OPD block and is a busy OPD catering for:
Around
70 new cases /day
Follow
ups by consultants
Antenatal Consultations
Counseling sessions