The Department of Pediatrics has evolved
from a 6 bed general ward unit in 1968 to
the present size of 40 general ward beds,
40 NICU beds and 10 PICU beds. Beds in the
Nursing Home are also available. The Pediatric
Department has a string of pediatric subspecialty
services: Gastro-enterology, Cardiology,
Nephrology, Nutrition, Development, Nuero-epilepsy,
Hematology /Oncology, Pediatric Surgery
and Pediatric Neuro-trauma.
THE
TEAM:
Dr. A.N. Pandit,
M.D., D.C.H. (Director, Dept. of Pediatrics)
Dr. (Ms) Sudha
Chaudhari, D.C.H., F.A.A.P (Consultant Pediatrician)
Dr. J.N. Deodhar,
M.D, D.C.H. ( Consultant Pediatrician)
Dr. A. Mishra
M.D. (Associate Consultant Pediatrician)
Dr. Avisnash
Kinikar M.D., MRCP(UK), MRCP (Ireland)(Associate
Consultant Pediatrician)
Dr. Madhumati
Otiv, M.D (Intensivist, PICU)
Dr. U.V. Vaidya,
M.D. (Chief Consultant Neonatologist)
Dr. Sandeep
Kadam, M.D., D.M ( Associate Consultant Neonatologist)
Dr. Nandan
Yardi, M.D( Paed. Epileptologist)
Dr. Koumudi
Godbole, M.D.(Clinical Geneticist)
Dr. Ashish
Bavdekar D.C.H., D.N.B (Paed. Gasteroenterologist)
Dr. Usha Pratap
M.D.(Paed. Cardiologist)
Dr. Manoj Matnani
M.D.(Paed Nephrologist)
The department has a team of trained
nurses and qualified (DCh, DNB, MD)
resident Pediatricians who attend
to the immediate needs of the sick
children.
The KEM Hospital is equipped with
advanced neuro-imaging facilities,
Cardiac 2-D echography and Doppler
studies, nuclear imaging, EEG, blood
gas and biochemical analysis, advanced
microbiologic studies including bactec
and blood bank service round the clock.
These services support and supplement the medical
services provided in their Pediatric Ward and
to the private patients in the Nursing Home section.
Before the year 2000, the Dept of Pediatrics
referred critically ill children in the General
Ward to the adult ICU for ventilation or dialysis.
The PICU was setup in April 2000, with generous
help from the Mukul Madhav Foundation and the
Rotary Club, as an annexe of the Pediatric General
Ward with 6 beds, dedicated staff and equipment
for monitoring and resuscitation. Today the PICU
has been expanded to 10 beds and is equipped for
minute to minute monitoring of vital parameters
including intra-arterial blood presure monitoring.
Each child is admitted under the supervision
of an Intensive care Pediatrician and a PICU Consultant
Pediatrician. Sub-specialists are involved in
the care as and when required.
Occupancy has shown a steady rise
over the years necessitating an ongoing
expansion. In the earlier years the
PICU served 20 to 30 sick children
every month. That case load has now
grown to 50 to 60 sick children per
month.
The PICU receives referrals from
Pediatricians within Pune and a 300
km radius around Pune including Jalna,
Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Satara, Kolhapur,
Solapur, Baramati, Nasik, Dhulia,
Lonavala.
The case load of PICU inpatients has a variegated
profile. The more frequent admissions are for
traumatic and non-traumatic coma, respiratory
failures from pneumonias, asthma, congenital heart
diseases, myocarditis, septic shock, diabetic
ketoacidosis, liver diseases, renal failure, foreign
body aspiration, accidental poisoning and animal
bites. Children undergoing major pediatric surgery
are monitored in the PICU peri-operatively.
