General Paediatrics Unit at Yashoda Hospital

The General Paediatrics Unit at Yashoda Hospital forms the backbone of the Centre of Neonatology and Paediatrics. The general paediatrics department comprises of both Out-patient Department and In-patient Department and provides the following services:

• Well Baby Clinic
• Immunization Devices
• Growth and Developmental Clinic
• Inpatient Department (IPD) Services
• General Medicine
• Asthma Clinic
• Developmental Paediatrics
• Infant Monitoring Clinic
• Palliative Care

The general paediatrics department attempts to provide a “medical home” concept for the care of children. Our primary care model provides primary preventive paediatric care which focuses on areas of well-baby check-ups, immunizations, nutritional assessments, developmental assessments,

healthy lifestyle and proper physical activities. Our division also provides consultation to other sub-specialists for comprehensive and complete paediatric care in-house.

Our team consists of highly trained and experienced general paediatricians, nutritionists, neonatologists, critical care experts and experts from other specialities to enable the best medical services and extensive care by diagnosing and treating acute medical conditions.

What Is General Paediatrics?

At Yashoda hospital, General paediatrics is a multidisciplinary department which offers both inpatient and outpatient medical care. Our hospital looks after and treats a wide range of health problems and concerns in newborn babies, infants, children and adolescents people.

We provide extensive care by diagnosing and treating acute medical conditions, as well as coordinating care for complex and chronic issues whenever a patient is referred to the general paediatrics from primary care providers.

What Are The Medical Conditions We Treat At Our Unit Of General Paediatrics?

At Yashoda Hospital, General paediatricians treat a broad range of conditions in children and adolescents, such as:

• Acute medical conditions (infections)
• Newborn check, newborn and infant issues
• Infant distress, feeding problems and sleep
• Allergy, asthma, eczema, urticarial (hives) and allergic rhinitis (hayfever)
• Bedwetting, continence and constipation
• Growth and puberty concerns
• Diabetes, vitamin d deficiency and thyroid conditions
• Breathing problems, exercise limitation, chronic cough, or snoring
• Frequent or recurrent infections
• Developmental and behavioural conditions
• Gastrointestinal issues including abdominal pain and constipation
• Weight management
• Headache and neurological issues including seizure

We also provide routine vaccinations for kids, screen for childhood illness, and offer services like positive parenting support and programming in our General Paediatrics care centre.