SERVICES

• Outpatient Services are run daily from 9.00 AM to 2.00 PM in ‘B’ Block, 5^th Floor in designated Pediatric OPD area. There is a facility of play room for the children and a T.V./ DVD for showing health education and recreational films to children while waiting for their turn.

• Apart from patient care, daily all UPI as well as additional vaccination are provided to the children & adolescents.

• Various special clinics are held as per schedule below :
  

  SPECIAL CLINICS OF PEDIATRIC DEPARTEMENT*

  Days	Clinic	Timing	Area/ Room No.	Consultant	OPD Days of Consultant
  Monday	Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic	10.00 AM-1.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Vidushi Mahajan	Dr. Vidushi Mahajan
  Tuesday	Pediatric Cardiology	10.00 AM-1.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Geetanjali	Dr.Deepak Chawla
  	Pediatric Haematology	10.00 AM-1.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Geetanjali
  	Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunological	10.00 AM-1.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Geetanjali
  	Adolescent Health clinic	2.30 PM – 5.00 PM	Level-I,B-Block 1404	Dr.Vishal Guglani
  	Diabetic Clinic	2.30 PM – 5.00 PM	Level-I,B-Block 1404	Dr. Chandrika Azad
  Wednesday	Asthma Clinic	2.30 PM – 4.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Kana Ram	Dr.Chandrika Azad
  	Nephrology Clinic	2.30 PM – 4.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Vidushi Mahajan
  	Ward Follow-up	2.30 PM – 4.00 PM	Paed OPD 5202	Unit Consultant
  Thursday	Seizure Clinic	10.00 AM-1.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Chandrika	Dr.Geetanjali Jindal
  	NFC Clinic	2.30 PM – 4.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Deepak
  Friday	TB Clinic	9.00 AM-12.00 PM	Paed OPD 5205	Dr.Suksham Jain	Dr. Vishal Guglani
  Saturday	--	--			Dr.Kana Ram

* All afternoon Special Clinics are run in the morning from 8.00AM to 2.00PM during vacation period from 15^th May to 14^th July.

Immunization Clinic :  All the week days from 9.00 AM to 1.00 PM and in addition on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. Vaccinations under the National programme of immunization (UPI) viz. DPT, OPV, BCG, measles are provided free of cost. In addition, the other additional/optional vaccines such as Hepatitis B, Hib, chicken pox, rubella, MMR, typhoid, hepatitis A Vaccines are provided at a subsidized rate in collaboration with Rotary International.

Immunization Schedule (Click to View)

IN-PATIENT SERVICES

• Pediatrics emergency & critical care management services: Area: Level II, Block A. All critically ill Pediatric patients and out born newborn babies are admitted & managed. Ventilation facility available. 

• Neonatal intensive care unit: Area: Level I, Area 11. Ventilation and other critical care management is provided to inborn neonates.  

• Post Natal Ward & Kangaroo Mother Care Cubicle: Area: Level-I, Area 11. For management of normal and low birth weight babies. 

• Pediatric wards: Area: 4^th floor, Area 43 & 45 with 24 bedded facility and play room in each ward.

TEACHING & TRAINING

• Undergraduates teaching : 50 undergraduate students are provided teaching as per MCI guidelines & curriculum. Assigned lectures and clinical case demonstrations, seminars are conducted regularly.

• Undergraduate quiz: Every year, the department organizes pediatric quiz for undergraduates’ students to popularize the subject & to participate in national competition.

• Other educational activities : The department encourages undergraduates’ students to take up short-term research projects during their vacations.

• Postgraduate (PG) teaching : Every year, 1 MD Pediatric candidate was admitted. The PG students participated in National Pediatrics  & Neonatology Quiz. MD candidate seat is withheld w.e.f. 2008. Every year, 02 fellows are admitted for one year training in neonatology. Started in January 2010.

Academic programme of the department for Postgraduates & Resident Doctors

• Interns & Junior Residents are trained in the management of pediatric cases, immunization and other National programmes related to child health. They also participate actively in the academic programme of the department.  

• The department offers clinical observer ship in child development, nutrition and other aspects of Pediatrics on short-term basis after approval through the Director Principal, GMCH-32, Chandigarh.

CME PROGRAMMES, CONFERENCES AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

1. Annual one day CME is conducted in the month of March.

WORKSHOPS

• Neonatal resuscitation programme is being held regularly for JR, PG, Intern, OBG students & nurses.

• Neonatal advanced life support workshop (NALS) has been planned to be held at least once in a year.

PROJECTS

The department undertakes several funded and non-funded projects. Currently running projects are:-

• “Non-traumatic coma” funded by DST, Chandigarh.

• A prospective study on the spectrum of acute poisoning in children & related morbidity & mortality applied to DST.

• Prediction of pathological hyperbilirubinemia in term & late preterm neonates, under implementation under funding of ICMR. 

• Incidence of Streptococcal Pneumoniae Strains in 6 months -5 years old children in Chandigarh applied to ICMR.

• Nasal colonization of pathogenic bacteria in 6 months to 5 year old children and to study their clearance after installation of probiotic nasal drops. Applied to ICMR.

 Other activities

• Active participation of the department in national neonatal week, breast feeding week and other health related issues in the form of seminars, group counseling of parents, painting competition, debate competition every year.  

• Health education and IEC materials are provided regarding breast-feeding, immunization, care of baby at home, care of low birth weight baby and adolescent health related issues.

Out reach activities being done by the department.

• Sensitization of teenagers, teachers and parents on health related issues in the schools.

• Interactive sessions with teenagers on adolescent health related issues in the schools.

• Distribution of iron folic acid tablets in several schools.

• Provide tetanus immunization in un-immunized school children.

• Faculty delivers lectures on infant feeding/nutrition and other pediatrics problems in training programme for trainers in Community Centre Building, Sector 23-C, Chandigarh under Ministry of Women and Child Development Food and Nutrition Board, Chandigarh.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

The department has 11 posts of senior residents & 10 of junior residents. The vacancy status is pasted on the GMCH website and in all National dailies. Two posts of Readers are lying vacant.