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TDH
Rehabilitation Centre |
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DEVELOPMENTAL
PAEDIATRICS: |
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KEM Hospital has committed itself to
the care of challenged children in 1979,
with the inception of the TDH Rehabilitation
Centre. Over the years, the Centre has
grown into a multidisciplinary unit providing
diagnostic and therapeutic services to
mentally and physically challenged children
under one roof. While investigating the
causes of disabilities, it was soon realized
that a large number of these arise from
problems in the prenatal period.
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The focus in the High Risk Clinic is early
prediction of outcome and selection of infants
who would benefit from early interventions.
Early detection and treatment of infections
is very important in reducing the alarmingly
high post neo natal mortality, especially in
very low birth weight babies.
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Early intervention means identifying a baby
who already has a handicapping condition or
is at a potential risk for developing one, thus
providing services to lessen the effects of
that condition. This term encompasses a range
of stimulation and training activities over
and above the minimal care traditionally provided
for all babies.
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Follow up management of high-risk babies is
as important, as critical care in an NICU, and
there is an emphasis on linking the NICU, High
Risk Clinic and the Rehabilitation Centre. Such
linkages improve the quality of life beyond
neonatal survival.
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In 2007, through the generosity of Dr.
Anjali Morris and Dr. Don Morris, the
entire TDH Centre has been redesigned
and re-equipped into a child friendly
integrated unit. The Morris Child Development
Centre encompasses activities such as
Developmental Assessment, IQ, DQ &
Emotional Assessment, Management of Autistic
Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit
Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Developmental
& Behavioural Counselling.
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Research and
Training |
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This department is recognized as a teaching
unit of the B.J Medical College, Pune, College
of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai and Diplomate
of the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.
Students of DM Neonatology from Chandigarh and
Mumbai are posted in this hospital for their
field of specialized training. Doctors, Nurses,
and Therapists not only receive their training
in KEM Hospital, but there are Exchange Training
programs carried out at prestigious Institutes
in India and abroad.
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The Department of Paediatrics has to
its credit many pioneering research studies
acclaimed the world over. Research carried
out in Indian Childhood Cirrhosis led
to the eradication of the fatal liver
disorder prevalent amongst children. Currently
research is being carried out in long-term
development of high-risk neonates and
early origins of adult disease.
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Research Areas- |
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Liver diseases |
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Metabolic
disorders |
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Neonatal
Respiratory Distress |
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Neonatal
Infections |
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NICU environment |
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Environmental
toxins, Breast milk and diseases |
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Obesity |
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Computerisation
of Service, Research and Data. |
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Consultants in the department have published
several research papers in national and international
journals and have authored chapters in textbooks.
They have read research papers and have been
invited as faculty at various national and international
conferences.
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CONTACT: |
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Pediatric OPD/ Speciality OPD:
Sister-in Charge: 020-66037402
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NICU: |
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Dr.
U. Vaidya/ Dr. Sandeep Kadam: 020-66037344 |
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Email:
sumsum@eth.net
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drsandeepkadam@yahoo.com |
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PICU: |
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Dr. Madhumati Otiv:
020-66037391 |
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Email: picukempune@hotmail.com |
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madhu_otiv@hotmail.com |
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TDH Rehabilitation
Centre: |
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Dr.
Aarti Choudhari, Rehabilitation Officer: 020-
66037373 |
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Mrs.
Bindu Patni (Assessment & Management): 020-66037439. |
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Mrs.
Bharti Patil (Occupational Therapy): 020-66037375 |
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Mrs.
Neelima Phatak (Physiotherapy): 020- 66037437 |
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Ambulance Services: |
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020-66037344 or
66037426. |
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AUDIOLOGY CLINIC
(BIG EARS): |
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Till recently, Pune lacked a centre and
a programme especially for the hearing
impaired child. KEM is the only hospital
in Maharashtra which offers all the services
needed for the hearing impaired; from
a variety of tests to detect hearing loss
to hearing aids, speech therapy, counselling
and cochlear implants. All this under
one roof at 'Big Ears'.
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The first project of its kind in the country
focuses on early detection and diagnosis of
hearing.
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All the babies born at KEM Hospital are screened
for deafness before discharge from the hospital;
special attention being paid to children in
the Neonatal ICU as they are at risk to develop
deafness.
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The screening test used is Oto Acoustic Emission
(OAE Test) hearing screening is mandatory. The
screening programme is supervised by an audiologist,
ENT surgeon and a Paediatrician.
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There is an entire support system to ensure
that all the therapies, facilities and aids
needed by a child who has impaired hearing are
available under one roof.
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Children who test positive for hearing
loss have to undergo a BERA test at the
age of three moths and if this test confirms
a hearing loss, a hearing aid is fitted,
even as early as three months of age.
The child then needs to undergo therapy,
so that he/she can learn to listen and
talk. A team consisting of a Teacher for
the Deaf and a Speech and Language Pathologist
ensure that every hearing aid is used
in the best possible way. Parents too
are involved in the training sessions.
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For those children who do not get any benefit
from a hearing aid, children who are totally
deaf, the KEM Hospital offers Cochlear Implant
Surgery and the subsequent rehabilitation program.
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CONTACT NO:
020-66037324. |
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