SERVICES PROVIDED BY Department of NEONATOLOGY

Preventive

• Antenatal Counselling
• Counseling of parents- care of well newborn
• Advice for preventive immunizations
• Immunization services as per National health program

Academic

• Academic programs of NAMS

• MD Pediatrics, Neonatology Unit
• Fellowship in Neonatology
• Fellowship in Neonatal Nursing

Promotive

• Counseling on maternal breastfeeding
• Avoidance of hazardous traditional practices
• Care of all newborns after discharge from hospital

Curative

• Neonatal resuscitation in delivery room
• Inpatient treatment of all neonatal conditions- NICU, SNCU, Postnatal wards
• Out Patient Department care
• Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC),
• Management of metabolic disorders identified by newborn screening

Nutrition

• Comprehensive lactation management center- feeding of small and sick newborns with pasteurized donor human milk

Follow-up

• Follow-up of newborns discharged from the hospital
• Retinopathy of prematurity follow-up
• Follow up care of high risk newborns and linkage with multidisciplinary care.

Training

• Comprehensive newborn care
• Lactation counseling
• NNCPR- 2025

Newborn Screening

• DBS is collected for screening of 7 different metabolic conditions

Other activities

• Conduction and participation in clinical research
• Interdepartment consultantion and collaboration- surgery, orthopedics

Diagnostics

• Bedside echocardiogram, ultrasonogram of cranium, abdomen/pelvis and lungs, X-ray, ECG

Bedside interventions

• Insertion of central lines, PICC lines