DEPARTMENT OF NEONATOLOGY & NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital has a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) which caters to nearly 1000 high risk newborns every year. Established in 1990, the NICU is a 35 bedded tertiary care unit with provisions and facilities for routine care and high-risk neonates. The NICU has 2 intensive care bays, having a capacity of 16 beds in addition to a 15 bedded step down unit, a 4 bedded isolation area and a procedure room.
The unit is managed by a team of dedicated consultant neonatologists, neonatal and pediatric trainees, trained neonatal nursing professionals and other support staff. The unit caters to high-risk term and preterm neonates and offers various intensive care services including neonatal transport using mobile ambulance. The hospital houses a well-equipped, Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This means that the NICU is extremely prepared to handle babies born at all gestational ages and offers prompt access to a wide range of pediatric multidisciplinary specialities while also providing respiratory and advanced imaging support. The unit is equipped with state of art facilities including therapeutic hypothermia, conventional and high frequency ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, peritoneal dialysis, total parenteral nutrition, central venous access, umbilical lines, invasive and non-invasive monitoring, double volume exchange transfusion, functional echocardiography and phototherapy. In addition, we also offer multidisciplinary developmental follow up facilities, indirect ophthalmoscopy for retinopathy of prematurity, immunisation, well newborn outpatient services, resuscitation, lactation support and prenatal counselling.
The unit is involved in training neonatal and pediatric trainees and nurses with a rigorous academic schedule. With a survival of more than 95% among all admitted neonates which includes newborns up to 450 grams birth weight, our goal is to achieve world class excellence in providing developmentally supportive care to the sickest and smallest of neonates.
We also offer 24x7 milk bank facilities for the needy babies. We have launched maternity and birthing services at our institution. For appointments and consultation please call – 9940408163.



